[Residents of Johannesburg's] Extension 1...have been continuously facing [sewage problems] for 10 years...It is...the waterborne diseases affecting their children that worries them most...According to Dr Victor Ramathesele...“Infection results usually from drinking, bathing, washing and preparing food, or the consumption of food infected”... Johannesburg Water (JW) spokeswoman Millicent Kabwe said the sewer network was inherited from the previous local authority whose standards were different from JW standards...Kabwe said [problems] stemmed from capacity constraints due to an increase in flow discharge...and pipe failures from damage caused by residents abusing the system...In the meantime residents whose yards are flooded are urged to call on JW’s depots for assistance. However, resident Pauline Mokgale says they have tried reaching JW on occasion, but nothing gets done.