{"id":218611,"date":"2019-09-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/218611\/veld-fire-and-power-failure-leaves-several-germiston-suburbs-dry\/"},"modified":"2019-09-20T08:47:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T06:47:14","slug":"veld-fire-and-power-failure-leaves-several-germiston-suburbs-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/09\/19\/veld-fire-and-power-failure-leaves-several-germiston-suburbs-dry\/","title":{"rendered":"Veld fire and power failure leaves several Germiston suburbs dry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Germiston suburbs have been left without water this morning.<\/p>\n

This comes weeks after a week-long outage which left many Germiston residents angry and frustrated as they waited in line to fill water containers.<\/p>

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Today\u2019s water outage is a result of a power outage at Rand Water\u2019s Zuikerbosch and Vereeniging treatment plants and Lethabo Pumping Stations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cKlopper Park, Elandsfontein, Sunnyridge, Homestead, Gerdview, Wannenburg, Solheim, Fishers\u2019 Hill, Dawnview, Symhurst, Primrose Hill and Primrose are some of the areas being affected by the water outage,\u201d said Ward 36 councillor Wendy Morgan.<\/p>

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\u201cPrim Villa in Cydonia Road, Protea Old Age Home in Tulip Road, Solheim Old Aged Home in Neptune Street, Avril Elizabeth Home in Fishers\u2019 Hill and Life Roseacres Hospital have also been left without a water supply.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GCN contacted Rand Water\u2019s executive manager, Eddie Singo, to get more clarity on the situation and find out when water will be restored to the affected areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe outage was caused by a veld fire on Wednesday afternoon, which caused the transformers at Eskom\u2019s Snowden sub-station to trip,\u201d said Singo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis trip meant the 88kV supplied to Rand Water\u2019s Zuikerbosch and Vereeniging treatment plants and Lethabo Pumping Stations was interrupted and as a result 4 800 mega litres of water supplied from Rand Water came to a stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis meant Rand Water couldn\u2019t supply any water at all from the two treatment plants.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this down time, consumers were still using water as normal, which lead to the reservoirs being depleted and hence some areas are experiencing water outages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Singo confirmed that the power supply from Eskom to the plants has been restored and that the plants can begin operations once again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe difference between water and electricity is that electricity can return with just a touch of a button water, however, cannot,\u201d said Singo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to first build up our water reserves.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the time the power comes back on to when we can supply water again is about four to five hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in the process of purifying water and are beginning to fill the reservoirs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this is happening we are appealing to the community to use water very sparingly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf by this afternoon the levels are not where they should be we may have to implement water restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Singo could not give an indication of when the water would be restored.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will keep the public updated on our progress through Facebook, Twitter and the media,\u201d said Singo<\/p>\n

The metro also could not give an indication of when the water would return and apologised for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n

Morgan confirmed a\u00a0roving water tanker was available at Howe Circle, in Sunnyridge and more tankers would be dispatched.<\/p>\n

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