Johannesburg area faces an 8-hour water outage on Thursday
Residents of Olievenpoort extension 40 are advised of a planned water outage on Thursday, 22 May, due to essential infrastructure work. The water outage will affect Northgate Street and Valley Road from 8:00 to 16:00, leaving customers without water.
The water outage is necessary to tie a new 150mm pipeline to the existing 150mm mainline, part of efforts to enhance the local water supply network. While no alternative water supply will be available, the long-term benefit will be improved service delivery and continuity of water supply.
The Department of Water and Sanitation has announced a R7 billion investment over the next seven years to tackle persistent water and sanitation issues in Emfuleni, Johannesburg.
This intervention, enabled under Section 63 of the Water Services Act, comes in response to municipal challenges in fulfilling water service delivery obligations.
Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni outlined the progress already made in the region.
'Substantial progress has been made to date, including unblocking of blocked sewer lines, replacement of collapsed sewer pipelines, refurbishment of pump stations and assisting the municipality with vehicles, trucks, TLBs [tractor loader backhoe] and security for its water and sanitation infrastructure,' Ntshavheni said.
According to the Minister, these efforts have significantly reduced sewer spillages and improved wastewater treatment outputs.
'This work has resulted in a major reduction in sewer spillage in communities of Emfuleni as well as an improvement in the levels of effluent from the wastewater treatment works,' she added.
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