Residents of Constantia, Tokai and other suburbs around the metro have been urged to reduce their water consumption as the City of Cape Town work to remedy several water issues.
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In a statement yesterday, councillor Zahid Badroodien said that residents were kindly requested to reduce their water consumption until the matter has been resolved.
‘Water tankers will be made available to provide water for domestic consumption in the areas experiencing no water,’ he said.
Badroodien added that the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has been experiencing difficulties with the water supply network to the Constantia and Tokai areas since Sunday afternoon.
‘Residents in Constantia and Tokai are currently experiencing low water or no water due to a restriction in the supply to the reservoir that supplies these areas.
‘The restriction has since been identified and removed, and the water supply boosted to speed up the filling of the reservoir to normalise the water supply to residents.
‘This is unfortunately a slow process because we need to prevent any pipe bursts in the process which will delay the process even further. It will take a few hours to stabilise the water supply,’ Badroodien said.
Bantry Bay, Fresnaye residents were left without water last week in order for teams to work on water supply infrastructure.
The Water and Sanitation Directorate also shut down its Newlands Reservoir for maintenance from Monday (22 May) until 4 June and residents in these areas may experience lower-than-usual water pressure during this period.
This work forms part of the Water and Sanitation Directorate’s proactive infrastructure maintenance and upgrade programme to ensure the future continuity of water supply by addressing the issue of unaccounted for water.
This week, zero-pressure tests will be conducted on the main water supply to Mowbray, Salt River and Woodstock on Tuesday (9pm to 4am), Wednesday (9pm to 4am) and Thursday (9pm to 4am), resulting in the intermittent disruption of the water supply or no water to these areas.
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