40 OLD MERVUE RESIDENTS STAGE ANGRY PROTEST AT CITY HALL

Date Published: 10-Nov-2008

Over 50 old Mervue Residents turned up at city hall this afternoon in protest over the lack of progress in replacing their water pipes. They arrived with large banners and spoke to councillors and media outside city hall, in advance of the 4pm monthly council meeting. Residents say they're angry that they've had to use bottled water for the past seven weeks since the discovery of the lead contamination.They want the City Council to provide them with water filters so they can use the water from taps in their homes instead of bottled water. Elderly Old Mervue residents said they're totally dependent on volunteers to bring them water, which they say can be likened to third world conditions.