{"id":213875,"date":"2019-08-05T11:02:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T09:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=213875"},"modified":"2019-08-05T13:14:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T11:14:02","slug":"update-rand-water-confident-water-will-restored-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/05\/update-rand-water-confident-water-will-restored-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Rand Water confident water will be restored today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After several days without water residents from a number of Germiston suburbs are at their wits end, however, there may be good news as Rand Water released a statement this morning (Monday) stating the water should be fully restored later today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the night, we were able to repair all the damaged portions of the pipeline,\u201d Rand Water said in the statement.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt 5.30 am, we began recommissioning the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are expecting that water will be fully restored in all areas later on today.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are continuing to monitor the system and its recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>RELATED ARTICLE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/213838\/rand-water-estimates-water-will-restored-tomorrow-afternoon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rand Water estimates water will be restored tomorrow afternoon<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Rand Water further apologised for the inconvenience the water outage has caused and urged residents to use water sparingly as the system recovers.<\/p>\n<p>Ward 36 councillor Wendy Morgan also urged the community to be patient when waiting for\u00a0roving water tankers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoving water tankers\u00a0can be found at the Sunnyridge Circle, but due to the small number of tankers available they will have to go and refill regularly,\u201d said Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition the tankers will first take water to the Avril Elizabeth Home, local old age homes and local care facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have also been dispatched to Bertha Gxowa Hospital, as it is also without water.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>RELATED ARTICLE:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/213798\/burst-rand-water-supply-line-leaves-several-germiston-suburbs-dry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Burst Rand Water supply line leaves several Germiston suburbs dry<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>She urged the community to hold off on using too much water, \u201cThis is the third major outage and if we start using water too soon it could take days to fill the local reservoirs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all in this together so please be patient,\u201d Morgan said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p 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