THE metro will begin to explore an early warning system that will detect dropping water levels and allow for speedy interventions.
This will be a significant part of the future water management plan announced by the Ekurhuleni City mayor, Clr Mondli Gungubele, at the monthly council meeting in Germiston on Thursday.
“The early warning system will be achieved through a telemetric system which will synchronise all our reservoirs, making it easier to divert from one reservoir to another as and when such a need arose,” Gungubele said.
During this process, it will also be fundamental to ensure that the city’s underground spatial development is synchronised so that its pipes are coordinated and enabled to distribute water from one reservoir to another easily.
In the meanwhile, council is constructing two new reservoirs in Etawa and Palm Ridge due to be complete by next year.
“We will be pulling all stops to construct 20 more reservoirs between now and 2021 in anticipation of population growth due to urbanisation in Kempton Park, Benoni, Brakpan, Nigel and Vosloorus.”
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