Nelson Mandela Bay contractors begin water ‘leaks carnival’ of more than 3,000 repairs in five days

22/06/2022

With less than a week of water left in the dams, the Nelson Mandela Bay metro has called every plumbing contractor on their books, giving them five days to fix more than 3,000 leaks in a city that will soon run out of water.
 
Plumbing teams from drought-stricken Nelson Mandela Bay have been set the task of fixing more than 3,000 water leaks by Friday. (Photo: Deon Ferreira)
 
The Nelson Mandela Bay metro has called in all the plumbing contractors on its books in a race to fix 3,000 leaks by Friday in a desperate attempt to stop 40% of the city from running out of water.
 
The spokesperson for the Joint Operations Committee dealing with the crisis, Luvuyo Bangazi, said the water department’s Barry Martin had dubbed this last-ditch effort a “leaks carnival”. 
 

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