{"id":79495,"date":"2015-01-28T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/79495\/water-supply-depends-on-electricity\/"},"modified":"2015-01-27T14:57:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T12:57:47","slug":"water-supply-depends-on-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/01\/28\/water-supply-depends-on-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Water supply depends on electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Germiston City News has received a number of calls from disgruntled Gerdview and Sunnyridge residents.<\/p>\n<p>The problem that has them all up-in-arms is the fact that whenever there is a power outage in the area they are left without water.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The GCN approached the metro to confirm if this was caused by the locations of the area\u2019s reservoirs and the need for power to pump the water to residents.<\/p>\n<p>We also asked what the metro plans to do to put a stop to this problem, as it has been on-going for years and residents are running out of patience.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Spokesman for the metro Themba Gadebe released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe water supply in Sunnyridge and Gerdview is done through electrically operated centrifugal pumps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater is pumped from the nearby water reservoir to the network and then into the water tower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pump station relies entirely on electricity for operation, hence a generator was installed to assist during power outages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe generator, however, failed due to mechanical challenges, resulting in its failure to supply power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErwat technicians are currently waiting for equipment to start with repairs, after investigating and identifying the cause of water outages in the areas.\u201d<\/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='7488418293e889caa30057141e8549f5'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can nothing be done to keep the water running in Sunnyridge and Gerdview?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":79497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,1223,979,969,2730,1002,1004,4626,1380,4385],"class_list":["post-79495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-gerdview","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-metro","tag-municipality","tag-power-outage","tag-sunnyridge","tag-water-outage"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","gerdview","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","metro","municipality","Power outage","sunnyridge","water outage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79495","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=79495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}