DWS: Closure of Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel has no link to Gauteng's water shortages

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DWS: Closure of Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel has no link to Gauteng's water shortages
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The Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel was shut down in October and will remain out of service until March next year.

JOHANNESBURG - The Water and Sanitation Department said that the closure of a tunnel carrying water from Lesotho to South Africa had no link to the water shortages in Gauteng.

The Lesotho Highlands Tunnel supplies water to the Vaal River integrated system, which is then distributed to Rand Water and other suppliers.

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