VREDENDAL, WC - The Matzikama Municipality is disputing claims it gave the greenlight, to distribute water for consumption despite its brown colour.
Speaking to eNCA, residents said they had no choice but to drink the water flowing from their taps as there were no other alternatives.
Municipal manager, Lionel Phillips says the municipality was unaware that brown water was flowing from residents' taps.
"The challenge that we have, whenever people receive brown colored water in their taps, it is not because Matzikama Municipality deliberately or was aware of the fact there's going to be brown water going into their taps."