Joburg Water warns of low water pressure after lightning strikes substation

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The low levels of water supply are being caused by an outage at the Eikenhof pump station.

JOHANNESBURG - Joburg Water has urged residents to use water sparingly as areas in the south of the city experience shortages.Taps run dry in parts of Sandton following major pipe burstIt said while water pumping has resumed, it will take some time for reservoir levels to recover as a result of high-water consumption in the metro.The outage at Eikenhof has also affected Rand Water's booster station that feeds some of the city's reservoirs.

Last week, the utility warned of high water consumption in the province that left some areas - including Soweto - with dry taps.Meanwhile, City Power has not given a restoration time for electricity in the area.

 

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