{"id":50947,"date":"2023-07-03T23:08:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T23:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/power-outages-at-rand-water-affecting-water-supply-in-joburg-tshwane"},"modified":"2023-07-04T00:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T00:12:21","slug":"power-outages-at-rand-water-affecting-water-supply-in-joburg-tshwane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/power-outages-at-rand-water-affecting-water-supply-in-joburg-tshwane","title":{"rendered":"Power outages at Rand Water affecting water supply in Joburg, Tshwane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A set of power failures at Rand Water last month is still affecting water supply to Johannesburg and Tshwane.<\/p>\n

The water entity – which purifies and distributes bulk water to municipalities, businesses, and residents in Gauteng – suffered a series of outages and trips in June at its Vereeniging and Zuikerbosch water treatment plants as well as at the Palmiet, Eikenhof and Mapleton booster pumping stations.<\/p>\n

As reservoirs struggle to recover, some residents have been intermittently without water for days.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Johannesburg Water, the city’s bulk water purchaser and distributor, told clients in Midrand there was still an issue with the supply from Rand Water.<\/p>\n

“Johannesburg Water customers in the Blue Hills and Sun Valley areas … are affected by no water supply due to low supply from Rand Water.<\/p>\n

“This is because the bulk water supplier is still struggling to recover after multiple power failures.<\/p>\n

“According to Rand Water, balancing of the systems is still being done, and as a result, there will be challenges of inconsistent supply.”<\/p>\n

Rand Water’s Brakfontein reservoir has also recently been affected.<\/p>\n

It feeds a reservoir in Tshwane that supplies Johannesburg Water’s customers in Blue Hills and Sun Valley in Midrand.<\/p>\n

“At the moment, there is no water coming into Blue Hills and Sun Valley from Tshwane because the city is not getting enough supply from Rand Water.<\/p>\n

“As Rand Water recovers its systems, some of the areas within municipalities are therefore likely to experience low water pressure to no water during the recovery of the system.”<\/p>\n

Johannesburg Water tankers have been placed in the following areas to mitigate the issue:<\/p>\n

The entity said there was no estimated time of recovery.<\/p>\n

Some residents in Midrand still have not had water.<\/p>\n

On Monday afternoon, Johannesburg Water said its reservoirs and towers were stable across the city.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the Commando System, which comprises the Brixton, Hursthill and Crosby systems, continues to gain capacity.<\/p>\n

“At the Hector Norris pump station, which supplies parts of the Johannesburg CBD, we have implemented a backup power supply due to the current City Power outage. Customers should not be affected by an outage at this time.<\/p>\n

“However, it’s important to remember that water is a precious resource, and we need to continue using it wisely even as the situation improves.<\/p>\n

“We, therefore, urge residents to assist us in efforts to preserve water, and we appreciate the cooperation,” the entity added.<\/p>\n

The City of Tshwane reiterated this message.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, it told residents unless they heeded the call to use water sparingly, the current outages would worsen, and more areas would be affected.<\/p>\n

Rand Water revealed the City had exceeded its water consumption by 15%.<\/p>\n

On Monday, there was an improvement in the Garsfontein and Laudium reservoirs which had recovered from 20% and empty on Sunday to 90 and 54%, respectively, on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

But the City warned there were still areas struggling with water supply.<\/p>\n

These include the Mooikloof, Klapperkop, Mnandi, and Lotus Gardens reservoirs in Centurion, which are at critically low levels or empty.<\/p>\n

“The City’s technical team is engaging with Rand Water for intervention so that water supply can be restored to all affected areas.”<\/p>\n

Water tankers will be deployed to the affected areas in regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and parts of 5.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Rand Water and the Water Research Commission are hosting the 91st Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council of the African Water and Sanitation Association in Gauteng until Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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