Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to advise residents and businesses that repairs and maintenance of water main pipes in a number of areas across Port Elizabeth continues. This will be done to allow necessary maintenance and repair work to be undertaken by the NMBM Infrastructure and Engineering Directorate. A number of areas will experience water disconnection during certain hours over the next few days, as detailed below. Wednesday, 22 February, 9am - 4pm : Corner of Circular … [Read more...] about Water Supply Cuts Across the Metro
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Summerstrand Water Supply to be shut down
The water supply to areas bound by Strandfontein Road, Admiralty and Gomery Road will be shut down tomorrow to allow for a new connection. Water supply to parts of Summerstrand will be shut down tomorrow (Wednesday, 30 March) between 09:00 and 16:00 to allow for a new connection to be installed. If all goes according to plan water supply to areas bound by Admiralty, Strandfontein and Gomery Road will be restored at 16:00. … [Read more...] about Summerstrand Water Supply to be shut down
Water Supply Running Low
Loadshedding over the last month and the extended electricity outage last night and the night before has resulted in our supply reservoirs running low. We humbly request all our citizens to please use water sparingly. The water pressure in many parts of Nelson Mandela Bay is already low. We will provide more detailed information later in the week. We thank all residents for your cooperation in this regard. … [Read more...] about Water Supply Running Low
Water loss programme implementation at Airport on Saturday
As part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s water leak detection initiative, our Water Division will be conducting a water loss programme this Saturday (8 November) on a 525 mm pipeline at the Port Elizabeth Airport between 22:00 (10pm) and 05:00 (5am) on Sunday, 9 November. Standing Committee Chairperson for Infrastructure, Engineering, Electricity and Energy, Councillor Andile Mfunda, said during this time water supply to Walmer (up to 7th Avenue), South End, Humewood Road down to … [Read more...] about Water loss programme implementation at Airport on Saturday
Municipal laboratory and city’s water supply get clean bill of health
The work of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's Scientific Services laboratory received a clean bill of health from independent consultants as it "functions in a highly professional manner to such an extent that the drinking water quality of the municipality is in no way compromised". SRK Consulting was recently appointed to coordinate the collection of independent water samples throughout Nelson Mandela Bay and the samples for bacteriological analysis were sent to Talbot and Talbot … [Read more...] about Municipal laboratory and city’s water supply get clean bill of health
Interruption to Motherwell Water Supply
Residents of Motherwell are kindly requested to note that the water supply to most areas of Motherwell, specifically Neighbourhood Units 7, 8 and 9, will be interrupted from 9:00 on Friday, 17 August 2012 in order to undertake repair work on a pipe valve. It is expected that the supply will be reinstated by not later than 17h00 (five o' clock) on the same day. The inconvenience to residents is regretted. … [Read more...] about Interruption to Motherwell Water Supply
PE Water Supply – Affected Areas
The water supply to Walmer - below 7th Avenue, South End, Forest Hill, Humewood and some surrounding areas, will be affected today as a result of a water leak being repaired on the runway of the Port Elizabeth International Airport. The work could result in some areas having no water and others experiencing low water pressure for at least eight hours. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused by this unforeseen leak. … [Read more...] about PE Water Supply – Affected Areas
Motherwell Water Supply to be Disrupted
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will unfortunately have to disrupt water supply to NU29, NU30 and Ikamvelihle on Thursday 19 April during the day to fix a 7km long 600mm diameter pipe. This massive pipe is a main water supply pipeline to the area and the Municipality will deploy water tankers in the area during the time when supply will not be available to consumers. Any inconvenience due to the necessary disruption is regretted. … [Read more...] about Motherwell Water Supply to be Disrupted
Beachview and Zwide water supply interrupted
The water supply to Beachview and Zwide is currently interrupted due to water leakages. Beachview: In the Beachview area the leak has been located and work already commenced. Although no timeframe for the restoration of supply is currently available, we will work tirelessly in an attempt to restore supply later tonight. Zwide: A burst pipe in the vicinity of Mali Street, Zwide caused an interruption in supply. We will endeavour to restore supply by tonight but we cannot guarantee … [Read more...] about Beachview and Zwide water supply interrupted


