“When water is restored it is gradual; we will not restore water in all areas at the same time.
“We know we do have people who do not have water.
“Let’s try conserve a bit because we do have people who don’t use water discreetly.
“Please just wait a bit until we normalise the situation,” said Rand Water spokesman Justice Mohale.
Mohale said that throughout the week, water levels in reservoirs had been fluctuating, which was normal.
Water levels were at 40 percent on Saturday but dropped on Sunday morning, he said.
“There was a serious drop. Contributing factors could be that people stored water in buckets thinking water would not come back again,” said Mohale.
“We give ourselves two weeks to get sufficient water supply that’s our target and that can only happen if there are no interruptions like cable theft or power failures to pump water.
“We have to normalise water.”
Mohale said he was not sure which areas were still dry but said “very few areas” were still without water.
Themba Gadebe also from Rand Water said: “We will continue to monitor the situation closely.
“At this stage we are grateful for the stability and we wish to express gratitude to our residents, who in the face of frustration, still managed to exercise patience.”
Gauteng has been hit by water shortages apparently due to the theft of electrical cables needed for reservoirs to pump water.
The shortage has affected parts of Ekurhuleni, the West Rand, Johannesburg and Tshwane.
