UPDATE: Water supply restored to parts of Tshwane
Several areas in the region were affected by water outages after "infrastructure failure" at the Palmiet booster pumping station.
Water has been restored in most areas across Pretoria that were affected by the week-long outages.
Since last Sunday, several areas in the Tshwane region have experienced dry taps after “infrastructure failure” at Rand Water’s (Tshwane main water supplier) Palmiet booster pumping station.
Spokesperson Selby Bokaba said although water supply had been restored to most parts of the region, pressure in certain areas remained low.
“According to the water utility, Rand Water, full pumping load has been recovered today, July 11, and the entire network will gradually be restored to normality,” Bokaba said.
“Once the affected reservoir levels are full to the brim, water pressure will increase. Water supply is expected to improve significantly in the evening and overnight.”
Bokaba said it was expected to take between two to seven days (from the nearest to the farthest) for affected reservoirs within the metro to fully recover after achievIng full pumping restoration from Rand Water.
“Tshwane would like to emphasise to the residents that the recovery rate after full system restoration from Rand Water depends on, inter alia, the distance from the Rand Water supply system and the geographical spread of the supplied area.”
The following areas are still without water and expected to be restored this week:
– Parts of Winterveldt
– Soshanguve blocks AA, BB, DD, FF, MM, NN, UU, WW, G, K, L, P and S
– Ga-Rankuwa
– Olievenhoutbosch extensions 36 and 27
“As a result of the realised partial restoration of water supply to the affected areas, the metro has reduced the water tankers supplying region 3 (Atteridgeville and nearby areas) to two and six to service parts of region 4 (Olievenhoutbosch).”
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