Water update for Burgersfort 13/12/2019
For the past week, the town received some much-needed rain, but the question remains whether this is enough to make a change to the ongoing water crisis?
Farmers in and around Burgersfort are giving a sigh of relief as as rivers and dams are starting to fill up. Streams are full and rivers are slowly but surely starting to flow again.
Despite all the positive impacts of rain on the surrounding areas, residents of the town must still brace themselves for a uncertain time without water, as taps are still dry.
Rain in town measured between 30 mm and 38 mm, and surrounding farmers measured the rain at 54 mm over the past two weeks.
Also read: Town’s water unfit for consumption
Steelburger/Lydenburg News asked on its Facebook page how residents feel about this, and how they deal with the ongoing water crisis in town. The newspaper published an article about the water crisis last week. Read it on www.steelburgernews.co.za
