Another shutdown of South Coast Pipeline section
Councillor André Beetge said the shutdown is necessary to repair a leak on a pipeline between Reservoir 4 and the Quarry reservoir.
Umngeni-uThukela Water (UUW) has advised the public of a planned eight-hour shutdown of a section of the South Coast Pipeline on October 15, from 08:00 to 16:00.
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Councillor André Beetge said the shutdown is necessary to allow UUW’s technical teams to repair a leak identified on a 600mm diameter pipeline between Reservoir 4 and the Quarry reservoir.
“The repair work is expected to take approximately eight hours, with normal operations anticipated to resume once the repairs have been completed,” said Beetge.
The outage will affect areas supplied from the Almond Road reservoir, from St Winifreds, Uitsig, Lower Illovo, up to Quarry towards Umkomaas.
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