Dylan Bettencourt
Ngenkathi besabambe ongezansi ngenxa yezinkinga eziqhubekayo zokucishwa kukagesi, abahlali baseGoli kuzomele babhekane nokungabi bikho kwamanzi izinsuku ezintathu kulesi sikhathi esinzima sokudingeka kakhulu kwamanzi.
I-Rand Water imemezele ukuthi ukuvalwa kwamanzi amahora angama-54 kuzoqala ngoMsombuluko ekuseni kuze kube uLwesithathu mhla ziyi-17 kuLwezi.
Abakwa-Rand Water bathe balungisa ipayipi labo lamanzi elihlinzeka isikhungo sokuhlanza amanzi e-Vereeniging.
“Ngenxa yalokhu, imboni ngeke isebenze kusukela ngehora lesihlanu ekuseni, mhla ziyi-15 kuLwezi isikhathi esingamahora angama-54,” kusho isitatimende senkampani yamanzi.
Ipayipi eliphakela amanzi elithintekile lizokwenza ukuthi kuvalwe amanzi ezindaweni eziningi zaseGoli kanti kwezinye izindawo ukutholwa kwamanzi kuzoncipha ngo-25%.
Abakwa-Rand Water bengeze ngokuthi ukuvalwa kwamanzi ngeke kubangele ukwehla okuphelele kokuphakelwa kwamanzi, kodwa kunalokho kuzonciphisa ukuphakelwa kwamanzi ezindlini njengoba isiteshi sabo i-Eikenhof silungiswa.
“Abakwa-Rand Water baphawule ngokukhathazeka okukhulu ngemibiko yabezindaba ethi kuzonqanyulwa amanzi ngokuphelele esiFundazweni saseGoli ngenxa yokulungiswa kwepayipi kusukela mhla ziyi-15 kuya kumhla ziyi-17 kuLwezi. Ukulungiswa kwepayipi akukhona neze ukunqanyulwa kwamanzi ngokuphelele,” kuchaza isitatimende.
Ukuvalwa kwamanzi kuyingxenye yeprojekthi yenkampani yokwengeza ipayipi le-B19 kanti lokhu kuyisigaba sokugcina sohlelo oluzovumela ukwanda kwamavolumu ngamapayipi futhi kudale ukuhlinzekwa kwamanzi okuzinzile kumakhasimende.
Zingama-44 izindawo ezizothinteka kulo lonke iGoli ngenxa yokuvalwa kwamanzi.