The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Department will be installing the last batch of control valves on the water distribution line in Summer Greens, as part of Phase 4 of the water supply infrastructure upgrade in the Cape Town suburb of Summer Greens, according to a statement released by Farouk Robertson, Communication Officer: Water and Sanitation Department, City of Cape Town, on Monday 19 August 2013.

“As a result, starting Tuesday 27 August 2013, the water supply will be disrupted on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 08:00 until 16:00 for the duration of the project, i.e. until 24 October. Preparations and reinstatements will be done on the other weekdays with no work being done on the weekends.

“Although careful consideration has been given to minimising the impact on consumers, there may be instances where, due to unforeseen circumstances, the water supply disruption may exceed the 16:00 timeline,” said Robertson.

This is the final phase of a larger project which forms part of the City’s overall infrastructure upgrade to effectively control the water supply network in the event of a pipe burst, in order to reduce the impacted area and subsequent inconvenience to the consumers. Summer Greens has been identified as an area that has a high incidence of water leaks and pipe bursts – hence the upgrade.

According to the statement, the work will be carried out systematically on the network to further reduce the inconvenience to the consumers when restoring the water supply and residents are kindly requested to store sufficient water in clean, sealed containers for their domestic use during this period.

Additionally, a water tanker will be rotated to four different locations, spending an hour at each location twice a day, in the event of residents requiring additional water for domestic consumption.

According to Robertson, most of the valve replacements will occur in the roadway and motorists in the area are therefore kindly requested to observe the traffic signage which will be displayed prominently at the construction locations to ensure a safe working environment for the workmen.

“The City wishes to apologise for any inconvenience caused. It is imperative that the Water and Sanitation Department maintains its water supply infrastructure to ensure the continued supply of good quality drinking water to residents,” concluded Robertson.