Ermelo residents face months-long water shortages, buying water as dry taps and dirty water plague the area.
Ermelo residents express frustration as dry taps and dirty water persist for months, forcing them to buy water while the municipality provides no clear answers.Residents of Ermelo in Mpumalanga are frustrated over water shortages that have affected the area for about three months now.
“There are people who did not have water for almost three months, other did not have it for almost a month,” said Basson.Basson said the water infrastructure was old, leading to leaking pipes that were often not attended to even though they were reported to the municipality.
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