Simple Repeat Human Error causes water shortages ... give me strength!!!!!! Here is an example of what I encounter on a daily basis: I had been getting calls of low pressure and no water in the cbd a few days ago ... Vhembe cldnt give me answers as all pumps were working and no big leaks reported ... so i did a tour of all reservoirs to verify their levels ... found all good and then got to the Hospital reservoir which was locked (others not) i called the Vhembe guys for help and they duly arrived in force (6 of them) ... NO ONE HAS A KEY!!! (See pic below) This is a regular occurrence - just a week ago I smashed a lock off the gate to a borehole that needed repairs - after waiting 3 hours for a key (everyone takes this as a break and seem quite used to it, scattering to lie down under nearby trees while they wait!) After threatening to smash my way in again ... a key arrived and we discovered the cause of the water shortage was due to the fact that the supervisor had closed the valve (see pic below - valve on blue pipe) instead of OPENING IT!!!!! - then could not get BACK IN ... to correct his error ... so he just left it for 5 days ... without reporting this little fact ... til I arrived there and discovered it!!! Main pic - sees me climbing to top of reservoir to gauge levels .... EMPTY ... !!! Pic on far right shows the level at zero with water pouring in ... So ... while AFRIFORUM have ensured that water is NOW FLOWING TO TOWN AT LEVELS NOT SEEN FOR A DECADE ... we cannot tag after every Vhembe employee to check that they PERFORM THE MOST SIMPLEST OF TASKS ... ... which lead to water stoppages that oftebn last days before the HUMAN ERROR IS DISCOVERED!!! Talk about ... FRUSTRRRRRRRRRRATION!!!!!
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:34:07 +0000
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