Prolonged water outage in areas of Tshwane
City of Tshwane residents supplied by the Iscor Heights Reservoir could see water outages of up to 58 hours as a result of water supply upgrades.
The work is due to begin on Tuesday.
The upgrade will be carried out in three phases, with each maintenance work taking more than 24 hours.
Spokesperson Lindela Mashigo says work will start as early as 8am.
"The phases entail removing the existing pipelines at the low level outlet chamber and the installation of new special fittings and connections into the existing chamber.”
The first phase will begin on Tuesday and run until Thursday at 18:00.
This will be followed by the second phase starting next Monday from 8am until Wednesday 6pm.
The final phase will take place on the 15 December at 8am until 16 December at 6pm.
"Residents in the Iscor Heights Reservoir supply area are thus forewarned about an interruption of water supply scheduled,” says Mashigo.
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The following areas will be affected:
Broekscheur 318-JR ? Lotus Gardens (all extensions)
Claremont ? Philip Nel Park
Danville (all extensions) ? Pretoria
Daspoort ? Pretoria Ext 2, 3, 6 and 10
Daspoort 319-JR ? Pretoria Town and Townlands 351-JR
Daspoort Estate ? Salvokop Ext 3
Elandspoort ? Skinner Court 254-JR
Eloff Estate 320-JR ? Technikonrand 662-JR
Fort 646-JR ? Van Zyl's Lagte 755-JR
Fort West Ext 5 ? Zandfontein 317-JR
Groenkloof 358-JR
Roaming water tankers will be arranged to supply residents in the affected areas with water.
Fort West Ext 5 ? Zandfontein 317-JR
Groenkloof 358-JR
'Roaming water tankers will be arranged to supply residents in the affected areas with water," adds Mashigo.
The City apologises for the inconvenience that may arise as a result of this essential upgrade work.
