Kanana drinking water not safe.

Shocking news from the community of Kanana as they use to the blocked drains every time. This problem started last year 2009 December when the drain became blocked they called the Municipality to unblock it when they left, it became blocked again. According to the residents of Kanana which is situated at the Southern site of Johannesburg in South Africa.

One of the residents was preparing themselves to go to their daily work, when they open their taps early in the morning some dirty from the toilets come out of their taps. They report the matter to the local municipality, as usual they came and check but their was nothing coming out. According to the municipal worker . There must be a misconnection of pipes somewhere or the leakage, but they are not been given the permission to dig the drainage system. They arranged the meeting with the Mayor to discuss the problem as they are now afraid to use their taps. They were told that the Mayor is not available he is busy. The community is furious about the respond from the local authorities saying that it is their duty to ensure that the water is purified before they use it for drinking. According to the residents this has happened twice in the morning in four houses at the area.

one of the residents which I spoke to she said that the water coming from the taps have bad smell especially in the morning,she wow that she will never drink this water until is properly checked, because they are not sure whether is the water taps or the drain that cause the smell..

The community of Kanana after the meeting with them and the advise they got they are is busy arranging the march to raise their concern to Metsi a lekoa which is the water supply company at Vaal.

This is a clear admission of guilty because people trusted that the water from the taps are most clean for domestic use. we should arrange the test kits so that the water should go to the laboratory for checking.