The City of Cape Town says it has restored water in most parts of Khayelitsha. This comes as residents were left without this precious resource since the weekend after the Water and Sanitation Directorate conducted emergency work to replace a faulty 450mm valve.
COURTESY - CoCT: One of the broken valves which needed to be replaced.According to the municipality, repair work started on
Saturday and was completed on Tuesday
Areas affected included Harare, Kuyasa, Monwabisi Park, New
Monwabisi and parts of Ilitha Park.
‘’The City if aware
that large parts of Khayelitsha remains without water after the completion of
the repair. The operational teams will prioritise valve inspections this
morning and also ensure additional tankers are available to assist the
community through this inconvenience,’’ said Zahid Badroodien, Mayoral
Committee Member for Water and Sanitation.
‘’On Saturday, multiple valves failed, which meant they
became stuck in a closed position. This prevented the pipeline from draining
properly causing a delay in being able to access the repair site safely. When
water supply was temporarily restored on Sunday, another two broken valves were
discovered, further impacting the process as additional repairs were now
required,’’ he added.
Badroodien explained that in order for the team to conduct
the new repairs, teams, on Tuesday, had to grind into a pipe to correctly fit
the new valve and successfully complete the repair.
‘’To support residents during the outage, water tankers
were deployed in consultation with local ward councillors from Sunday.
Additional tankers were requested on Tuesday to extend supply coverage however,
some delays were experienced in getting the tankers to the affected areas as
these additional tankers would have to come from other regions after having
serviced the informal settlements where they are allocated.’’
Providing an update just midday, the City said it is
investigating reports of areas that are still without water supply.
Done by: Mitchum George
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