Tshwane temporarily shuts down Temba water treatment plant

On Wednesday (August 25), metro spokesperson Lindela Mashego said the equipment problems resulted in the quality of water produced at the plant deteriorating gradually.

This left “the metro with no choice but to temporarily shut down the plant”.

Mashego said the deteriorated water quality is mainly due to equipment failure at the granular activated carbon filtration and the ozone plant.

“It must be indicated that the current equipment failures experienced at the Temba plant are not as a result of the work currently taking place at the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant.

“The metro is busy with repairs of the affected equipment; however, the repairs are taking longer than anticipated due to the time it takes to source some of the spares and materials from suppliers.”

He said it was anticipated the repairs will be completed and the plant brought back to operation by Friday, August 27.

“The metro will provide updates on the repairs should further delays be experienced. To ensure continuous water supply to residents, the metro has increased the deployment of roaming water tankers from 50 to 70 tankers until the plant is back in operation.

“The water tankers source water from fire hydrants connected to the Rand Water system (Soshanguve DD pipeline) and the Magalies water system (Babelegi reservoir).

“The metro apologies for the inconvenience caused by this unfortunate circumstance.”

The following areas are affected:

– Mashemong- Majaneng- Mandela Village- Hammanskraal- Hammanskraal West (Kakana)- Kudube Unit 4 (Hammanskraal Shopping Centre)- Skampaneng- Temba View- Suurman- Dilopye- Kudube Zone 8- Hans Kekana- Babelegi Industrial- Kudube Units 1, 2 (Manyeleti), 3 (Leboneng), zone 5, units 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and unit D.

Hammanskraal water that is expected to be consumed by residents. Shocking!@SABCNews@Newzroom405 @PresidencyZA @GautengProvince @CityTshwane pic.twitter.com/X6kZt03AJt

— andrew sithole (@blessed_dru) August 24, 2021