Johannesburg – The water shortage “crisis” is under control for now, the parliamentary portfolio committee on water and sanitation heard on Friday.
Rand Water’s Palmiet pump station pumps water to the Kliprivierberg reservoirs, which were steadily filling their sub-reservoirs, namely Brakfontein, Klipfontein, Germiston, Meyers Hill and North Ridge.
The committee was in Johannesburg to gain understanding and find solutions to the water shortages experienced in Gauteng.
During a tour of the pump station and the Rand Water controlling centre near Glenvista, south of Johannesburg, the committee was told that most affected areas had running water again.
The North Ridge reservoir, which supplies Sunnyridge in Germiston, was still experiencing shortages on Friday afternoon.
Rand Water operations manager Matsobane Masebe said the pump station pumped 1660 mega litres of water daily, even though it had the capacity to hold 2600. This was because the infrastructure could not handle more than 1660 mega litres.
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