{"id":95499,"date":"2015-07-28T08:43:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T06:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=95499"},"modified":"2015-07-28T08:43:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T06:43:17","slug":"companys-tired-of-on-going-sewage-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/07\/28\/companys-tired-of-on-going-sewage-leaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Company\u2019s tired of on-going sewage leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Workers at local companies Cages for Africa and Unity Alma Shopfitters, in Church Street, in the Germiston CBD, have had to come to terms with working alongside raw sewage.<\/p>\n

This is because the two companies are plagued with sewage leaks.<\/p>

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Last Monday saw another leak, the fourth for this year, start in front of their businesses.<\/p>\n

The GCN was on the scene and witnessed the raw sewage flowing from a manhole into a storm water drain.<\/p>

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This drain, one of many in the CBD, reportedly flows to Germiston Lake.<\/p>\n

A tour through the Unity Alma Shopfitters workshop showed workers’ makeshift walkways through the sewage, which includes human faeces.<\/p>\n

The GCN sent a query to the metro, to establish when the matter will be resolved and what plans the metro has to stop future leaks in the area, as the situation poses a hazard to the health of all the workers at the two companies.<\/p>\n

Metro spokesman Themba Gadebe replied, stating that: \u201cA metro team had to pump sewage out of the manhole in order to remove a piece of wooden board from a nearby factory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe blockage is now open.\u201d<\/p>\n

No comment was made on the previous blockages or if the metro has prevented the situation from repeating itself.<\/p>\n

Related articles:<\/p>\n

Raw sewage leaks in Primrose Hill<\/a><\/p>\n

Why was sewage leak allowed to continue so long?<\/a><\/p>\n