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Avah Botha (21 months) from Durbanville having her hands sanitised and temperature screened in reception at Curro Castle Durbanville before being escorted to class by one of the class teachers. Crishanè Krige, a teacher, took the temperature of all learners on arrival. Curro Castle Durbanville is one of several preschools that reopened last week. PHOTO: TANYA LOYNES
he City of Cape Town is planning to use CCTV camera technology to investigate the recurring sewage overflow problem in the upmarket Vygeboom neighbourhood. This sewage overflow at manholes in Tugela Road has been recurring since about eight years ago, a resident said. The problem started after the construction of Fig Tree Security Estate in Eversdal Heights next to Vygeboom, he claimed. Although the manholes are regularly unblocked, the source of the problem is never addressed, one resident said. “We often have to report it more than once and then wait days for someone to come out. In the meantime the sewage ends up in the stormwater system and finally run into the Sonstraal Dam,” he said. An estimated 6 000 litres of sewage per day, flows via the stormwater system to Sonstraal Dam, he said. “We want the City to come up with a permanent solution to solve the problem, not just fix the blockage every time,” he said. He said it seems the volume of sewage is too heavy for the pipeline, which has several bends, and that the drop from the blocked sewage pipe at the manhole at 7 Tugela Road
to the next connection in Vygeboom Crescent is not steep enough to encourage a proper flow. He said the City, a couple of years ago, diverted the stormwater drain at the same spot via an underground pipeline to an open stormwater canal passing through a servitude on 12 Tugela Road. “So, at times when the sewage overflows, it ends up in the stormwater system, which ends up in the Sonstraal Dam. We can actually smell the sewage. It also flows during high summer when there is no stormwater (due to no rain),” he said. Xanthea Limberg, Mayco member for water and waste, on enquiry by TygerBurger, said the sewage system in the area is appropriately designed to handle the volumes of sewage it is dealing with. Overflows are being caused by blockages, she said. “Recent blockages are currently thought to be due to a combination of root ingress and fats in the pipe. “Fat is a big problem for sewage systems as it hardens in the pipes, and acts like glue to detritus flowing past. Roots growing into the pipe will also affect the flow of sewage,” she said. According to Limberg a contractor was on site on 26 June to thoroughly clean the network in the area and remove roots. V To page 2
“We often have to report it more than once and then wait days for someone to come out. In the meantime the sewage ends up in the stormwater system.”
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