rand water | Infrastructure news - Part 6

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Joburg weekend water cuts on hold

Johannesburg Water has put this weekend’s planned water cuts on hold, after initially warning residents that maintenance on a pump station would mean a lack of water. The planned maintenance of Eikenhof Pump Station was supposed to take place from...
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Emfuleni Municipality refutes pollution claims

The Emfuleni Local Municipality has refuted claims that its sewer reticulation system is one of the pollution threats to the Vaal River System, through E-coli and other pathogens, from raw or poorly treated sewage. In a statement released last week...
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Water restored to most of Gauteng

Water supply has been restored to almost all the affected areas in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane metros, Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane announced on Monday. Residents in parts of the province has experienced irregular or no...
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Gauteng water crisis update

The recent water supply interruptions in Gauteng came under the spotlight on Friday at the Gauteng Premier’s Coordinating Forum meeting. The meeting chaired by Premier David Makhura and attended by the mayors of all municipalities in Gauteng,...
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Mokonyane on the Gauteng water crisis

Minister of Water Affairs and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane and the leadership of Rand Water addressed the media on Friday regarding the water shortages affecting parts of Gauteng. The water shortage affecting parts of Johannesburg, Pretoria,...