eThekwini officials hold emergency meeting over water crisis
An urgent meeting has been held to address prolonged water
outages affecting the southwest parts of Durban.
eThekwini Mayor, Cyril Xaba met with stakeholders, including ward councillors and community representatives of areas supplied by the Firwood Reservoir.
They include Northdene, Moseley, Queensburgh and Chatsworth. Some residents claim that they've had intermittent water supply for more than 89 days this year.
Xaba also met with the senior management of Clover South Africa, which is running a business in Northdene.
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Residents claim Clover is tapping into the water line and draining the reservoir.
Xaba's appointed a technical team to find a permanent solution to the shortage.
This will include the installation of water standpipes and static tanks, as well as increasing water tankers.
In a statement, eThekwini says that in the medium to long term, teams from Clover and the municipality will explore a water recycling project.
They will also look at Clover possible abstracting water directly from the Southern Aqueduct.
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