Rand Water’s Zuikerbosch water treatment plant power lines were affected by the severe thunderstorm around midnight on September 19 and subsequently tripped the plant.
During attempts to restart the plant, faults along the overhead power lines supplying the auxiliary plant were identified.
The power failure resulted in the loss of 2 000 million litres per day.
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Consequently, this load reduction has impacted municipalities supplied by the treatment plant.
This includes Germiston.
“It is important to highlight that this incident occurred whilst the systems are being strained by the high consumption, which is going to exacerbate the situation,” said Rand Water spokesperson Makenosi Maroo.
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