Water shortages expected in Mokopane as reservoir will be shutdown to try and lift levels
With some residents having experienced water shortages throughout the morning, Bosveld spoke to DA Councillor, Yolande Coetzee, to shed light on the matter.
MOKOPANE – Coetzee says reservoirs will be shutdown until late this afternoon to try and lift the levels, adding that the current water problems are due to a few factors including a drop in reservoir levels due to high usage as well as load shedding.
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“For every hour of load shedding we are losing seven and a half hours of full capacity water pumping from Lepelle Northern Water. Lepelle does have a generator but, it can only be used to pump water from the dam, through the purifying system to one pump, which then pumps to town. They are therefore not pumping at full capacity and we are therefore receiving minimum water,” she explained.
Coetzee added that because Municipal boreholes (on farms and in the bush) do not have generators, the bulk water team will shutdown those areas overnight and the system will have to be refilled first thing in the morning, causing the levels to drop instantly.
“Low lying areas are likely to get water first before water builds up towards high lying areas and we are therefore urging residents to use as little as possible. I know I am the bearer of bad news, but for levels to make a serious improvement, so all areas can have water, we need a full day of no interruptions. At this stage, because of load shedding, it seems impossible,” she concluded.
redakteur.bosveld@nmgroup.co.za
