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Residents of Pretoria's suburbs banned from drinking tap water due to an outbreak of intestinal illnesses

The City of Tshwane municipality, which includes South Africa's capital Pretoria, warned residents of several areas about the danger of tap water after more than 400 people sought medical help. E. coli was found in the water, and patients tested positive for norovirus, campylobacter and shigella. The cause was failures at the Bronkhorstspruit water treatment plant, which operated for three weeks without chlorination.

Javlon Tursunov
2 min read
Uzbekistan

Residents of five Tashkent districts complain of chemical smell in hot water — laboratory testing launched

Veolia Energy Tashkent has received complaints from residents of the Mirzo Ulugbek... no — Mirabad, Yakkasaray, Shaykhantahur, Chilanzar and Yunusabad districts about a foreign chemical smell in hot water. Samples have been taken for chemical-bacteriological and organoleptic analyses, and the data has been passed to the supplier — JSC Tashkent CHP — for flushing of the main networks. Results were promised after the studies are completed.

Javlon Tursunov
2 min read
Uzbekistan

Tashkent Investigates Cause of Foreign Odor in Hot Water

Veolia Energy Tashkent responded to complaints from residents of six districts of the capital about a chemical odor in hot water, as well as turbidity and low pressure. The company took water samples for analysis and passed the information to the Tashkent Thermal Power Plant for action.

Sevara Azamova
1 min read