Rand Water issued a statement today (April 30) in which consumers are cautioned to use water sparingly after their Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant experienced a power supply failure yesterday (April 29).
This effected 60% of the plant's water pumping capacity.
According to Rand Water's media statement, the outage occurred as
a result of an Eskom supply cable failure adjacent to the Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant.
Eskom was able to restore power late in the afternoon and the plant resumed pumping at 17:18.
The incident has resulted in the depletion of reservoirs level below the normal operating level and Rand Water urged its consumers to use water sparingly whilst the reservoirs return to normal levels.
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