Full restoration after shutdown to take several days – municipality
Taps in certain areas of Mogale City remain dry despite maintenance work being completed – yet, the municipality asks for patience as this may take several days to be fully restored.
The 58-hour planned maintenance at Eikenhof Pumping Station has been completed – yet, residents will have to hang in there until water supply is fully restored.
This was the message from Mogale City Local Municipality who confirmed in a statement on Friday afternoon, July 14, “Following the completion of this necessary maintenance work at three sites, namely Zwartkoppies pumping station, Vereeniging and Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant, Rand Water subsequently commenced with recharging and pumping water to various reservoir depots. This means that Zwartkoppies pumping station began pumping to Yeoville and Meredale Rand Water reservoirs which feed the Kagiso water system.
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“However, we regret to inform residents that the entire municipal water supply system has run dry, leaving all water storage reservoirs and municipal water distribution network empty. This also led to no abstraction of water from the network by municipal water tankers.
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“Mogale City residents are hereby notified that since reservoirs and water distribution network have run dry and empty, it will take several days before water supply reaches the correct levels and optimal water pressure for normal water supply to commence.”
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“The municipality apologises for the inconvenience and is working hand in hand with Rand Water to fast-track the full restoration of water.”
