In an attempt to prevent the water system from collapsing, Rand Water took full control of flow management at its reservoirs because it could not rely on residents to reduce water usage by themselves. | IamAlexSweet
The Brixton reservoir was shut off at midday on Friday to build capacity and supplement water from the Crosby pump station to Hursthill reservoirs, which had critically low levels.
Sesedinyane said on Friday that work to add a new reservoir to the ailing system in Johannesburg would begin next month. She said the entity had an agreement with Eskom that it would not implement load shedding at primary treatment and booster stations and that Rand Water was affected by load shedding only at its tertiary supply, which uses back-up generators to pump water. These need a minute or two to kick in.
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