Residents of eight municipalities across Gauteng that will be affected by Rand Water’s planned 54-hour shutdown from 5am on Monday are urged to start curbing their water use from Thursday.
On Monday at 5am, Rand Water will shut down the B11 pipeline and add the B19 pipe to the system. This means supply to the City of Johannesburg, West Rand, Mogale City, Merafong, Rustenburg, Madibeng, Metsimaholo and Emfuleni will be largely affected.
“Rand Water is the biggest bulk water supplier in the entire world, or the southern hemisphere at the very least. They deal with millions and millions of litres of water and thousands of kilometres of pipes,” Turton said, explaining that Monday’s shutdown is indicative of a well-run operation that is upgrading, maintaining and continuing to build on and improve its capacity.
“The best case scenario we are hoping for is just low water pressure in the worst hit areas, and the worst scenario we foresee is areas that are high-lying and high-demand will run out of water. The municipalities should be prepared for that and have their static tanks and mobile water tankers ready to respond,” Singo said.
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