Water situation: Status update: B11 Pipeline Shutdown
Here is Rand Water’s update, received at 14:00 on Tuesday 25 June
The work on the B11 Pipeline Shutdown remains on schedule. The work is on target.
The Rand Water network is operational and stable and all our reservoirs are meeting demand.
We also have not received reports from our municipal customers of interruptions to the service due to the work being done with the Shutdown.
We have also noted a social media advisory issued by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality of potential water shortages in part of that Municipality due to the B11 Shutdown. We are in discussions with senior management at the Municipality for that Advisory to be retracted. Our reservoirs supplying the Ekurhuleni Local Municipality are stable.
The Emfuleni Local Municipality has granted by ESKOM permission to execute a Shutdown at its Sonlandpark Substation. This will have an impact on our Langerrand Reservoir. We are monitoring this situation very closely.
The Rand Water ‘War Room’ that has been established to oversee the Shutdown is continuously monitoring the network.
Rand Water requests consumers to continue using water sparingly.
* Next update to follow at 19:00 tonight.
Ster & Vaalweekblad requested Rand Water and Emfuleni Local Municipality to look into the matter that some areas in the Vaal Triangle still don’t have water. We will give feedback as soon as possible.
