The Tshwane water distribution network is faced with challenges due to high water demand in some parts of the city. To mitigate these challenges, the City will, where feasible, restrict healthy reservoirs within the system to assist the struggling ones with a view to balancing and stabilising the network.
This means that there will be no inflow of water to the throttled reservoirs. Their inlets will only be opened once the struggling ones have recovered.
This system alternation approach will be carried out daily until we have sufficient supply. It is under these circumstances that the City is once more imploring all consumers to conserve water to avoid prolonged water supply interruptions.
The City is currently implementing the alternation approach in the Laudium/Atteridgeville HL system which supplies Laudium, Atteridgeville, Kwaggasrand, West Park and surrounding areas.
The Heights Reservoir system is used to supplement the Laudium/Atteridgeville HL system. For the Laudium/Atteridgeville HL system to build up, technicians must close the Heights Reservoir system inlet at night and redirect the flow to the Laudium/Atteridgeville HL system.
Currently, the Heights Reservoir system levels are healthy and this will allow our team to begin supplementing supply to Laudium and Atteridgeville this evening.
The City urges all customers in the low-lying areas of the network, who will receive water first, to use it sparingly to allow for the gradual recovery of the reservoirs and to enable consumers in the high-lying zones to also receive water.
Residents are further reminded that the water restrictions that were imposed previously in line with the Water Supply By-law were never withdrawn and are therefore still applicable.
Residents are thus reminded of the following specific water restrictions:
- Do not water or irrigate gardens with a hosepipe or sprinkler system between 06:00 and 18:00.
- Do not use a hosepipe to clean driveways or patios.
- Do not wash vehicles with a hosepipe.
- Do not fill or top up swimming pools or water features.