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Some Gauteng residents face double whammy of load shedding, water cuts
Rand Water said water supply will be disrupted in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane for 87 hours over the weekend. At the same time, residents have been...
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Rand Water's maintenance op to leave parts of Gauteng without water for 87 hours
Rand Water said that residents in the cities of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane, as well as other direct customers of Rand Water would be affected by the 87-hour water outage.
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53-hour maintenance operation in Gauteng ahead of schedule - Rand Water
Residents are being urged to use water sparingly as the work is scheduled to last for 53-hours and ending on Saturday evening.
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These are the areas affected by Rand Water's 53-hour planned water outage
The planned outages will affect municipalities in the Johannesburg and Tshwane areas from 5pm until Saturday, 13 August, at 10pm.
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Rand Water to increase infrastructure maintenance to bolster water supply
The utility completed its maintenance work at the Vereeniging water treatment plant at the weekend after implementing outages across the metro.
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Parts of Joburg to be without water services as Rand Water conducts maintenance
Environment and Infrastructure MMC Michael Sun said that Rand Water needed to conduct the maintenance but this would affect areas ranging from Auckland Park to Randburg and Westdene.
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Rand Water chair Hashatse hits back at claims utility is incompetent
She spoke at the Water and Sanitation Department’s press conference in Pretoria to address claims by the Democratic Alliance’s Solly Msimanga that the bulk water supplier is incompetent and fails to communicate adequately and supply water tankers to affected consumers.
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'Wrong, unfortunate': Mchunu lashes out at DA for calling Rand Water incompetent
At the party’s water campaign launch last week, Solly Msimanga accused the utility of failing to provide water tankers to areas affected by recent water outages that were caused by maintenance of water infrastructure.
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UPDATE: Rand Water says water supply restored in some areas of Ekurhuleni
Technicians from the metro have been working to restore power at a Rand Water substation this afternoon which affected the distribution of water in the area.
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Rand Water warns Ekurhuleni residents of possible water interruptions
Rand Water says a total power supply failure at a substation in Ekurhuleni threatens water supply in parts of the area and could affect hundreds of households.
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Tshwane water supply an issue as Rand Water reservoirs hit by power failure
Areas that may be affected include Garsfontein, Mooikloof, Cullinan, Mamelodi, Constantia Park, Cornwall Hill, Klapperkop, Erasmusrand and Waterkloof Ridge.
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Rand Water booster station power supply failure hits Tshwane reservoir levels
The water utility's Mapleton Booster suffered a power failure at the weekend, which affects the Vlakfontein Reservoir that supplies the City of Tswhane with water.
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Expert: Municipal-owned entities weakened by internal inefficiencies
Organisations such as Johannesburg’s City Power and Rand Water are meant to not only provide services to residents but are also historically cash injectors in municipal coffers.
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Reservoirs impacted by Rand Water outage have recovered - Joburg Water
Disruptions to the city’s water supply have improved after Rand Water was forced to implement what it called load shifting, by moving water from healthy systems, to reservoirs that are struggling.
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Joburg residents can expect running water again, says Rand Water
Rand Water said it made a significant improvements in the supply of water to Johannesburg suburbs that have been without water for days.
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Rand Water's ongoing interruptions leave Johannesburg residents fuming
Business owners and people working from home are counting the costs of Rand Water's ongoing disruptions despite assurances.
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Joburg residents frustrated, thirsty and in the dark
Rand Water is appealing for patience while waiting for reservoirs to fill up two days after it finished its 54 hours maintenance project.
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Some Joburg residents still without water two days after Rand Water project
Rand Water said its storage facilities were 'gradually' filling up - but it warned customers who live at higher altitudes may have to wait longer before water could be pumped into their reservoirs.
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Rand Water calls for patience as it tries to replenish reservoirs
The Meredale Reservoir, which supplies several reservoirs and water towers owned by Joburg Water, is being closely monitored as water levels remain low.
