{"id":60484,"date":"2014-05-27T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/60484\/water-leak-wastes-water-causes-danger\/"},"modified":"2014-05-27T09:45:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T07:45:17","slug":"water-leak-wastes-water-causes-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/05\/27\/water-leak-wastes-water-causes-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Water leak wastes water, causes danger"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a huge hole at the corner of Shaft and Robertson roads, in Knights, was recently reported to the GCN by Chris du Plooy, a business owner in the area.<\/p>\n

Du Plooy told us that the leak had been there for more than a week and thousands of litres of water had been wasted.<\/p>

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The water had flooded into a stand recently acquired by du Plooy, and a number of cars and trucks had fallen into the hole which is about a metre deep, as there were no signs warning people about the problem.<\/p>\n

The GCN contacted the metro and the metro’s department of communications and brand management said, “The water leak is from a Rand Water bulk line.<\/p>

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“Arrangements were made to repair the pipe on May 14 but this was postponed due the excavator being broken as told to us by Rand Water officials.<\/p>\n

“The leak will be fixed as soon an excavator is available.”<\/p>\n

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