INWONERS van Graaff-Reinet het die afgelope week op sosiale media behoorlik mond uitgespoel oor die voortslepende watertekort in die dorp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Veral hoogliggende dele van die dorp, soos uMasizakhe, Bergendal, Queen- en Rothmanstraat is vir dae op \u2019n slag sonder water, en inwoners is nie tevrede dat die munisipaliteit alles in hul vermo\u00eb doen om die situasie te beredder nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lorana Rubidge, wat in Cradockstraat woon, s\u00ea dat hulle die afgelope ses dae aaneen geen water gehad het nie. \u201cMy wasmasjien het vanwe\u00eb die swak druk die gees gegee, en heelwat huise se warmwatertoestelle breek omdat hulle leegloop. Op die ou end is water \u2019n basiese reg. Die huidige situasie is nie net ongerieflik nie, dis onhigi\u00ebnies! Waarom herstel die munisipaliteit nie net die pompe op die bestaande boorgate nie?\u201d wou sy weet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Liz Buisman van die Graaff-Reinet belastingbetalersvereniging (GRRPA) slaan die munisipaliteit nie toe op inwoners en besighede wat waterbeperkings verontagsaam nie, en hoewel die GRRPA graag \u2019n openbare vergadering met die munisipaliteit sou wou h\u00ea, is hulle aangeraai om griewe maar op ys te sit tot met die burgemeesters-uitreik op 29 April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie munisipaliteit s\u00ea dis nie moontlik vir die watertrokke om volgens \u2019n vasge-stelde skedule water by spesifieke punte te lewer nie, wat dit n\u00f3g moeiliker maak vir inwoners om water te bekom. Ons het Dinsdagmiddag spesiaal gere\u00ebl dat \u2019n watertrok by \u2019n spesifieke adres sou aandoen waar inwoners nou al dae lank sonder water is, maar die trok het net nooit opgedaag nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Eienaar van \u2019n gastehuis in Parkstraat s\u00ea die munisipaliteit reageer nie op dringende e-posse en pleidooie om hulp nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns maak staat op ons gastehuisinkomste \u2013 ons kan daarsonder nie ons munisipale rekening betaal of huishoudelike uitgawes dek nie. Tans moet ek gaste wegwys, omdat ek nie akkommodasie kan verskaf sonder water nie. Ons kan nie eens hande was of toilette spoel nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyers Naud\u00e9 plaaslike munisipaliteit het Woensdag weer eens \u2019n kennisgewing versprei waarin die publiek versoek is om water spaarsamig te gebruik. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie munisipaliteit moes die afgelope maande vanwe\u00eb die droogte, kragonderbrekings en vandalisme baie uitdagings ten opsigte van watervoorsiening hanteer. Tans is die aanvraag meer as wat die boorgate aan die gemeenskap kan lewer,\u201d lui die kennisgewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weens die droogte en swak watergehalte kan die Nqwebadam tans nie water lewer nie, en word die dorp uitsluitlik van boorgatwater voorsien, maar die bestaande gate en werkende pompe kan in slegs 70% van die gemeenskap se behoefte voorsien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Projek van R53 789 miljoen om grondwaterinfrastruktuur te ontwikkel in die noordelike boorgatveld en Mimosadale is in 2016 geregistreer by die departement van water en sanitasie, maar in 2018 is die munisipaliteit in kennis gestel dat drastiese inkortings aan fondse gemaak is, wat daartoe gelei het dat die boorgatontwikkeling gestaak moes word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nadat dringende pleidooie gerig is aan die departement, is die projek (volgens BNLM) hervat op 8 Februarie vanjaar en is die kontrakteur tans besig met verdere konstruksie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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