A third water test has been done in Diepsloot to determine if the water there was contaminated, the City of Johannesburg said on Monday.

Spokeswoman Millicent Kabwe advised all residents not to use tap water or any other water in the Diepsloot area until the results of the third test were available.

“Since Friday we did two water tests, of which the results were negative.” 

The water in Diepsloot was flushed out on Sunday afternoon before the third water test was done.

Kabwe said samples were taken and it took about 18 hours for the test to produce results.

More water tankers would be sent to the area on Monday to ensure there was enough water for residents.

• The DA says the tap water may have been contaminated by sewerage due to a maintenance accident.

"Contractors working on a sewerage line out of Diepsloot damaged a water main, creating a strong risk that the water supply would become contaminated," the party's Marti Wenger, MP, said in a statement.

Wenger said the city's contingency plans to provide 12 mobile tankers to roam the streets was inadequate. A media team on Sunday could only track down one of these tankers on the 40km round trip from Diepsloot to a filling point in Lanseria.

In a statement at the weekend, the city said residents could make use of mobile water tankers or two water tankers in extension 2 and 7, situated next to the clinics.

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Apr 16, 2012

NevusAuvius

jerrrrr Sowetan Mornachies se a nwele mos,arhhg mara well o useless gore re ka mo llela.
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Apr 16, 2012

Ann

mxm!
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Apr 16, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeer i wonder how many people had already drank..
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Apr 16, 2012

lindsay

ok i wont
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Apr 16, 2012

Biggie

Those that have drank the water are just ignorant, the message was sent to all residents on friday and was even announced on the news...
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Apr 16, 2012

sakhomba

@NevusAuvius
jerrrrr Sowetan Mornachies se a nwele mos,arhhg mara well o useless gore re ka mo llela.
==========================================================================hihihihihi. you nasty.
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Apr 16, 2012

MommaC

What do they think it is contaminated with?
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Apr 16, 2012

Ann

they say its mixed with saurage mxm! i know a woman who drank it ntsa segiwa ke mala since yesterday
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Apr 16, 2012

Click

The water has been contaminated by Verwoerd's urine..

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Apr 16, 2012

PamellaGili

They really need to send more Water Tankers because the little that they sent does not even cover half the people. People are crossing the high way to go get water at Near Garage (Zenex) or some construction company over the high way (Gomes) . this is highly dangerous as the high way is very busy. Some are using water coming from the ground Near the Park between Ext 2 and ext 8.
People can’t be without water for so long, no water since Wednesday 11.04.2012. Water is a source of life after all.

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