AMMAN — As temperatures are expected
to drop below zero, the Kingdom’s Water Authority has called on the public to
take preventative measures to protect their water meters, according to a local
news outlet.
اضافة اعلان
Water Authority
official Sufyan Al-Bataineh said that freezing temperatures may cause damage to
exposed water meters, leading to water cut-offs from the homes and properties of
citizens. He stressed that the financial burden of repairing or replacing a
damaged meter falls on the owner of the concerned property.
Bataineh called
on the public to protect their meters by wrapping them with cloth or burlap and
then covering them with plastic to safeguard against freezing.
He also called on
citizens not to feed
rainwater gutters into sewage networks, collecting it instead
in collection tanks and using it for various domestic uses.
During the
current weather depression,
water cadres in various governorates have dealt
with 240 cases in which gutters were connected to drainage networks — at times causing sewage water
to overflow onto streets and properties.
Connecting
rainwater gutters to municipal sewage networks and opening or tampering with
manholes are violations punishable by law, he said.
The Kingdom’s
sewage networks have a specific capacity and are designed only to receive
sewage
water, Bataineh explained. The introduction of further quantities of
water, especially those coming from rainwater gutters or flowing into the
streets, will lead to sewage overflows.
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