Residents recently complained that the water supplied by the City had a strange colour, smelt bad and was contaminated with cholera.
Substandard drinking water has been the reality for thousands of residents in the Pretoria north region for many years.
“A number of concerns have been raised with us by the residents. The water tankers themselves do not have lids on top. The handling of the water, as well as the storage in those tankers, might be the problem,” said Tau. “It will add another 60 million litres per day of clean water to the residents. I can promise that we will solve the water woes in Hammanskraal,” he said.
In a statement on Wednesday, the city said it had noted the concerns from the national department of water and sanitation, South African human rights commission, and other stakeholders regarding the quality of water supplied to the Temba/Hammanskraal area.
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