Johnathan Paoli
Cape Town’s Department of Water and Sanitation has confirmed the recent proactive maintenance along the Cape Flats network is nearing completion.
Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation Zahid Badroodien said on Wednesday that the city’s planned three day maintenance which started from Monday until midnight on Wednesday, had left many without water.
“We are in the final stretches of our 72-hour proactive maintenance along the Cape Flats network and our teams made excellent progress. Four out of six valves have been replaced,” he said.
Badroodien said 22 areas were affected, including Diep River, Lavender Hill and Pelican Park; but was necessary to ensure the sustainable condition of the pipe infrastructure going forward.
“This shutdown is necessary so that crucial maintenance work can be done safely on an important section of our water supply network which includes replacing faulty valves,” he said.
The MMC said the department regretted the inconvenience caused, but delaying the work had the potential for an even greater risk to the water supply.
Badroodien said the shut-down had proceeded smoothly, with five teams at five different locations removing and fixing critical valves, and that there was order at tanker locations and the queues were short.
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