The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has announced that they will be performing maintenance in the identified areas from 7 to 10 September, which will result in water supply disruptions, Cape {town} Etc reports.
Residents in the affected areas are encouraged to take note of the work that will take place and prepare accordingly, as stated in a press release from the City.
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Maintenance work will include pipe and valve installations, repairs and replacements and residents are advised to ‘store enough water in advance’, as a precautionary measure.
Planned maintenance work will result in water supply disruption to the areas of Plumstead, Golden Acres in Somerset West, Montclair in Somerset West and Constantia and Tokai including Steenberg Golf Estate.
Plumstead
The Directorate will be conducting an emergency shut-off on the 535mm diameter water main in Burnham Road, Plumstead from 9am until 6pm on Saturday, 7 September to repair a leak.
This will result in the area bounded by Main Road, Old Kendal Road, Boundary Road, Burnham Road, St Joans Road and Timour Hall Road being ‘without water or receiving water’ at lower pressure during the repairs.
Golden Acres – Somerset West
The Directorate will be doing a test shut-off on the water supply to the area between Juliana Street and Lourensford Road from 9am until 12pm on Tuesday, 10 September.
This will allow the maintenance team to safely assess the existing water supply infrastructure in the area in preparation for repairs to be done.
Montclair – Somerset West
The Directorate will oversee a test shut-off on the water supply to the area between Irene Road, Rue New Orleans Street and Hoëveld Road from 9am until 12pm on Tuesday, 10 September.
This will enable the maintenance team to safely do an assessment of the existing water supply infrastructure in the area in preparation for repairs to be performed.
Constantia and Tokai including Steenberg Golf Estate
The Directorate will be shutting off the 535mm diameter water main opposite the Greenbelt in Lower Constantia from 9am until 11pm on Tuesday, 10 September.
This will enable the maintenance team to safely repair a severe leak in the pipeline.
This 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’.
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