THE Water Department plans to replace a ball valve inside its elevated tanks near Ujana Kingfisher and will step up efforts to check on the condition of the related fixtures to curb any wastage involving that the supply contained within these receptacles.
Water has been raining down pointlessly from the tanks, on and off, for the past three years. This most recently happened in the first week of July.A spokesman for the agency said the ball valve was prone to malfunctioning due to the high pressure of the supply entering the tanks.
“My neighbours were told that a thin metal fixture had been damaged in what looked like a failed attempt by thieves to have it removed. “We are looking into the possibility of phasing out the elevated tanks and carrying out a by-pass to have water channelled directly from our R13 reservoir to Ujana consumers. The levels at R13 have been very good off late.” The damage to the ‘thin, metal fixture’ for the flow meter is seen above.
“Some officers came down shortly afterwards and found that the bad hats had cut the wiring inside a control panel. The wrongdoers had made away with some pipes, as well as some of the Department’s equipment.”“The Police are still trying to identify the thieves,” he said.
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