WUC turns White City into open cesspool
Friday, September 09, 2011
It seems the pungent waste was pumped out of two sewage drains in the area after WUC workers were seen in the low-income township on Tuesday. Sewage water is a motley mix of everything flushed down the toilet and kitchen, laundry and bathroom sinks. WUC workers reportedly used a generator to draw out the dirty water onto the streets, pathways and ultimately into homes, transforming the neighbourhood into an open cesspool. Marooned, some people could not leave their homes while others struggled to get into their houses.
All streets were covered with a rich slippery sheet of the stinking water with globs of nastiness that saturated the entire atmosphere with flies and a choking stench. The real and present danger posed a serious public health threat, especially to little children who are wont to jump into any pool of water.
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