The water utility says Johannesburg Commando system levels have worsened from critically low to empty, this is due to Rand Water’s uninterrupted load shifting from Einkenhof to recover the Palmiet system.
The bulk water utility says the affected areas include Melville, Auckland Park, Richmond, Parkview, Emmarentia, Montgomery Park and Westbury, leaving someRand Water says since the beginning of Spring the demand for water in municipalities per day has grown from 4 300 megalitres to 4 900 megalitres.Spokesporson Makenosi Maroo says, “Last week we implemented stage 2 restrictions. However, these restrictions have not yielded the desired outcomes.
The bulk water utility says the current water demand amounts to a daily usage of water per person per day to 300 litres, almost double the world’s average of 173 litres.“To avoid intermittent water supply, we are urging our consumers to reduce their water consumption. We also recommend that municipalities impose water restrictions. We further request our end users to stop using sprinkler systems and we also encourage people not to use hosepipes to wash their cars,” Maroo says.
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