Water restored! Residents can now take that long-awaited shower

Residents can breathe a collective sigh of relief as water has been restored in Mogale City.

After battling with water supply for an extended period – more than four weeks in some areas – the Mogale City Local Municipality (MCLM) confirmed on Friday, September 23 that reservoirs had filled up.

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After 25 days without this basic resource, water had finally been restored in Munsieville, Dan Pienaarville and the affected parts of Noordheuwel, said Mayoral spokesperson Phemelo Motoma.

“Burdened by weeks of water supply interruptions due to the Rand Water reservoir in Krugersdorp not being able to fill up to required levels as a result of load-shedding, Mogale City’s Water Services and our bulk water supplier finally had the Munsieville reservoir 100% filled up.”

The reservoir’s outlet was opened officially by MCLM Executive Mayor, Councillor Tyrone Gray and MMC for Utilities Management, Kagiso Lekagane.

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The overjoyed mayor and MMC expressed gratitude to the officials of Mogale Water Services and the team from Rand Water, and said there had been sleepless nights and work done around the clock to get water restored.

The mayor also thanked the people of Munsieville and surrounding areas who have been relentless in their fight for water to be restored, and the rest of the community who complied when called upon to use water sparingly.

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“We continue to urge Eskom to allow City Power to isolate the Roodepoort Rand Water pump station from load-shedding to function without any power-supply interruptions so that the Krugersdorp Reservoirs could maintain the current levels,” said Gray.

The call to use water sparingly remains as higher stages of load-shedding continue to put pressure on maintaining required water levels.