The City would like to inform residents of Benoni and surrounding areas that Rand Water has completed repairs on a water leak that has been affecting their water supply. However, a number of areas still remain without water because of extremely low storage levels of the reservoirs, which stands
The City of Ekurhuleni wishes to reassure residents that our potable water is of excellent quality and safe to consume. The city’s reassurance to residents follows false statements on many social media platforms that the tap water is contaminated with the cholera-causing bacterium. The fake claims follow the recent identification of three cholera cases in […]
The City of Ekurhuleni wishes to inform the public of continued water supply interruptions caused by intermittent power supply as a result of load shedding. Daveyton and Etwatwa The following high-lying areas are currently without water: Roving water tankers have been dispatched to the affected areas. Residents will be receiving regular updates through the City’s
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
The City of Ekurhuleni informs customers in Springs of water supply interruption due to electrical fault affecting the pump station at Selcourt reservoir. Technicians are working to restore electricity supply. The affected areas include: ●Edelweiss ●Nuffield ●Daggafontein ●Struisbuilt
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
WATER SUPPLY CHALLENGES AS A RESULT OF POWER FAILURES AND HIGH WATER CONSUMPTION DURING THE HEATWAVE
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 […]
The City of Ekurhuleni wishes to notify residents that the Rand Water’s Mapleton and Zwartkoppies supply systems are experiencing low water levels affecting the following areas: Meanwhile, Chloorkop near Kempton Park, is also experiencing low water pressure. The city has deployed water tankers which are roving in the various locations within the affected areas.
Following the high water consumption brought about by the high temperatures and subsequent restrictions, reservoir levels in Rand Water systems have stabilised and increased from 30% to above 60% currently. Stabilisation of the systems, assisted by good rains, has been a joint and collaborative effort by Rand Water and the three (3) Metros. Rand Water […]
The City of Ekurhuleni’s water storage levels remain critically low due to high water consumption and Rand Water’s stage 2 restrictions.