The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality confirms that the power outage at the Kestellhof substation has been fixed and that residents of Perridgevale, Port Elizabeth and surrounding areas are now receiving electricity.
Any isolated household or street that does experience a power failure must please report this to the Electricity call centre at 041 506 5595 or 041 374 4434 that the problem can be investigated.
As far as the water situation is concerned, Mr Barry Martin, NMBM Director of Water & Sanitation, has confirmed that the water supply to all areas in the city is stable and that all areas are receiving water.
The only area that is currently not receiving water is Kensington, and this isolated problem is being attended to.
The power at the Loerie Water Treatment Works was restored on Sunday afternoon. However, due to the power failure, the mechanical and electrical equipment at the works has to be reset, after which the work will be put into operation again to continue treating the water supply to the city.
A number of complaints have been received, particularly from the Summerstrand area, that the tap water tastes of chlorine. Mr Martin emphasizes that this is not cause for alarm, as the Municipality has increased the dosage of chlorine following the commissioning of the second pipeline.
“We wanted to make sure that the water supply to residents is clean and safe. This is a temporary measure only, and the residents will soon notice that the taste of chlorine dissipates and will vanish completely.”
Reflecting on the very short time frame within which the two major pipelines washed away by the recent floods were repaired and brought back into operation, Mr Martin paid tribute to all key roleplayers in the process. “This has been a massive team effort, in which many municipal employees went the extra mile. I want to thank them for their hard work and sacrifice.
I would like to pay special tribute to the 860 employees in the Water and Sanitation division in the Municipality, who all sacrificed their time and effort, whether directly or indirectly. At the centre of the exercise were the operational teams, who performed magnificently, and other key roleplayers, from the call centre operators in the Water and Sanitation division, who fielded thousands of enquiries from the public expertly and patiently, to the many water tank operators, who ensured that the public had access to clean, potable water at all times.
The success of this effort was also ensured by good cooperation with other municipal directorates, notably Electricity & Energy, Roads & Stormwater, Communications, and the Parks Division. A job well done!.”
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