Nightly Water Shutdown UPDATE: 20/01/2021 – 18:28 Sol Plaatje have stated that the current reservoir levels are quite low. As a result thereof Nightly Water Shutdowns will continue until an adequate water level is achieved. Time of Nightly Water Shutdown: ...
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Water Outage UPDATE: 8 January 2021 – 14:15 The cable fault has been repaired and the abstraction pumps were started at the Vaal river around 7pm last night. The highlift pumps to Kimberley were started last night at 8pm in ...
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TEMPORARY WATER INTERRUPTION 20 DEC 2020 UPDATE 19/12/2020 @ 18:33 Please note the Infrastructure team today (14:00) met with Executive Mayor and Chairperson of Utility on site at pipe leaking 965mm. As per directive from Executive Mayor the emergency repairs ...
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Water Outage UPDATE: 13 November 2020 – 15:30 It appears as though Newton Reservoir may have been switched off in order to facilitate repairs. At this stage no ETA on how long water will be off for as there is ...
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Water Outage UPDATE: 29 October 2020 – 15:57 Newton Reservoir has been switched off in order to repair a pipe burst in Conrad Street near Newton Primary School. At this stage no ETA on how long repairs and water will ...
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Water Shutdown UPDATE: 26/10/2020 – 15:00 We have resumed water supply for high topographical areas of the City from Newton Reservoir. The levels are down because of the down time. Lower topographical such as Roodepan and Galeshewe may experience lose ...
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UPDATE: 22 July 2020 – 13:18: Posted in Ward 25 WhatsApp Group: Waterworks is busy with further repairs to the main that burst on Sunday evening in Central rd at the subway. This is affecting water supply in the nearby ...
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19 May 1879, Presbyterian Church foundation stone laid by Sir Walter Frere, New Main Road. 19 May 1881, First sod turned for the new Newton reservoir by Moses Cornwall. (Pictured is the reservoir wall in 1899 being used by the ...
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Water Interruption To Increase Newton Levels An urgent appeal is being made to the Residents of the City to Reduce their daily Water Consumption Drastically. The city’s consumption levels is currently extremely high, even when repairs work on the reticulation ...
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According to Sol Plaatje Call Centre, there is currently a burst pipe in Long street and water has been switched off at Newton Reservoir to effect repairs. SP are currently busy attending to the matter. Unfortunately no ETA was given ...
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