Water supply woes continue to frustrate residents as parts of Eastern Pretoria are affected by high levels of water scarcity.

Ward 91 residents in the Hills, Grootfontein/RVV, Mooikloof Estate and parts of Moreleta Park park have been subjected to water shortages recently, and Viljoen has expressed regret for the inconvenience caused.

Residents in Mooikloof Estate have had no water for the past five days, and the reservoir levels are currently unknown.

“No information has come from CoT after many enquiries, after we were assured that the Rand Water restriction is lifted. We are still awaiting concrete info on the water levels,” Vijoen continued.

Residents in Moreleta Park receive their water from the Elarduspark Reservoir, and according to Viljoen, the levels in the reservoir did not pick up to acceptable levels for distribution.

The current pumps are operational, but residents can expect to wait long periods for the water levels to pick up.

Residents in Grootfontein/RVV are experiencing a shortage in water flow on the Rand Water line where the main booster pump system in RVV is located.

A new (“more efficient”) system was installed to replace the faulty one, though load-shedding is reported to be having disastrous effects on the water supply. This also applies to the Hills water supply. Residents are told to expect another week of water shortages.

“A generator is to be installed at a major booster pump station to neutralise the load-shedding pump time losses. A high-level meeting is being arranged to discuss the whole New East water issue, for the immediate short term please expect this outage for at least another week minimum,” Viljoen concluded.

Meanwhile, residents have been warned of a possible total water supply shut-down

Residents are being strongly urged to limit their water usage to avoid a possible water supply shut-down amid the metro’s increasing water woes.

Frustrations for residents regarding the ongoing water restrictions and shortages continue to mount as Garsfontein reservoir water levels drop to 25% after dropping to 50% earlier this morning.

“The reservoir serves almost 40% of the City including the Menlyn precinct. The Garsfontein reservoir is also a holding reservoir and supplies other reservoirs in the City,” the metro stated.

“The City has requested Rand Water to release more water from their system so that we can save the Garsfontein reservoir.”

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To regulate water supply, the metro has resorted to throttling the various reservoirs supplied by Garsfontein, which feed many areas. These reservoirs and areas include:

Elardus park reservoir: Elardus Park and parts of Moreletapark

Murrayfield reservoir: Murryfield, La Montaigne, Meyerspark and Val-de-Grace

Moreleta reservoir: Lynnwood, CSIR, Weavind Park, Brummeria and surrounding areas

Parkmore HL reservoir: high-lying areas in the Menlyn area

Parkmore LL reservoir: Garsfontein, Menlyn, Constantia Park, Newlands, Alphen Park, Lynnwood Park and Lynnwood Glen, Maroelana, Faerie Glen as well as Ashlea-Gardens

Queenswood reservoir: Queenswood, Rietfontein, Colbyn, Rietondale and Koedoespoort Waverley HL reservoir: East Lynne and Waverley Waverley LL reservoir: Derdepoort, Jan Niemand Park and Lindiwe

Park Villieria reservoir: Wonderboom South and Villeria

Low water pressure may be experienced in the above areas.

The metro states that ongoing load-shedding has had devastating effects on the City’s infrastructure regarding electricity components and the water network system as the provisioning of water depends on the availability of electricity to pump water.

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Residents are therefore urged to use water sparingly to avoid a total shutdown of the water supply across the City.

Further updates will be issued.

The City apologises for the inconvenience caused to the affected residents,” the metro concluded.

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