The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is scheduled to carry out essential maintenance work in designated areas, which will temporarily disrupt water supply to residents, Cape {town] Etc reports.
Maintenance work, including pipe and valve installations, repairs and replacements. Residents are advised to store enough water in advance, as a precautionary measure. Water should be stored in clean, sealed containers.
Planned maintenance work will result in water supply disruption to these areas:
Strand:
The water supply to the Strand area will be shut off from 08:00 until 17:00 on Tuesday, 10 December 2024.
This will allow the maintenance team to connect the newly installed water mains in Munnik Street and Joubert Street in Strand to the existing infrastructure.
The whole of Strand will be affected.
The impacted area could unfortunately not be reduced due to passing valves in the water supply network.
Part of Govan Mbeki Drive – Lansdowne / Hanover Park
The water supply to the area along Govan Mbeki Drive between Wetton Circle and Hanover Park Avenue, including the Lansdowne Corner Shopping Mall, the Astron Service Station, as well as Epilepsy SA in the vicinity of Fynn Close will be shut off from 08:00 until 18:00 on the following dates:
- Tuesday, 10 December 2024: To connect the newly installed pipeline to the existing water supply infrastructure.
- Thursday, 12 December 2024: To connect the newly installed pipeline to the existing water supply infrastructure.
This will allow for the connection of the relocated water main to accommodate the current IRT road construction.
Affected residents and businesses are kindly advised to store water in clean, sealed containers ahead of the disruption to ensure adequate supply.
Zero-pressure tests (ZPT) and conditional assessments will be done on the water supply network in the following areas:
- Tuesday, 10 December 2024, from 10:00 until 16:00: Claremont, Rondebosch and Kenilworth.
- Wednesday, 11 December 2024, from 10:00 until 16:00: Blomtuin, Blommendal and La Rochelle.
- Wednesday, 11 December 2024, from 09:00 until 16:00: De Tijger, Avondale, Fairfield Estate, Oostersee, Parow North, Plattekloof and Belvedere.
- Thursday, 12 December 2024, from 10:00 until 16:00: Claremont, Rondebosch and Kenilworth.
- As part of the City’s Water Demand Management Strategy, zero-pressure and step-testing will be conducted on zone management infrastructure.
These tests may cause temporary low water pressure or complete outages in some areas, though specific streets cannot be predicted.
The work aims to improve pressure management, reduce pipe bursts, and minimise water wastage.
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