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EKURHULENI WELCOMES ESKOM‘S REPAIRS WHICH AFFECTED WATER SUPPLY

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 0
The City of Ekurhuleni welcomes the latest development that Eskom has completed repairs of the electrical fault which affected Rand Water’s Mapleton Booster Station resulting in a few suburbs in and around Ekurhuleni without water early in the week. Whilst repairs have been completed residents remain without water while reservoirs are recovering. Currently, the reservoir
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WHILST WATER SUPPLY IS STABLE RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED TO USE WATER SPARINGLY

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 0
The City of Ekurhuleni is pleased to inform residents, that water supply has been fully reinstated to all areas that were recently affected by water supply interruptions. The main reasons for the water supply interruptions experienced by residents in the past weeks were the recent heatwave which resulted in more water demand, and loadshedding, thus […]
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POWER FAILURE AT PALMIET PUMPING STATION AFFECTS WATER SUPPLY TO GERMISTON

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni
The City of Ekurhuleni wishes to notify customers that the Rand Water’s Palmiet Pumping Station has experienced a temporary power failure yesterday, 7 February which resulted in water supply interruption to Germiston. Although pumping has resumed, restoration of water supply will be gradual.  The affected areas include: Water tankers will be dispatched to the affected
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WATER SUPPLY CHALLENGES AS A RESULT OF POWER FAILURES AND HIGH WATER CONSUMPTION DURING THE HEATWAVE

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni
Rand Water’s maximum water treatment capacity of our purification plants (Zuikerbosch and Vereeniging) is 5 000 Mega litres of water a day. From our water purification works, we pump purified water to our pumpstations (Eikenhof, Mapleton, Palmiet and Zwartkopjes) that further pump water to a total of 59 water storage reservoirs in our distribution network […]