Water supply challenges in Wilderness

GEORGE NEWS - George Municipality is aware and is attending to the water disruptions in the Wilderness area.

Over the past day and a half, their technical teams have been working tirelessly to identify and resolve the issue affecting the water network in Wilderness.

What has been done so far:

Located and replaced several faulty components, including a valve that was faulty that was suspected to be the problem.
This resulted in the system partially restored to normal. Unfortunately, this did not fully resolve the issue.

Current situation:

The problem still exists within the network, therefore they are actively investigating other potential issues along the network.
Due to the complex nature of the network and many pipes running through difficult terrain (including dense bush areas), pinpointing the exact location of the fault is challenging.
They have also observed air trapped in the pipeline which have been addressed.

Impact on residents and businesses:

Some guesthouses/businesses and residents may experience intermittent or no water supply until the issue is resolved.
George Municipality understands the full effect of this and ask for your patience and understanding during this time.

Next steps:

All Municipal resources are attending to resolving this outage.
There is no estimated time of repair as yet, but they will communicate immediately as soon as we identify the problem.