COMMUNITIES hit by Saturday night’s floods have been dealt another blow – they have no running water.
Don Perumall, the chair- person of the Tongaat Civic Association, said more than 60 000 residents have been impacted by the water outage.
“The source of our water comes from the point at which the Emona and Tongaat rivers meet. There is a furrow, a U-shaped brick structure, that channels the water from the river into Tongaat Water Works where it is purified. The water is then pumped to homes.”
Perumall said after the heavy rain, the furrow became blocked with rubble and debris.
“This has restricted the water supply. At one stage, we were getting slow to