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This is Why it APPEARS That You Have No Water in These Areas Today

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The Water supply from the Churchill Pipeline is being pumped as it becomes available but unfortunately, there is a high peak in demand that is delaying the recovery of the reticulation system.

This situation has been made worse by the fact that the Impofu dam levels is so low that the barge pump station must be decommissioned.

The barge is a floating pump station constructed as a drought intervention to secure supply from the Impofu dam. Due to extremely low dam levels, the pumps are at risk of sucking up sediment as the pumps are close to the bottom of the dam basin.

An assessment of the dam basin was done to determine a suitable spot that is deeper so the barge can be moved to continue the safe abstraction of water. This leaves the Churchill system with a deficit of about 28 megalitres per day.

Affected areas include:

  1. Parts of Walmer
  2. Walmer Township
  3. Walmer Downs
  4. Walmer Heights
  5. Mangold Park
  6. Glen Hurd
  7. Glendinningvale
  8. Pari Park
  9. Glendore Road
  10. Perridgevale
  11. Adcockvale
  12. Newton Park
  13. Parsons Hill
  14. Greenacres
  15. Greenacres Hospital
  16. St Georges Hospital
  17. Parts of Cotswold
  18. Richmond Hill
  19. Parts ofSchauderville
  20. Linkside
  21. Mill Park
  22. Parts of Central
  23. Mount Croix
  24. Deal Party
  25. North End
  26. Sydenham
  27. Central
  28. Coastal towns of Kouga LM
  29. Blue horizon bay
  30. Neave industrial area

Water trucks have been deployed to the locations below:

  1. SABC/Health Department.
  2. Roaming in Kensington.
  3. 2nd Avenue, Newton Park.
  4. Builders Warehouse, Walmer.
  5. Walmer Fountain Street, next to the taxi rank.
  6. Provincial Hospital.
  7. 3rd Avenue, Newton Park Spar.
  8. Roaming in Fairview.

Kindly note that these trucks may leave to refill however, they will return to the above-mentioned locations.

We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.

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