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Water Outages – Water, Water everywhere and not a Drop to Drink…

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Despite heavy rains and bitterly cold weather these past two days the metro continues to experience water disruptions in the following areas:

Kariega: Since the repair works on Thursday on the Motherwell- Chelsea pipelines, the Kariega system has not been able to deliver the expected output through the 700mm connecting the Motherwell – Chelsea pipelines. Maintenance teams have been throubleshooting the system in order to establish the exact reason for the blockage. This morning a ‘valve gearbox’ that was removed and refurbished will be refitted. It is suspected that a faulty valve gearbox prevented a valve gate from fully opening.

New Brighton: New Brighton has been experiencing water outages for the past 5 days. The teams are still troubleshooting to establish the reason for the blockage in the system.

Emerald Hill: With the reticulation system still recovering from the Motherwell- Chelsea system disruption and the subsequent electricity outage at Schoenmakerskop at around 01h00 am this morning , the pumping of water into Emerald Hill reservoir was compromised.

Joseph Tsatsire – Director Water Distribution – NMBM had the following to report:

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