Expect water supply interruptions on January 21

Mogale City Local Municipality (MCLM) wishes to inform residents and businesses of Eskom’s planned maintenance work which is scheduled for Sunday, January 21. This will likely affect the water supply in the city.

According to MCLM communications officer Kgothatso Molatlhegi, on that day, Eskom will do the following maintenance work on its Eikenhof system which supplies the Mogale City network:

• Maintenance of transformer at Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant which is estimated to be at least eight hours of work
• Replacement of of defective valves on the pipelines which will take 24 hours of work
• This scheduled maintenance work will affect the water supply by 24%, calling for intervention measures before and toward the scheduled maintenance work date

“While Mogale City will take the precautions in working towards stable reservoir levels to ensure uninterrupted water supply during the maintenance, residents are encouraged to limit their water consumption to household use,” Molatlhegi said.

He added the Department of Infrastructure Development Services will therefore monitor the water levels of the reservoirs regularly during this period.

“Should the water network get to a point where no water will be available during the planned maintenance of Eskom, emergency water tankers will be available to the affected areas.

“With load-shedding resumed after the festive holiday period and water consumption also on the increase due to hot weather conditions, restricted water use is therefore critical. Residents are discouraged from watering gardens, hosing of pavements, filling swimming pools, or any other high water consumption activities to ease pressure on the network and ensure uninterrupted supply.”