{"id":69716,"date":"2014-09-27T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T07:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=69716"},"modified":"2014-09-27T09:45:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T07:45:02","slug":"can-metro-water-gardens-residents-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/09\/27\/can-metro-water-gardens-residents-water\/","title":{"rendered":"How can the metro water their gardens, while residents have no water?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the water crisis still in full swing in some areas of Germiston, the GCN received word that metro workers have been watering the garden at Howe Circle.<\/p>\n

A resident, who wishes to remain unnamed, explained what she saw: \u201cWhat a shock I got on Friday, at Howe Circle in Sunnyridge.<\/p>

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\u201cI could not believe my eyes when I saw a municipality employee standing there with a tractor with a water tank with a pump watering the flowers with a hosepipe.<\/p>\n

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As a metro employee waters the plants at Howe Circle residents wait with buckets and bottles to collect much needed water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThat while we have to go and stand in a queue to fill a few buckets and bottles.<\/p>

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\u201cWe do not get answers and are still not sure what caused the problem and how long it will last.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the week I stood for an hour in a queue waiting my turn to fill my buckets and when I got to the front I was informed that the water supply tank was empty.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn questioning when will the tanker be back we were informed that it would only be back in the next hour to an hour-and-a-half.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I ask myself after seeing this watering of the plants who is more important to the metro, their flowers or the residents of our town?<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I saw this watering of the plants on Friday afternoon I am way beyond myself, I feel depressed and down.<\/p>\n

“Here I struggle without water, for seven days now, I have to run around with empty bottles and buckets to get it filled and plan on the correct way of using the little water I have and our local municipality is watering the flowers with no concern about their residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel our local municipality could rather look after the old and sick people in the community in such a serious event and assist them in obtaining water as is it is very difficult for them to carry buckets and bottles of water than watering flowers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatering flowers at Howe Circle is not going to solve the shortage of water in Primrose, Sunnyridge, Homestead and Gerdview,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n

The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation yesterday held an urgent meeting with Rand Water to understand and find solutions to the continuing water shortages in the Gauteng.<\/p>\n

It was felt that this meeting was a necessity with the growing discontent among residents.<\/p>\n

The GCN has since approached Malatswa Molepo, of the parliamentary communication service, for any feedback this meeting.<\/p>\n

At the time of going to press no comment had been received.<\/p>\n

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