URGENT NOTICE: Midmar maintenance scheduled for tomorrow
The city has urged residents not to stockpile water during the planned maintenance as water will be available.
ACCORDING to the eThekwini Municipality, the maintenance at Midmar Dam will go ahead as planned on Thursday 26 January and there will be water available in reservoirs.
The statement on the Muncipality’s Facebook page read: “The public is urged to be aware of planned maintenance on the Midmar Treatment Works from 8am to midnight on Thursday, 26 January. This totals 16 hours for the planned maintenance to be undertaken.”
The affected areas include Outer West, Inner West and parts of the south. “Residents are urged not to increase demand on the system by storing water. Water will be available to residents from reservoirs,” the statement read.
“If there is a demand on the reservoir system it will lead to the reservoirs being drained and residents will be without water.“
Water levels in reservoirs have to be at 80 per cent or above for the planned maintenance to be given the green light. If the planned maintenance does not go ahead, the Municipality said it will release an update. The maintenance will then be deferred to a later date.
An update on the Facebook page read, “When the planned maintenance begins at Midmar Dam on Thursday, 26 January, water will be available in the reservoirs. If we all use water sparingly we will not be affected as water will only run out if used excessively. Do not store water. Please do not panic.”
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