GEORGE NEWS - George Municipality has experienced severe infrastructure damage following heavy rainfall on Monday 22 November which caused flash flooding.
This resulted in several pipe bursts affecting water supply to a large portion of the city.
The municipality is managing this crisis. Please note further details below.
UPDATE ON CURRENT STATUS
George Municipality confirms that water trucks are in place as from 06:00 this morning, detailed list of locations below. The water situation remains critical with reservoir levels supplying the eastern and CBD areas very low. Presently Thembalethu, Pacaltsdorp, Blanco, Conville, Borcherds, Lawaaikamp, Protea Park, New Levallia, Blue Mountain and surrounds are the only areas not affected by the water outage.
DURATION OF REPAIRS - Oewer Street Pipeburst / Rooirivierrif Pipeburst
Repairs to a 500 mm drinking water pipeburst in Oewer Street, Tweerivieren continued until late last night and are now expected to be completed by 14:00 today 24 November.
A reminder that completion of the repair does not mean the system is back to normal - gabions will need to be packed around the pipeline to act as a shield and the valves can only be opened to 50% initially to test the integrity of the repair.
Thereafter the two reservoirs serving the Eastern pipeline need to refill which process will take a few days as reservoirs have significantly depleted. This means that it is anticipated that the network will stabilize but still be vulnerable by Saturday 27th November
Repairs to a pipeburst identified at Rooirivierrif late yesterday will continue. An estimated time of repair will be given on this repair at a later stage.
PLEASE USE WATER SPARINGLY
The municipality asks the outer lying areas currently not affected by the water outage to limit their use of water to ONLY necessities as our reservoirs remain critically low following an earlier pipe burst over the weekend coupled with the subsequent damage from yesterday’s flash flooding. Outlying areas may, however, still experience water outages as attempts are made to provide water to areas currently without any water.
UPDATE ON WATER TRUCKS
Please take note – the trucks will leave their sites to go and refill with water during the day.
- 1. Wellington Street, Superette
- 2. Wellington Street, SPAR
- 3. Botanical Garden Parking Area
- 4. Caledon Street, in front of George Library
- 5. (CBD) Tuinroete Agri – York street
- 6. (George South) Union Road across from the Carpe Diem sport grounds
- 7. (George South) C/O Nelson Mandela Boulevard and Cradock street at the Engen Garage
- 8. (Rosemore) Busy Corner - two trucks present
- 9. (Parkdene) Parkdene Primary School
- 10. (George East) Genevafontein Superette
- 11. (George East) Old Duggies in parking area at Prestons
- 12. Attakwa Street – Rosemore
- 13. George Fire Brigade, Mitchell Street
Civil Engineering Services continues to appeal to the public who are aware of or see any visible water from what appears to be a burst pipe, to urgently report to 044 8019262/6 so that we can inspect and assess as quickly as possible. We thank the public in advance who have been extremely patient and helpful in providing relevant information.
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