Residents of Pietermaritzburg have lived without water for the past week. The city confirmed that Prestbury‚ Pelham and portions of Northdale were all without water because there was a problem with the bulk main supply - but said it was not Umngeni Water’s faults.The Big Read: There is water aplenty - if only the ANC knew where to find itHere is a tale of three countries. Let's call them A, B and C. Country A is experiencing its worst drought in living memory. Copesville has had water supply problem this week.One of the residents in Copesville told of the ordeal they have suffered over the past three days.“On Wednesday‚ the pressure on the water pipes started decreasing; we then decided to fill up some of the vessels we have in the house. Then the taps ran dry‚” said Thobile Mchunu.“The next day people were protesting in the neighbourhood burning tyres and even pelting cars with stones. Since then we have not had any water.“The municipality has not even sent tankers to address the problem and there has not been any communication as to what the problem is.”But senior manager of water and sanitation in Msunduzi Municipality Brenden Sivparsad said the council was doing all it can to address the water shortage in the area.“We had a problem with the control valve that malfunctioned. This is a national problem. There is drought in the country. We have minimum water in our dam. We also had 60 brass water metres were stolen in the past weeks. We had to shut down the area to replace those.”Sivparsad said that there were about 29 tankers trying to provide water in most of the affected areas.He added that most of the affected areas would have water restored by tomorrow morning...