City of Tshwane working hard to restore water to parts of the city

Tshwane teams are working hard to restore water to parts of the city that continue to grapple with water shortages, low pressure or no water at all.

This was said by the MMC for utility services and regional operation Themba Fosi.

“Due to low levels of pressure supplied by Rand Water we have had multiple day water outages in areas supplied by the Mooikloof reservoir,” said Fosi.

Fosi said despite the city agreeing to work collaboratively with Rand Water it has been found that the water utility has not been acting in good faith in relation to the required supply to this area.

“In an effort to counteract this, our teams have been working around the clock to initiate a new pump station at the Wilds which was commissioned on Saturday.”

Fosi said the city has noted gradual inflow into the Mooikloof reservoir and restoration to some of the low-lying areas supplied by the reservoir.

“I want to acknowledge and thank our teams for pushing to get the new pump station working and thank residents for their patience,” he said.

The Garsfontein reservoir, which is the main holding reservoir for the city, has dropped by 5% and is sitting low at 19%.

“This is a situation that we are monitoring carefully as this reservoir covers a large part of the East of the city,” he said.

Reservoirs at Laudium and Atteridgeville are currently empty due to low levels at the Rand Water Brakfontein reservoir.

Fosi added that water in these areas is expected to recover when this Rand Water reservoir improves.

“We are still awaiting further details on Rand Water’s progress to accelerate this recovery.”

The Elardus Park reservoir which is very sensitive to interruptions from loadshedding has recovered and supply has been restored to the areas dependent on this reservoir.

“Our reservoirs at Soshanguve DD are low, they supply mainly low-lying areas and are totally dependent on supply from Rand Water.”

Fosi added that during the course of this past week, teams have been engaging daily with Rand Water in line with the agreements taken during the intervention meeting hosted by Minister Senzo Mchunu.

“While this has been helpful we have still seen how inadequate supply and pressure to parts of the city has caused severe disruption,” Fosi said.

Fosi added that after following the relevant escalation processes he will be meeting with the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation to provide feedback on our experience this past week and the challenges that we continue to face in the city.

The city apologises for the inconvenience that the water shortages have caused.

Also read: Water supply slowly normalises in most parts of the city

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