With reservoirs left empty residents of Germiston are searching desperately for answers.
On Monday at a press conference held at Rand Water’s Central Depot in Alberton, the head of the metro’s water and sanitation department Phil Mashoko, attempted to get a definitive answer from Rand Water to the question on everyone’s minds:
When will the water be restored?
The answer, there is no way to say when the water will be restored to the whole of Germiston.
The answer hangs on how quickly the affected reservoirs can be filled.
A task made increasingly difficult by the continued demand for water.
The Germiston City News questioned why the process of filling a reservoir would take so long, and were told that the problem came in with consumers continuing to use water.
“When the output is almost as high as the input it becomes increasingly difficult to fill the reservoirs,” said the managing director of Johannesburg Water Lungile Dlamini.
It is reported that water has been restored to a number of affected areas already.
“As the metro we are trying our best to manage the on-going crisis,” said Mashoko.
“Our plan forward is to balance the water distribution throughout the metro to try and avoid any one suburb being left without water.
“The metro’s mayor will also be visiting both Brakpan and Germiston to address residents.”
See video of Mashoko’s discussion with control room personnel on the water values of Germiston.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPcwjqakfrA&feature=youtu.be
