Less than 12 hours into the planned 54-hour Rand Water disruption, and already some areas had reported outages, with mobile tankers being sent out.
The shutdown is to allow Rand Water to bring a new water line on to the system to ensure Joburg will have enough water to meet the city's needs after 2040.Less than 12 hours into the planned 54-hour Rand Water disruption, and already some areas had reported outages with mobile tankers being sent out.
Spokesperson Eleanor Mavimbela said all the city’s other reservoirs were “in a stable state”, but water was running low at the Jabulani reservoir and it was expected that the Brixton, Hursthill and Crosby reservoirs would soon be affected, as all were high-lying.Health department spokesperson Kwara Kekana said that contingency measures were in place, no problems had been reported and monitoring across the province found there had been no reported water interruptions at any health facilities.
Other services were affected and have implemented closures over the three days for which the shutdown has been scheduled. She said requests to corporate geo-informatics can be emailed to cgiscounter@joburg.org.za for electronic responses and building plans can be sent to BuildingApplications@joburg.org.za.
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