Weekend water woes: Pretoria East reservoir runs dry | The Citizen

“The reservoir is empty and water tankers have been deployed,” the city said in a Saturday morning Facebook post.Rand Water and load sheddingto be transparent with the public about the extent of their issues.However, he said there was no load shedding the weekend prior when Tshwane faced similar water supply challenges.

“My message to the people of Tshwane that will be affected this weekend is that we are not going to go away, I am not going to take the weekend off.”Fragile water supply infrastructure He noted water shortages in Soshanguve during the week and said that the problems were expected to affect the east of Pretoria.“It creates heightened wear and tear, but as I have said in the past, it gives notice to criminals that the network is going to be off in advance.”By Friday afternoon, several reservoirs were showing decreasing levels, with some nearing single-figure levels.

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