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Mangaung water struggles continue

───   10:48 Sun, 23 Jun 2019

Mangaung water struggles continue | News Article
PHOTO: supplied

While residents of Bloemfontein, Dewetsdorp and Wepener hope that water supply will be fully restored by Monday, the Mangaung Metro Municipality has stated that the pump stations that supply water to the Heuwelsig and Pentagon reservoirs are off.


Numerous suburbs have no water and some experiencing low pressure.  

 The effected areas with no water include:

. Phahameng

. Bochabela

. Batho location (including Cape Stans and Mahlomola)

. Rocklands

. Phelindaba

. Freedom Square

. Grassland

. Phase 2 to 10

. Chris Hani square

. Ipopeng

. Dewet Park

. Pellissier

. Fauna

. Dewetsdorp

. Wepener

. Heuwelsig

. Universitas

. Gardenia Park

. Erlich Park

. Vista Park

. Bloemspruit

The following areas are experiencing low pressure:

. Bayswater

. Dan Pienaar

. Arboretum

. Brandwag

. CBD 

. Langenhoven Park

. Bainsvlei

. Spitskop

Meanwhile, some Mangaung residents say they struggle to cope without water. They say it's been a frustrating weekend and that they were not properly  informed and water tanks were not readily available. Residents were seen with wheelbarrows and buckets to get water for their daily routines that include laundry, cooking and bathing, some travelling for kilometres by foot to do so.

Mangaung Metro spokesperson Qondile Khedama previously told OFM News the water was cut after the Bloem Water Operations and Maintenance team completed planned maintenance activities on Friday morning. He said during the filling of the line, it was discovered a pipe burst near Lieuwkop Farm that resulted in an emergency shutdown of the line. He said technicians were repairing the pipe burst on an urgent basis and requested residents to use water sparingly.


OFM News/Michael Tlhakudi



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