The water shortage was caused by ‘an incident’ at the Eikenhof pump station, the bulk water supplier said
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.and Water said a closed valve was not part of the water outage that has left many Johannesburg residents’ taps running dry for 12 days.
Ward 102 councillor Luncida Harman said even though the valve has been opened, “the taps are still dry”.said although the opening of the valve did assist with building a bit of capacity into the Linden 1 and Linden 2 reservoirs, “the Kensington B reservoir and tower and Blairgowrie reservoir are still critically low to empty”.
Following service delivery protests in Diepkloof, the mayor condemned calls by city residents to boycott rates and taxes. “It is a politically motivated approach to undermine black leadership, to be blunt about it.”
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