Water supply cut in Free State’s Marakong Village after bloodworms flow through taps

Staff Reporter

Marakong Village residents in the Free State’s QwaQwa region were left without tap water after a local water utility shut supply to the area when live bloodworms were found in household water, civil society group WaterCAN said on Friday night.

Civil society group WaterCAN said on Friday that more than 100 families are facing a public health emergency after residents reported finding worms in the water flowing from their taps.

Free State water activists working with the group visited Marakong Village, collected samples from several households and confirmed the presence of bloodworms, it said, adding that authorities were immediately alerted.

Maluti a Phofung Water (Pty) Ltd, known as MAP Water, attended the site, confirmed the worms and shut off the water supply to the affected area.

WaterCAN said it had been informed the piped system was being flushed and that valves would only be reopened once the water