UPDATE: 26 January 2026 – 18:50 UPDATE 4: RESTORATION OF WATER SUPPLY FOR KIMBERLEY AND RIVERTON HAS TAKEN OFF Latest: At 18:00, one pump was engaged at Newton Reservoirs for pumping into the Kimberley suburbia water distribution network. This is ...
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UPDATE: 3 December 2025 – 07:30 ALERT: ELECTRICAL UPGRADE AT RIVERTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT – SWITCH-OFF SET TO RESULT IN LOW WATER PRESSURE IN ROODEPAN The Riverton Water Treatment Plant will be switched off after 09:00: • The electrical contractor ...
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UPDATE: 21 October 2025 – 22:15 CITY-WIDE WATER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION The Sol Plaatje Municipality wishes to inform residents that water supply has been temporarily switched off due to maintenance works at the Riverton Water Treatment Plant. This interruption is necessary ...
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UPDATE: 17 August 2025 – 15:00 DAY-3: RESTORATION OF WATER SUPPLY TO LARGE PARTS OF KIMBERLEY Newton Reservoirs Levels: The levels recorded at 14:00 today are; – Reservoir 102 megalitres: 10.8 feet (67.5%) – Reservoir 98 megalitres: 9.11 feet (56.9 ...
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UPDATE: 3 August 2025 – 19:00 UPDATE: DELAYS – BULK WATER SUPPLY RESTORATION SET FOR 22:00 * Cable connections completed. Load setting in progress amid the upgrade of the electrical transformer at Riverton Water Treatment Works. A new 10 MVA ...
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UPDATE: 8 May 2025 – 19:00 ALERT: PUMPING RESUMED AT RIVERTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND NEWTON RESERVOIRS SET FOR 20:00 The electrical cable fault at the Highlift Pumpstation at the old Riverton Treatment Plant has been fixed. The supply to ...
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UPDATE: 13 December 2022 – 21:25 Evening all. Apparently the pumps at Riverton are being commissioned now. It is not clear when the pumps at Newton Reservoir will be commissioned, but it may only be between 00h00 and 04h00 as ...
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