White River water supply restored
While White River's water woes seem to be mostly over for now, but there are sections of the town that are still facing water disruptions.
White River residents suffered water outages for up to 11 days while municipal staff worked to find the cause of the issues.
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Municipal spokesperson, Jospeh Ngala, said, “The water problem was compounded by number of issues including the canal breakage at Nelspruit, electrical cables submerged in water at Rocky Drift, low flows of incoming water in the canal from Longmere Dam, pipe bursts in the storm-water drain and high turbid water at the purification plants, that were always out of range”.
“The situation is back to normal.
“Communities were informed through social media platforms and the radio station (about the water problems),” said Ngala.
“The ward councillor (Rowan Torr) is also a link to the community and relayed information on the progress and challenges faced throughout.”
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Ngala added that the water outage was a temporary setback and said the municipality “appreciates the cooperation received from communities”.
“Water tankers were availed almost every day, however most of the residents didn’t have containers or storage tanks,” he said.
Torr confirmed that the water seemed to sorted but there were still a few complaints of disruptions.
“There is plenty of rain on its way. There is some serious work to be done on potholes and getting the street lights back to normal might be a bit difficult,” he said.
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“All areas have now water. There is good pressure but water is slightly red in colour because of the canal feed in Nelspruit.
“Late on Sunday, the last detected leak was fixed and Kingsview, William Lynn and Protea Crescent all received water. “All’s well,” he said.
Meanwhile, The National Treasury of South Africa met with the City of Mbombela Local Municipality last Friday to conduct their annual mid-year assessment.
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The municipal spokesperson, Joseph Ngala, said Treasury visits all metros and secondary cities in the country on an annual basis.
He said the fundamental objectives of the mid-year engagement with the municipalities is to look into the previous financial years’, as well as the mid-year’s, organisational performance.
