There goes your tax payments

So, just in case you were wondering how the taxpayers money was spent this week. Have a look above, this is just outside our house and this water has be pouring from a burst pipe for +30 hours now. We have reported the fault to JHB Water numerous times and as you can see they are "attending to the matter"

Basically, sometime between 12 and 3pm yesterday they did come, opened up the tar, placed a cone in the road and left. I spoke to Floyd at around 4.30pm, was assured that the matter was in hand and were waiting for a part, Chris then spoke to them again a bit later and was assured they were en-route, I called again at 11.30 to be told by Wilson that they would be there by 3am.......This morning Chris called again at 6.30am and I called at 8.30am. Simon, the supervisor says it will be attended to during the course of the day.

About 5 months ago, the same pipe burst on a Fri night and was miraculously repaired by Sat lunch time. The whole in the road remained for a few months but the water was saved and residents could continue with normal living. This time round, its a week day and nobody seems able to get the job done.

So much for this being a precious resource that we need to conserve as the world is running low on it! JHB Water seems to believe that the more we let it run down the road the more we will get!