Cape Town suburbs facing 12-hour water supply disruption

Parts of Cape Town will be affected by a 12-hour water supply disruption on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know.

Here are the areas affected by the City of Cape Town planned maintenance. Image: iStock

Some Cape Town suburbs will experience a 12-hour water shutdown on Sunday, 25 August.

The City of Cape Town water and sanitation directorate will be doing planned maintenance work which will result in water supply disruptions.

CAPE TOWN WATER SUPPLY DISRUPTION

In a statement, the City of Cape Town said maintenance work, including pipe and valve installations, repairs and replacements will cause supply disruptions in the following areas:

Part of Brackenfell Industria—The City of Cape Town said the maintenance teams will shut off the water supply to Brass Street, Nickel Street, Ferrous Street, and Industria Street in Brackenfell Industria from 8:00 until 20:00 on Sunday, 25 August. This will enable the maintenance team to safely repair and upgrade the existing water supply infrastructure in the area.

Constantia and Tokai, including Steenberg Golf Estate – The Water and Sanitation Directorate will shut off the 535mm diameter water main opposite the Greenbelt in Lower Constantia from 19:30 on Tuesday, 27 August, overnight until 4:30 on Wednesday, 28 August.

The City of Cape Town said this will enable the maintenance team to repair a severe pipeline leak safely.

Affected residents in this area are advised to store water in clean, sealed containers in advance.

ZERO-PRESSURE TESTS AND CONDITIONAL ASSESSSMENTS

Additionally, the City of Cape Town said zero-pressure tests (ZPT) and conditional assessments will be done on the water supply network in the following areas:

Oakdene, Old Nooiensfontein, New Nooiensfontein, Sarepta, Danarand, and Rietvlei in Kuils River. – On Wednesday, 28 August 2024, from 9:00 until 17:00.

The metro municipality said zero-pressure testing and step-testing are part of the installation process for zone management infrastructure. Tests are done in advance to determine whether 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, and some may have no water coming out of their taps for some time during the testing period.

“Unfortunately, predicting which areas or streets will experience disruptions is impossible.

Additional zone management investigations will be carried out to ensure that existing infrastructure is operating effectively. Pressure fluctuations may be experienced, but every effort will be made to minimize the impact as far as possible,” the City of Cape Town said.

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