Eskom burnt 571,295,617 litres of diesel in the first five months of this year at a cost of R6.4bn.
“Five days were at stage 1, 35 days were at stage 2, four days were at stage 3 and six days were at stage 4,” he said.
Load-shedding ramped up to stage 6 is also affecting water and sanitation infrastructure such as sewage pump stations and wastewater treatment plants, which all require electricity to function. Smaller sewer pump stations at risk of overflowing when the power goes have been fitted with early warning telemetric alarm systems, alerting maintenance staff who can intervene to prevent or reduce overflows by using mobile generators to power the pumps.
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