The City’s Water and Sanitation directorate will embark on a 75-hour operation this weekend to do essential maintenance to its bulk water supply network on the Cape Flats.
This will result in no water and low water pressure in some areas from 01:00 on Friday, 16 September 2022 until 03:00 on Monday, 19 September 2022.
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In preparation for the upcoming essential operation, residents are urged to be prepared for the period.
While most areas affected by this maintenance will experience low water pressure, residents are advised that there will be zero water pressure, which means no water, for three days.
The following areas are anticipated to experience low water pressure, which may become a ‘trickle flow’ at times: Browns Farm/Philippi, Eagle Park, Grassy Park, parts of Khayelitsha Site C, Lavender Hill, Lotus River, Manenberg, Mitchells Plain, Muizenberg, Ottery, Parkwood, Retreat, Seawinds, Steenberg, Strandfontein, Surrey Estate, Vrygrond, Wetton and Zeekoevlei.
Why this work is needed
‘This shutdown is necessary to conduct crucial maintenance work on an important section and components of our bulk water supply network. While we regret the inconvenience this will cause to many of our residents, delaying this work has the potential for even greater risk to our water supply in the near future. It is being done over a weekend to minimise the impact on residents,’ said Councillor Zahid Badroodien, Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation.
The City also added that the duration of the water supply disruption is due to the size and scale of the pipe network, as well as the time it takes to clear the pipeline to render it safe for the maintenance team to work on and fill afterwards to build up sufficient pressure to supply water across the affected network when the work is completed.
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