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KARIEGA <\/strong>– The Strelitzia Dam, once a vital source of irrigation for several schools, parks, and the local golf course, has now run dry, triggering significant concern among the residents of Ward 51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frustrated by the consequences of the dam\u2019s depletion, residents have sought urgent intervention from their Councillor, Roelf Basson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to numerous complaints and the growing anxiety within the community, Basson, along with Horatio Hendricks, a Member of the Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance, conducted an oversight visit to the dam in Kariega. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This visit focused on Ward 51, where pressing concerns have emerged, particularly from neighbouring schools that are unable to access water for irrigating their sports fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to UD Express<\/em>,<\/span> Hendricks said, \u201cComing from a drought in the Metro, we do not want schools to irrigate their sports fields with potable water as that would be wasteful. For a number of years, schools have been using grey water to irrigate their fields, supplied by the municipality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that the schools were allegedly paying for this discarded water at a lesser cost than they would have paid for potable water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, now, they are not receiving the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has negatively affected the school fields, as it seems there are allegedly a number of parents pulling their children out of schools in Kariega to schools in Gqeberha because facilities here are regressing,\u201d Hendricks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn terms of need and consumption, grey water would normally end up in a river or ocean, but that water can be redirected to upgrade facilities in need, like parks, sports fields, and the local golf course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That water can be procured at a lesser tariff, which would be beneficial for the municipality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that considering the seven-year water drought the Metro has been experiencing, a solution for reusing water effectively needs to be considered, and grey water is the perfect solution to mitigate the use of potable water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Municipality was approached numerous times for a response to this pressing issue, but no feedback was received at the time of going to press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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