MET die eerste oogopslag lyk die eiendom van Koot Burger, oorspronklik van Kuruman, na \u2019n idilliese paradys. Sy erf grens aan die groen belt van Noorsekloof, kompleet met koelte- bome en \u2019n stroompie water wat oor rivierklippies kabbel. <\/p>\n
Dit was Burger se droom om in Jeffreysbaai af te tree en \u2019n huis vir homself en sy vrou, Santie, te bou op hul pypsteelerf in Camphortreestraat, maar tot dusver kon dit nie gebeur nie. <\/p>\n
In kontras met die pragtige natuurskoon wat die eiendom bied, is daar ho\u00ebr op in dieselfde erf, \u2019n modderpappery wat niemand kan miskyk nie. Daar is duidelik ongewensde water wat vermoedelik vanaf die riooltenk van \u2019n buurman kom. <\/p>\n
Volgens Kouga Munisipaliteit se Infrastruktuur en Ingenieurswese Portefeulje-bestuurder, Willem Gertenbach, is Jeffreysbaai se riooltenkstelsels met die bou van die eerste huise in die dorp ge\u00efmplementeer. <\/p>\n
Die eerste rioolstelsel is eers in die laat 1980\u2019s gebou. Alhoewel daar toe-komsplanne is vir die hele dorp om van hierdie tenksisteem afstand te doen, is baie eiendomme in Jeffreysbaai nie tans aan die rioolstelsel gekoppel nie en is dus afhanklik van septiese tenks om hul riool te verwyder. <\/p>\n
Dit is egter die huiseienaar se verantwoordelikheid om te sorg dat die tenk gereeld leeggepomp word. <\/p>\n
Wonings wat van hierdie stelsels afhanklik is, is geregtig daarop dat die munisipaliteit die tenk een maal per maand gratis leegmaak. Hulle moet egter betyds gebel word om dit te kom doen, omdat baie huise op die dorp slegs gedurende vakansietye bewoon word. <\/p>\n
Wanneer die munisipaliteit in kennis gestel word van die nood rondom \u2019n septiese tenk word \u2019n voertuig ontplooi om die tenk leeg te pomp en die proses word maandeliks herhaal, of meermale, afhangende van die woning se individuele behoeftes. <\/p>\n
Burger noem dat die rioolpappery in sy erf reeds twee jaar lank \u2019n pro-bleem is, en dat hy gevolglik nie op sy erf kan bou nie. Selfs die groentetuin wat hy aangel\u00ea het, het letterlik, geen vrugte afgewerp nie. <\/p>\n
As \u2019n gesoute boer en natuurliefhebber, het hy alles probeer om sy erf te rehabiliteer, maar met die gedurige toevloei van rioolwater is dit onmoontlik. Dit is t\u00f3\u00e9 dat hy besluit het sy laaste uitweg sal wees om sy saak aan die media te stel, in die hoop om \u2019n oplossing te kry. <\/p>\n
Die buurman \u2013 wie se riooltenk vermoedelik die oorsaak van hierdie penarie is \u2013 het ges\u00ea hy het geen kommentaar nie en het met regstappe ge-dreig toe hy deur die Kouga Express<\/span> gekontak is. <\/p>\n Burger het bygevoeg, \u201cEk het in \u2019n stadium self die munisipaliteit gebel om my buurman se tenk te kom pomp. Dit het toe baie beter gegaan, maar hy het dit stopgesit en hulle belet om sy tenk te kom pomp wanneer ek hulle bel. Ek het al afvoerslote gegrawe om die water weg te lei van my erf, maar sonder sukses. Ek het selfs op eie onkoste \u2019n muurtjie rondom sy tenk gebou om te verhoed dat re\u00ebnwater onnodig in sy tenk inloop en dit volmaak. Dit het ook nie gehelp nie. Ek is raadop.\u201d<\/p>\n Buiten die ongerief en ooglopende gesondheidsrisiko\u2019s wat rou riool vir die Burgers inhou, loop die water ook in die stroompie in, wat afloop in die see. Dit besoedel dus die water wat deur die kloof loop, wat deur diere gedrink word. <\/p>\n Volgens Burger het hy al menige male die gesondheidsinspekteur genader en die situasie aangemeld. Di\u00e9 was glo al vyf keer daar om die pro-bleem te dokumenteer.<\/p>\n By navraag het Kouga Express<\/span> die volgende terugvoer gekry van Daniel Benson, Kouga Gemeenskapsdienste Portefeulje-raadslid. <\/p>\n \u201cNa inspeksie van die eiendom van [buurman] op 4 Augustus deur Kouga Munisipaliteit is bevind dat die eiendom se septiese tenk nie voldoen aan voorgeskrewe regulasies nie. \u2019n Formele geskrewe versoek om nakoming van die voorskrifte sal op 10 Augustus aan [buurman] uitgereik word deur die omgewingsgesondheidsraad oor die gesondheidsrisiko wat deur die oorlopende septiese tenk geskep word. Die kwessies rakende die afwykings van die goedgekeurde bouplanne sal na die Boubeheerafdeling (Building control section) verwys word om met die eienaar van die eiendom op te neem.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MET die eerste oogopslag lyk die eiendom van Koot Burger, oorspronklik van Kuruman, na \u2019n idilliese paradys. 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