Tshwane reservoir levels remain extremely low
The power trip that struck Rand Water’s Palmiet Booster Pump Station on Wednesday continues to impact the supply of water to Tshwane residents.
The city said water networks and storage facilities are now drained.
Rand Water informed the city on Saturday that the Hartbeeshoek Reservoir level remained the same despite more inlet valves being opened on Friday.
"There is a reported increase in the water level at the Klipfontein Reservoir, which supplies the Hartbeeshoek," said the city’s spokesperson, Selby Bokaba.
"This simply means that there are airlocks that have developed in the system that hinder the flow of water out of the Klipfontein Reservoir to fill the Hartbeeshoek Reservoir. Airlocks in the water system form during outages, and the severity thereof differs.
"According to the water utility, a team has been dispatched to bleed the line of air to enable water flow, which will include the Laudium and Attridgeville system, which is also receiving no flow.
"The Tshwane political executive and senior management view the situation in a serious light, and the executive has escalated the current chronic water outage plaguing the city to the intergovernmental level for urgent intervention.
"So far, the city has deployed 126 water tankers to the impacted amenities (hospitals included) as well as to the affected communities."
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