Om water te h\u00ea, is \u2019n reg \u2013 nie \u2019n voorreg nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
D\u00edt word immers duidelik in die Handves van Menseregte in die Suid-Afrikaanse Grondwet omskryf \u2013 dat almal \u201cdie reg tot gesondheidsorg, voedsel, water en maatskaplike sekerheid\u201d het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die voortslepende waterprobleem in Caledon, wat vererger is deur die instelling van beurtkrag, het plaaslike inwoners onthuts gelaat. Dit gons die afgelope weke behoorlik op sosialemediaplatforms, waar inwoners stoom afblaas oor hul ontevredenheid en frustrasies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waterpype breek gereeld weens verouderde infrastruktuur. Hiermee kan inwoners nog tot \u2019n mate saamleef, want dit word gewoonlik spoedig herstel. Die Theewaterskloof-munisipaliteit is nie Caledon se waterverskaffer nie \u2013 die Overberg-waterraad is, en hy is nie in staat om voldoende water vir die dorp te lewer nie, veral nie tydens beurtkrag wanneer water nie na die reservoirs gepomp kan word nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit veroorsaak dat reservoirvlakke soms skrikwekkend laag is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar die inwoners soek antwoorde by die TWK, nie van Overberg-water nie, want \u2013 soos hulle tereg s\u00ea \u2013 betaal hulle diensfooie aan die munisipaliteit en nie aan Overberg-water nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit is veral ho\u00ebrliggende dele onder die N2, asook die middedorp, Uitsig, Riemvasmaak, Bergsig en Myddleton, wat daardeur geraak word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoewel die munisipaliteit watertenkwaens \u2013 soms tot ses \u2013 uitstuur om water aan inwoners te verskaf, is inwoners \u201ckeelvol, om dit sagkens te stel\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n 84-jarige inwoner s\u00ea sy moet water uit haar re\u00ebnwatertenks vir die huis gebruik. Sy moet \u2019n stel trappe klim met emmers vol water en sal nou \u2019n ander pompstelsel moet laat installeer om die water tot in die huis te kry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gastehuiseienaars s\u00ea hulle kan nie gaste se vrae oor wanneer hulle weer water gaan h\u00ea, beantwoord nie. Hulle probeer help deur kastrolle water te kook sodat hul gaste kan was, maar s\u00ea hulle verloor sake omdat ontevrede gaste by ander gastehuise, wat wel water het, gaan inboek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Ander inwoner s\u00ea sy het in die voorafgaande 14 dae slegs twee dae water gehad. Mense is regtig moedeloos en vra hoe hulle dan nou onder die watertenkwaens skottelgoed en wasgoed moet was of stort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Groep van meer as 60 bejaardes van Kaapstad het Sondag 2 Oktober \u2019n besoek aan Caledon se Kramat en veldblommetuin gebring. Hulle het die besoek baie geniet, maar dit was \u2019n groot verleentheid vir die organiseerders toe die gaste nie die ruskamers by \u2019n bekende vulstasie kon gebruik nie omdat di\u00e9 gesluit was omdat daar geen water was nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inwoners wonder ook hoekom kragopwekkers nie gebruik word om water gedurende beurtkrag na die reservoirs te pomp nie, veral aangesien Grabouw onlangs kragopwekkers gekry het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die TWK het in \u2019n persverklaring ges\u00ea die waarnemende munisipale bestuurder, Boy Manqoba Ngubo, het Vrydag 30 September \u2019n noodvergadering met die TWK-bestuur bel\u00ea om gebruiklikheids\u00adplanne binne die bestaande wetgewing vir noodtoestande te implementeer om te help om die frustrasies (rakende die waterprobleem) te verlig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns gaan ons daarop toespits om ons waterinfrastruktuur op die waterpyplyne en die reservoirs se houvermo\u00eb te verbeter, en dit sluit die verkryging van kragopwekkers in om te help met waterverskaffing in vier strategiese gebiede.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die TWK het inwoners gevra om water slegs vir noodsaaklike gebruik te benut. \u201cWanneer daar water in die netwerk is, gebruik dit asseblief spaarsamig. Moet dit nie gebruik om swembaddens op te vul of tuine nat te lei nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watertenkwaens sal steeds in woonbuurte rondry om water te verskaf. Indien inwoners hulp benodig, kan hulle die bystandsnommer 083 261 6849 skakel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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