A truck from Jetvac was seen dumping what appeared to have been clean water down a storm water drain in Moreleta Park recently.
Jetvac deals with the transport of dry and liquid substances, contaminated sludge and hazardous waste that require special precautionary handling measures.
Hennie Coetzee, a resident in the area, saw the truck on the corner of Pamela and Tanya streets on Sunday afternoon and became suspicious.
“A man jumped out of the truck and opened the hose, dumping clear liquid into the storm water drain. When I asked him what he was doing, the driver appeared and said they were dumping clean water into the drain,” Coetzee said.
“I was suspicious because he had chosen such a quiet street, away from the busy streets surrounding the area and he replied that he did not want to interrupt traffic,” Coetzee said.
Coetzee’s son phoned Jetvac and after the call, the driver received a call. He turned off the hose and drove off. “It was just very suspicious behaviour and I fear that if they had dumped hazardous waste, it could contaminate water in the area,” Coetzee said.
Quinton van Zyl, spokesperson for Jetvac, said the company had a contract with the metro to clean sewer lines all over the Tshwane region.
“The truck in the photo is a jetting unit and has no holding capacity for sewage, thus the clean water being bumped. All our trucks on this contract are fitted with water meters so that we can fill them at fire hydrants, which is clean drinkable water,” Van Zyl said.
“It is standard practice for us to dump the water when we have no further use for it because we do not allow our drivers to drive the vehicles with water in the tanks over long distances for safety reasons. Dumping fresh water like this actually helps with preventing storm water pipeline to block up.”
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