Steyn City and surrounds impacted by Rand Water
According to Johannesburg Water, customers in this supply zone, including Steyn City will have poor pressure to no water.
Poor water supply is being experienced in parts of Johannesburg, including Steyn City and surrounds due to supply technicalities from Rand Water, Johannesburg Water reported.
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DIEPSLOOT RESERVOIR AFFECTING STEYN CITY AND SURROUNDS
“Johannesburg Water’s Diepsloot reservoir is currently empty due to poor supply from bulk supplier, Rand Water.”Johannesburg Water
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RAND WATER AND JOHANNESBURG WATER PROBING THE MATTER
Johannesburg Water reported earlier that the entity’s technical teams are, together with Rand Water teams, investigating to determine the cause of the issue.
“As a result, customers in this supply zone will have poor pressure to no water. Affected areas include Diepsloot, Riverside View, Steyn City and surrounding areas. Alternative water supply is being arranged for the affected areas,” the entity reported.
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CITY OF TSHWANE BLAMES BULK WATER SUPPLIER
Meanwhile, parts of the nation’s capital Pretoria have been facing water outages for over a week and neither the City of Tshwane nor bulk water supplier Rand Water want to take the blame.
The two parties have both issued statements squarely blaming each other.
On Saturday, City of Tshwane’s MMC for Utility Services Themba Fosi alluded that the water challenges experienced in Pretoria East is ‘primarily due to Rand Water’s inconsistence’.
However, in a series of tweets, Rand Water hit back and claimed that despite numerous warnings, Tshwane’s excessive water consumption was to blame.
“The lack of communication and transparency from Rand Water, regarding these issues has only exacerbated the situation and left our residents in Pretoria East and across the City in a state of uncertainty and frustration”, said Fosi.
“Rand Water cannot blame the City for exceeding water consumption, when the primary lies within their own technical problems”, Fosi added.
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