RESIDENTS of Verulam are feeling hopeless, fast believing that they are a forgotten community as their taps continue to run dry.
With new national and provincial governments of unity being elected and “progress” reports of repairs to infrastructure currently under way, the residents of Parkgate, Trenance Park, and Dawncrest, among other affected areas, have lost hope that their water supply would be fully-restored any time soon.
While some residents have an intermittent supply, others have not had piped water since last year.
The POST visited some of the affected areas this week and spoke to residents – some with tears in their eyes, as they described their struggle to get water and becoming reliant on tankers, JoJo tanks and boreholes.
Ivan Surajpaul, a resident of Parkgate, said homes on several roads, including upper Heathrow Avenue,
