Parts of Pretoria East without water due to power failures

Multiple power failures at the Mapleton booster pumping station resulted in some parts of Pretoria East being without water.

Utilities MMC Themba Fosi assured residents that the matter was receiving urgent attention.

“We received a notice last night that the power had gone off again, which resulted in a total stoppage in pumping water,” a statement read.

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Drop in Rand Water’s reservoir levels

The situation had led to many of Rand Water’s reservoir levels dropping significantly.

Fosi, however, alluded that the water utility had alerted the metro that it was experiencing challenges in refilling its reservoirs.

Residents are likely to experience low pressure to no water while reservoirs refill.

Fosi urged them to use water sparingly.

“We will monitor the situation and do what we can to mitigate potential shortages,’’ Fosi added.

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Heads-up on ‘five-day test’

Meanwhile, Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink said there will be yet another five-day water tightness test that will take place from Friday until Wednesday.

“The outage will have a negative impact on Rand Water’s preparation efforts,” he said.

The metro urged residents to continue to limit their water usage so that it can work to fill reservoirs to ensure that it is at full capacity as of 12 May.

“The city apologises for the inconvenience and will keep working to resolve the ongoing challenges in Pretoria East and surrounds.”

Edited by Cornelia le Roux.
This article originally appeared in Pretoria Rekord and was republished with permission. Read the original article here.