{"id":107209,"date":"2015-12-03T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107209\/residents-furious-over-reservoir-leak\/"},"modified":"2015-12-04T10:26:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T08:26:31","slug":"residents-furious-over-reservoir-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/03\/residents-furious-over-reservoir-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents furious over reservoir leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many Germiston residents have felt the effects of the ongoing drought which, being felt nationally, has brought water shortages, water restrictions and even outages.<\/p>\n<p>As the metro continues to implement water restrictions in Germiston and urges residents to report leaks so they can be repaired, Primrose Hill residents want the leak at the Signal Hill reservoir repaired.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Water leak 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pAkg9FdHsv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ad\u00e8le Schoombie, a long-time resident of Primrose Hill, commented on the leak: \u201cI am fighting the same war all the time.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Signal Hill reservoir loses its water on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, not a litre or two, but copious quantities of water was wasted as it ran down the hill and over the streets of Primrose Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107211\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4441_31862.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107211\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4441_31862-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Water runs down the road from the Signal Hill reservoir, in Primrose Hill.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4441_31862-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4441_31862-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4441_31862.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water runs down the road from the Signal Hill reservoir, in Primrose Hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schoombie explained that contacting the metro\u2019s call taking centre doesn\u2019t help, as they often do not answer the calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf, on the odd occasion the call is answered, the non-committal attitude of the call centre operative is testimony to how much attention is paid to the complaint,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Primrose Hill want the metro to fix the problem permanently.<\/p>\n<p>Themba Gadebe, spokesman for the metro, responded to the queries, stating: \u201cThe control float at the reservoir malfunctioned and the reservoir overflowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe metro serviced the controls and it is now operational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only a day after this response was received the GCN received a further complaint about water leaking from the reservoir.<\/p>\n<p>The metro was contacted again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe complaints have been brought to our attention and we will be replacing the outlet non-return valves that are causing a push-back that has resulted in an overflow,\u201d said Gadebe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe metro will soon be issuing a notice of a water interruption so that we can carry out the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/105540\/thank-you-to-the-unsung-heroes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thank you to the unsung heroes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/105521\/community-educated-about-disasters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community educated about disasters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='1b446aac3df7fefeff114af8b24a77e0'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro says it will repair the leak at the Signal Hill 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