The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is currently experiencing low reservoir levels in the northern part of the city. The reservoirs supplying the Bloekoembos, Wallacedene, Eikendal and Peerless Park areas are operating under severe strain.
The reservoirs for the Bloekoembos, Wallacedene, Eikendal and Peerless Park areas are not able to sustain the consumption demand placed on them by the consumers in these areas. The outflow from these reservoirs are currently exceeding the inflow which has a negative impact on the water supply to these areas.
Consumers in Bloekoembos, Wallacedene, Eikendal and Peerless Park need to reduce their water consumption to maintain available water supply and pressure in the pipe network and reservoirs.
‘The challenge is that reservoirs are not able to fill up fast enough because of the prolonged period of load-shedding while residents are also using lots of water at the same time.
‘The hot weather over the last few days and continuing over the weekend also influences the current scenario, but it is our urgent request that consumers in these areas seriously adhere to the City’s request to significantly reduce their water consumption or run the risk of having no water.
‘They can do this by immediately cutting down on their usage of water for non-essential water-related activities.
‘While City teams are monitoring the water supply operations and usage very closely and doing all they can to maintain supply, we also need our residents to help us during this time by using less water,’ said Councillor Siseko Mbandezi, the City’s Acting Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation.
The City regrets the inconvenience caused, and appreciates residents’ cooperation as it is imperative that it maintains its water supply infrastructure to the benefit of its consumers.
Please note:
• Affected areas could change depending on the situation.
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Reminder:
• The City is calling on everyone to reduce our collective water use to 850 million litres per day. See: https://bit.ly/3wQLtwj
• Tap water is still safe to drink
Source: City Of Cape Town