San Lameer Newsflash/Nuusflits Oct/Nov 2017 | Page 2

News from Management / Nuus vanaf Bestuur
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has not confirmed this directly to us.
We understand that homeowners are frustrated and concerned
regarding the situation, especially in view of the upcoming
December season. Questions are also asked as to what the Board
and Management are doing to avoid such future incidents. We can
assure you that, Management and the Board share your concerns,
and Management is in constant contact with the municipal manager,
Mr DD Naidoo, as well as the general manager of water services of
UGU, Ms Lungile Cele. They promised to provide us with an update as
soon as possible.
6 NOVEMBER 2017 WATER UPDATE
Dear Homeowners
Please note that it seems that the internal staff issues at UGU have
been resolved for now and the UGU workers have returned to work,
as there is water on the Estate.
We are still urgently looking into other water supply options, for
example boreholes, over and above the water tank project.
Geagte Huiseienaars
Let asseblief op dat dit lyk asof die interne personeelkwessies by
UGU opgelos is vir nou en die UGU-werkers teruggekeer het werk
toe, aangesien daar water op die Landgoed is.
Ons kyk steeds dringend na ander watervoorsieningsopsies,
byvoorbeeld boorgate, bo en behalwe die watertenkprojek
Dear Homeowners
We regret to inform you that we have been experiencing on and off water
problems on the Estate lately and yesterday morning the reservoir was
again empty and is still empty. We can only once again sincerely
apologise for the inconvenience and reiterate that we are doing our best
to get answers from UGU as the water supply is not something that we
control. There is no water in the reservoir or in the main supply line that
leads from the water purification works at Port Edward up to our
reservoir and beyond to Southbroom. Therefor the problem is not isolated
to San Lameer, but currently an entire South Coast problem, due to UGU
workers being on strike and deliberately vandalizing the water supply
pipes / valves and intimidating casuals so that they cannot take their
place to ensure a constant water supply. These are general facts, but UGU
To update you on the project to have 20 000lt tanks installed on the
Estate so that San Lameer will at least have one or two days of
emergency water supply in peak season and three or 4 days' supply
in mid or low season :
Ÿ The tanks have already been purchased, delivered and are ready
to be installed;
Ÿ We can unfortunately not connect the tanks to the UGU main
supply line as yet, as the main supply pipe belongs to UGU and is
controlled by them from the reservoir to the bulk meters at Lot
142. Therefore, the tanks must be placed as close as possible to
the reservoir and main supply line and connected with UGU's
permission;
Ÿ An engineer has already identified the old UGU site office, near
the reservoir, as the best location for the tanks (on land
belonging to UGU);
Ÿ This means that a servitude has to be registered for the use of
the site and for the connection of pipes and although tedious,
this process has been ongoing for some time so that we can use
the site legally and our interests and property (tanks) can be
protected through an agreement and registered servitude.
However, it is doubtful whether the servitude will be registered
before December 2017 but we try to get permission from UGU to
already place and link the tanks as soon as the UGU Council
grants permission and the municipal manager signs the Council
meeting's minutes;
Ÿ The possibility also exists that we can increase the amount of
tanks;
Ÿ UGU has already indicated that it supports the San Lameer
request and will also try to include the use of the old site and
servitude as an annex to the existing Bulk Use Agreement, which
will ensure a time-saving.
Water Tank Installations
Taking into consideration the recent water interruptions that we
experienced on the Estate, that were unfortunately totally out of our
control, we would like to encourage homeowners of the freehold
units to install water tanks on their property. If a Sectional Title Unit
has got access to an Exclusive Use drying yard, the installation of a
water tank to a maximum of 800 litres will be considered.
Please take note of the procedure to follow in order to install a