Rand Water is in the process of completing its generator project to reduce the effects of power outages. 💧 watercrisis
“The situation was exacerbated by power supply failures that affected Zuikerbosch purification plant and Eikenhof pump station on 13 January 2023,” the statement read.According to Rand Water, the power outage lasted for six hours and affected Zuikerbosch pumping station at its Engine Room 4 which supplies almost 40% of Rand Water’s capacity.Power outage at Eikenhof booster station affected the system for a period of 3 hours making it impossible to feed water into the reservoirs.
“Rand Water’s system is extremely sensitive to any power outage and may take a minimum of 4 hours to recover after an outage. The reservoir storage level had as a result dropped to 63% when the system recovered.”“The drop in water storage level in the reservoir resulted in requesting municipalities to reduce their consumption to retain as much water in the reservoirs and ensure the system does not drop to a point of crushing and almost impossible recovery.”However, at this low level there were other reservoirs that were significantly impacted to be below 15%.
“When some of Rand Water reservoir levels are below 15%, the municipalities start experiencing inadequate to no supply to high lying areas in their networks.” “Rand Water continued engaging with its customers via the meetings and formal letters to request them to monitor water consumption in their respective areas and effect the necessary measures to manage high water consumptions during the heatwave.”
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