Tshwane requests meeting with Rand Water as reservoirs run dry
“It is clear that we urgently need increased water supply to these areas in order to provide adequate water levels.”
The Tshwane mayor has requested a meeting with Rand Water to address water scarcity in the metro due to supply challenges.
This as numerous Pretoria reservoirs are battling to fill up.
The metro blamed ongoing load-shedding, a lack of sufficient supply by its supplier for reservoirs not filling up to sufficient levels over the weekend.
Two weeks prior Rand Water announced that its reservoir levels had dropped drastically and pleaded with clients and municipalities to reduce consumption.
Mayor Randall Williams alleged Rand water was to blame for the crisis faced over the weekend.
“This [Monday] morning, I urgently requested an engagement with Rand Water to get an assessment of the current water supply issues that are plaguing parts of Tshwane.”
He said over the recent days some areas in Tshwane had run dry, leading to officials throttling some reservoirs and deploying water tankers.
“Our initiatives to ensure that we save water to allow our reservoirs to recover will only work if there is a supply being fed to them.
“In some cases we have isolated reservoirs in their totality only for them to recover by a very minimal percentage, indicating that their supply is simply inadequate.”
He said there was no indication of when areas grappling with water problems would experience full water pressure.
“It is clear that we urgently need increased water supply to these areas in order to provide adequate water levels.”
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“This is purely due to Rand Water’s inability to ensure adequate level of pressure. This situation is frustrating to us all and Ekurhuleni and Johannesburg are witnessing the same fate as areas are dangerously low [in water].”
He assured residents experiencing problems such as in Sohanguve, Mooikloof, Laudium, that the metro was hard at work restoring water supply to households.
Tshwane metro spokesperson Selby Bokaba said the metro needed more water supply from Rand Water because its reservoirs were not filling up.
“All these water challenges point to water demand which outstrips supply.”
Bokaba said the water utility failed to supply enough water to reservoirs on Saturday night.
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