Day five without water – municipal worker explains
"We do ask people whose water has been restored to use it sparingly, to allow water to be restored to other areas as well."
A Mogale City Local Municipality employee, who has asked not to be named because he is not the official spokesperson, has explained to the News why many areas in Krugersdorp are still without water, despite the fact that the problem which caused the water shortage has been resolved.
“What people must remember is that the water supply doesn’t work like the power supply. Once the power issue is sorted out, all the employees do is flick a switch and within five minutes the whole city has power. But, when the water supply has been cut, the municipality sits with empty water networks, empty tanks and a growing demand for water. To fill a water network takes time, because as soon as you make water available to a community, they start using it. So, the water network struggles to fill the reservoirs and because demand is so high, the reservoirs take longer to fill,” said the employee.
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“If you haven’t had water for a few days, and water is restored, you use a lot more water to catch up on things that require water. We do ask people whose water has been restored to use it sparingly, to allow water to be restored to other areas as well.
“Another issue to consider is that Rand Water’s supply to many other areas was also cut. This means that once water had been restored, Rand Water has to divide the supply between Johannesburg South, Mogale City, Emfuleni, Westonaria, Kagiso and Randfontein. You’re not the only one who hasn’t had water, but we’re doing our best to see it to it that your supply is restored. I have to say it looks much better than yesterday. If things keep improving like this, all community members should have water by the weekend.”
In the meantime, there are water tankers driving around and if residents want water, all they have to do is simply stop the tankers and fill up their buckets.
There will be water tankers driving around in the following areas:
• Krugersdorp West
• Wentworth Park
• Kagiso
• Munsieville
“Please remember that we’re fully reliant on what we get from Rand Water, and there’s no way we can speed up the water within the pipes.”
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