{"id":103570,"date":"2015-10-31T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/103570\/no-water-restrictions-yet-says-metro-2\/"},"modified":"2015-10-30T15:05:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T13:05:53","slug":"no-water-restrictions-yet-says-metro-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/31\/no-water-restrictions-yet-says-metro-2\/","title":{"rendered":"No water restrictions yet, says metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The metro has told the GCN that at this stage it is not required to implement water restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>However, it acknowledges the fact that there are currently challenges pertaining to the availability of water.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are, therefore, highlighting the importance of saving water by engaging with our communities, as well as implementing projects such as the replacement of dilapidated water pipelines, of which the Germiston CBD is the pilot project,\u201d said spokesman for the metro Themba Gadebe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe department has also increased capacity and introduced advanced technical measures to address challenges of water interruptions as a result of burst pipes.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Gadebe further encouraged residents to report all water and sewer complaints promptly to the call centre, in order to try to save water.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are also asked to use water sparingly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/103376\/do-you-bit-and-save-water-to-help-prevent-a-water-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Do your bit and save water to help prevent a water shortage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/103144\/low-water-pressure-in-parts-of-the-cityorhelp-to-combat-low-water-pressure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Help to combat low water pressure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/102940\/rand-water-and-municipalities-urge-consumers-to-use-water-sparingly\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rand Water and municipalities urge consumers to use water sparingly<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='593e69229275b778f625786bfd2d61e8'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents must save water to avoid water restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":103600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[1003,979,969,2734,1002,1004,8863,1289,8805],"class_list":["post-103570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-metro","tag-municipality","tag-save-water","tag-water","tag-water-restrictions"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Ekurhuleni","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","metro","municipality","save water","water","water restrictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}