Over the last week, residents of the East Rand have experienced water supply interruptions.
These have affected Germiston, Benoni, Etwatwa, Daveyton, Brakpan, Bedfordview and Tsakane.
The metro has since reported that Germiston has been the hardest hit, despite municipal efforts to control water demand.
“On Friday, we announced measures to curb the supply from Russell Reservoir from 8pm to 6am but, in the light of persisting high demand, we closed the water from 2pm to 5pm on Saturday, in order to allow the reservoir time to fill up,” said metro spokesperson Themba Gadebe.
The Russell Reservoir currently supplies Ellandshave, Raceway industrial area, Albermale, Dinwiddie, Castleview, Lambton, Hazeldene, Hazel Park and Wadeville.
Two more reservoirs, Hilltop and the Windsor Water Tower, have been since been affected, causing more water supply interruptions in the Germiston area.
The Hilltop Reservoir supplies Dawnview, Simmerfield and Wychwood and the Windsor Water Tower feeds directly to Sunnyridge, Solheim, Symhurst, Gerdview, Fishers’ Hill, Homestead and Marlands.
The metro claims that the interruptions have been due to erratic bulk water supply from Rand Water, as well as unprecedented high water demand which, the metro claims, is driven by hot weather and panic storage of water in large quantities.
It is reported that Rand Water has indicated that they have been experiencing plants failures that affected theirability to supply the normal quantity of bulk water to the metro.
Engineers from the metro and Rand Water have been working around the clock to restore and stabilise the water supply.
However, it is alleged that since some networks and reservoirs were completely dry, the water supply stabilisation will take some time.
The municipality apologises for the inconvenience caused and assures affected residents that teams from both Ekurhuleni and Rand Water are working to speedily restore the situation to normality.
The metro will ensure that roving water tankers are dispatched to all areas experiencing low water pressure and no water in various parts of the region.
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