Water woes continue for Bloem

The water supply to areas around Bloemfontein will return slowly, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality spokesman Qon-dile Khedama said yesterday.

A burst in Mangaung's main water supply line left thousands of residents without water for the past three days.

"Repair works at the leakage near the N6 junction have been concluded," he said.

Khedama said refilling the water system beyond the repair site was taking longer than expected. "Full restoration will take around 10 hours," he said.

Since Saturday water has been supplied through the Rustfontein scheme at a flow rate of 650 litres per second.

Khedama said Phase 2 and 3 and the Rocklands areas were not getting water as their take-off was from the main line.

Earlier, the Democratic Alliance urged the city to install additional emergency water points in the metro.

The DA said the communities of Pellissier, Universitas, Langenhoven Park, Heidedal, Freedom Square and Rocklands had been the worst affected in the past three days.