Residents of Bernard Street, Jonkershoek Road and Meg's Place in Bergbron have been battling with overflowing sewage drains for over a decade. Despite repeated efforts and interventions from their ward councillor, the problem has worsened, occurring daily. The root cause is attributed to fat build-up from nearby restaurants entering the sewerage system.
Residents of Bernard Street, Jonkershoek Road and Meg’s Place in Bergbron say they have been struggling with regularly overflowing sewerage drains for more than 10 years, and despite their best efforts – and those of their ward councillor – the problem not only persists but has also worsened significantly.
“Ten years ago, it would block up maybe three or four times per year,” says Smit. “As more restaurants opened in the area, it gradually became worse, until three years ago when a drain would block at least once or twice a month. Smit says that these three roads, along which multiple sewerage manholes are located, are continually plagued by sewage overflows.
He adds that between Johannesburg Water and the Department of Environmental Health, not even the ward councillor has been able to get to the bottom of who is responsible for dealing with the problem of enforcing the manner in which restaurants dispose of the fat generated, despite workers for Johannesburg Water confirming that the cause of the problem is fat build-up in the pipes.
SEWERAGE OVERFLOW BERGBORN JOHANNESBURG WATER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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