Rand Water’s bulk water supplier has issued a notice of 20% water restrictions to municipalities in Gauteng as the network being under severe pressure whereby the water demand consistently exceeds the water supply.
Rand Water said in a statement on August 27 that these restrictions were implemented to allow for the recovery of its network systems and will impact some parts of Johannesburg where residents will experience intermittent water supply.
“Furthermore, we [Rand Water] had a power supply issue at their Zuikerbosch purification works yesterday [August 26] which negatively impacted on our Palmiet pumping system that feeds their Meyers Hill reservoir which supplies our South Hills tower,” explained Rand Water.
“The reservoir is currently below the threshold at which we can pump into the tower, which means the tower area is currently without water supply. Areas like Linmeyer, South Hills, Risana, The Hill and surrounding areas will be affected.”
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Residents are encouraged to visit Joburg Water’s website, www.johannesburgwater.co.za and select the SMS notification services for alerts on planned and unplanned services. For information can be obtained on Twitter @JHBWater and Facebook: Johannesburg Water.
