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Water is overrated - I'm over not having water!

So we have moved (since last week) from no water, to dirty water, to toxic water, to cold and dirty water, to no water again , to warm water only, to non toxic water, to no water again, to dirty water again, to only cold water and now no water at all - again!

I'm speechless, maybe cause I'm dehydrated and my vocal chords have dried out, never the less, this is unacceptable...

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By: Gregor | Tuesday, November 7 at Tuesday, November 07, 2006 | |

The water update: no more splish splash

I just received this email from the Director for Communications and Development Division at Rhodes University. Here are a few important points:





  • THIS IS AN URGENT MESSAGE TO ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS
  • Please be aware that serious concerns have been voiced over
  • the toxicity levels of the municipal water supply.
  • According to Martin Davies of the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries
  • Science, over 35 000 fish at the University's Experimental Fish
  • Farm have died over the last few days as a result.
  • The deaths of these fish together with behavioural abnormalities which has been observed are indicative of the presence of heavy metal pollutants in the water.
  • The particles are extremely toxic to human beings and cannot be removed through cooking or boiling water.
  • In the meantime you are requested NOT to drink water from any taps on campus (or at home) and not to cook with this water if your home or residence was affected by the recent water outage.
  • The University is making plans to bring further supplies of bottled drinking water to Grahamstown for distribution to residences.


    • Well, most people I know, including myself, have been drinking the water at some stage during the last three days...but what about the people living in the township area, are they being warned and provided with bottled water?

    Furthermore, what about those residents who do not have the luxury of a network connection and who do not receive this warning email? The local municipality really did a stuffy job at warning Grahamstown residence about this dangerous water problem...

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    By: Gregor | Thursday, November 2 at Thursday, November 02, 2006 | |