Three planned water supply stoppages announced
Meanwhile, the Polokwane Municipality is engaging on a trial operation to see the effects of keeping reservoirs open at night.
POLOKWANE – Lepelle Northern Water notified the Polokwane Municipality of three dates when they will do maintenance at the Ebenezer Scheme.
According to a statement by Municipal Spokesperson, Thipa Selala, water supply will be stopped on three Tuesdays in the month of January.
“Residents and businesses are hereby notified of water supply stoppages at the Ebenezer Scheme on 5, 12 and 19 January 2021 from 08:00 until 16:00,” he said in a statement.
Selala indicated that the maintenance will be done on the transformers that supply the Ebenezer Scheme.
“As a result of the maintenance, water supply to Polokwane supply areas from Segwashi, Mentz, Mankweng to the city, as well as Seshego will be affected. Water tankers will be provided to areas that might experience a water shortage during the maintenance,” he explained.
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Selala urged residents to report water related challenges to the Polokwane Municipality’s Water and Sanitation call centre at 015 023 5376 / 5629.
“The Polokwane Municipality urges all users to continue using water sparingly,” he added.
Meanwhile, in a separate statement, Selala said the municipality is engaging on a trial operation to see the effects of keeping reservoirs open at night.
“This comes in a wake of low levels from the Krugersburg reservoirs. Reservoir levels improved when reservoir outlets were closed at night and opened in the morning, however, this had impacted negatively on the distribution network,” Selala said.
He explained that, as a result, the municipality stopped closing reservoir outlets at night to allow distribution system to balance.
“The municipality has had to send water tankers to areas such as the larger part of Bendor, Madiba Park, Legae la Batho, Extension 76, Pietersburg Hospital and Mediclinic when outlets are closed at night. These areas, under normal operations, would not need water tankers,” he indicated.
Selala said supply through water tankers to those areas has left rural Polokwane without attention as priority was given to health facilities as well as keeping the sewers flowing.
“A trial operation, that the municipality engaged in, has received far less complaints of water shortages from
users and halved areas of water tankers needed to be deployed. The Potgieter reservoir has also shown a slight improvement due to this operation,” he concluded.
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