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Eight-hour water shutdown to affect some Cape Town areas

Planned maintenance in some Cape Town areas will result in water supply interruptions.

The maintenance work will be conducted from Tuesday, 2 December.

CAPE TOWN TO IMPLEMENT EIGHT-HOUR WATER OUTAGE

The City of Cape Town said planned maintenance work will result in water supply disruption to these areas:

Part of Ryland – The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will temporarily shut off the water supply to College Road, from Hazel Road to Parker Avenue, and Khalfe Road, from College Road to Noll Avenue, including the Checkers Shopping Complex and possibly the surrounds in Rylands on Tuesday, 2 December, from 9:00 until 17:00.

Melkbosstrand – Similarly, water supply to Melkbosstrand will be temporarily shut off from 19:00 on Wednesday, 3 December, until 4:00 on Thursday, 4 December. 

Table View, West Beach, Parklands, Flamingo Vlei, Blouberg Rise, Bloubergrant, Sunridge and West Riding – The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will also temporarily shut off the water supply to these areas from 10:00 until 18:00 on Thursday, 4 December. 

LATEST ON ZERO-PRESSURE TESTS

As per the City of Cape Town, zero-pressure testing and step-testing are part of the installation process for zone management infrastructure.

“Tests are done in advance to see if any unmapped inflows need to be considered before installing new infrastructure (such as pressure-reducing valves for pressure management). In these affected areas, some residents may experience low water pressure while some may have no water during the testing period,” the metro municipality said.

Zero-pressure tests (ZPT) and conditional assessments will be done on the water supply network, resulting in water supply disruptions in the following areas:

  • Tuesday, 2 December, from 10:00 until 16:00: Brackenfell, Brackenfell South, Protea Hoogte, De Oude Spruit, Kaapzig, Morgan Industria, Burgundy and Sonkring.
  • Thursday, 4 December, from 10:00 until 16:00: Delft

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