Residents of Impala Park don’t know who to turn to for help, following unsuccessful efforts to get the municipality to urgently fix a sewage spill in Marbore Street, Impala Park.
It is believed that the spillage is due to a fault in the main sewer line in the area.
Footage shot by an affected resident shows murky waste overflowing onto the streets which wind their way through the suburb and spill the waste into nearby water bodies. Some people’s bathrooms or toilets have water with a disgusting brown colour.
According to Terry Owens, a night caretaker at one of the affected nearby complexes, they immediately reported the problem to the metro after noticing it two weeks ago, with the hope that crews would be sent out to attend to it.
However, despite numerous complaints lodged by multiple people, the problem persists and no municipal worker was seen on site.
Owens said the situation has gotten so bad that residents have been unable to flush their toilets.
“The untreated sewage is being pushed back into our complex and the smell is terrible,” said Owens.
A resident at Marbore Court said the main sewerage pipe in the area collapsed on April 22. Since then most drains in the area blocked and gallons of sewerage from the complex have been flowing into the dam.
“It is now so bad that the sewerage is pushing back into some of our ground floor units. It’s very unhealthy as our children are forced to play around in the sewerage. We are also concerned about the geese and fish in the dam.
“One of the tenants was told by our ward councillor Simon Lapping that it was supposed to be a two-day-long job to repair the damaged system, but the matter has now been going on for more than a week,” said the resident.
The metro has not yet responded to the Advertiser’s request for comment.
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