{"id":50965,"date":"2023-05-24T06:05:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T04:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/overflowing-sewer-in-panorama-city-of-cape-town-responds-20230524\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:55:45","slug":"overflowing-sewer-in-panorama-city-of-cape-town-responds-20230524","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/overflowing-sewer-in-panorama-city-of-cape-town-responds-20230524\/","title":{"rendered":"Overflowing sewer in Panorama: City of Cape Town responds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following a news article of a constantly overflowing sewer pipeline at a house in Panorama, the City of Cape Town responded saying work has been done to rectify the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/panorama-resident-fed-up-with-overflowing-sewer-20230516-2\">Panorama resident fed-up with overflowing sewer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week <em>TygerBurger<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/panorama-resident-fed-up-with-overflowing-sewer-20230516-2\"> reported on how resident Shantal Johansen had to endure a stench from an overflowing sewer on Tuesday 2 May<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was not the first overflow at the Piketberg Street property, she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter 12 years of living on this island, we have been experiencing this constant hazardous mess. This is by now surely a known problem in your ward, and nobody is fixing it permanently once and for all. It is always a constant investigation with cameras being inserted in the pipes to find fat, toilet paper or syringes etcetera,\u201d she wrote in an email addressed to the ward councillor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-inspection-complete\">Inspection complete<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The City was approached for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA CCTV inspection was conducted on this sewer pipeline and no defects were found, so there is no repair to be done, but there is a consistent build-up of fats, oils and grease in the pipeline. This causes blockages which means that households along the network are putting significant amounts of fats, oils and grease down their kitchen sinks or outside gullies which end up in the sewer. These harden inside the pipelines and coupled with other items, such as toilet paper and other waste, which progressively accumulate to form blockages,\u201d said Zahid Badroodien, Mayco member for water and sanitation, in a response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years ago, non-return-valves (NRVs) were installed at several of the houses in the area including Johansen\u2019s property. \u201cAt the time, the property owner of number 3 claimed they had no sewer problems on this property. 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