GDoH says plans in place to ensure health facilities are unaffected by Rand Water maintenance
The water utility on Thursday began its planned maintenance, which is set to finish next week Monday.
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JOHANNESBURG - The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) says it has contingency plans in place to ensure public health facilities are not affected by Rand Water’s infrastructure maintenance.
The water utility on Thursday began its planned maintenance, which is set to finish next Monday.
Residents have been warned that several areas in the Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metros will experience low pressure to no running water.
The department said, amongst other contingency plans, municipalities will help in dispatching water tankers to the affected health facilities in the three districts.
"As part of these measures, most of our facilities, if they are a clinic, they'll have JoJo tank, in hospitals, they will have boreholes and reservoirs that can at least supply or store water for a couple of days. We have also put in other measures to augment that supply through outsourcing additional water supply," said Gauteng Health spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba.