Heideveld residents are up in arms after raw sewage from a City of Cape Town drain flooded their homes FIVE times in just one month.
Angry parents living in Devil’s Peak Road say their children are getting sick as the disgusting poo water fills their homes at least once a week due to problems with the sewerage system.
Dad Paul Fortune, 53, says on Wednesday, he once again woke up to find his backyard and two Wendy houses flooded with k** water.
“Every time there is a problem with the drains, the whole place floods like this,” he says.
“On Wednesday my son-in-law could not even leave his Wendy house because the water was so deep.
“The cupboards and other furniture are getting vrot already from all the stink water.”
Paul Fortune says he woke up to find his backyard and two Wendy houses flooded with k** water. Picture: Monique Duval
He says the water gushes up through a drain in his backyard and quickly spreads to the neighbours.
“The water is so high it spills over. I even showed the teams that come out to clean that I am trying to close this drain up because we can’t deal with this every time.”
His wife Gloria, 51, says her grandchildren continuously get sick and they are tired of going to the clinic.
“They get maagsiekte and we are all naar every day. We can’t sit at the clinic every day with children and the doctors already know about us,” she says.
“We just want the City to fix the problem once and for all.”
Heideveld residents are gatvol of their sewage drains overflowing.
Picture: Monique Duval
Residents says Council workers arrived shortly after 7pm to clean the area.
Mom of four, Nazlie Fieters, 41, says she is just sick of the constant smell of poo.
“I am so naar we can’t even eat. This is the fifth time in just one month, they must do something.
“Every time they come and drain the water and throw a white powder, but it still stinks. It’s like having a toilet in your whole house.”
Sewage drains overflowing.
Mayco Member for Water and Waste Services, Xanthea Limberg, confirmed the sewage was cleared on Wednesday and says while clearing the sewerage line, clothing, plastic bottles, sticks, rags and other objects were among the items discovered in the municipal sewerage main line, which could have caused the blockages.
“The community is urged to refrain from dumping objects and materials that do not belong in the sewerage lines,” she said.
“The City experiences around 300 sewer overflows each day across the Metro, and the majority are as a result of residents misusing the sewerage system rather than infrastructure defects or a lack of capacity.”