Cape Town - The City has announced it will be doing planned work in certain areas that will result in water supply disruptions from today until Friday.
The planned work is critical maintenance that needs to be done on the water-supply infrastructure.
Water and sanitation mayco member, Zahid Badroodien, said residents in the affected areas are encouraged to take note of the work that will take place and prepare accordingly.
Residents have also been urged to store enough water in advance as a precautionary measure.
Areas affected include Bloekombos, Wallacedene, Kraaifontein, Northpine, Brackenfell, Strand, Sea Point, Heinz Park in Philippi and Hanover Park.
“This work forms part of the Water and Sanitation Directorate’s proactive infrastructure maintenance and upgrade programme which ensures the future continuity of water supply by addressing the issue of unaccounted for water.
“The City sincerely regrets any inconvenience,” Badroodien said.
The Glen Garry Reservoir will be shut until Friday for essential annual cleaning and maintenance.
The Wemmershoek Water Treatment Plant will be shut down for urgent maintenance so work at the water purification plant can be done.
The 100mm diameter water main in Church Street, Sea Point will be shut down from 9am until 6pm tomorrow to do a new connection to the pipeline.
This will result in the disruption of the water supply along Church Street between Regent Road and Kloof Road during this period.
A test shut-off will be done on the 300mm diameter water main to Heinz Park, The Leagues, and the SAPS College in Philippi from 9am until 4pm tomorrow.
This is so the maintenance team can assess the affected areas prior to the actual shutdown to do a network upgrade, which will be planned from 9am until 6pm on Thursday.
The 300mm diameter main water supply pipeline in Govan Mbeki Road, Philippi will be shut down from 8am until 7pm on Friday to upgrade the water supply infrastructure and to accommodate the current road infrastructure upgrade in the area.
Cape Argus