Rand Water: Urgent turnaround strategy needed for residents to access water unhindered

8 March 2023

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is demanding that Rand Water urgently put a turnaround strategy in place to address the constant failure of their infrastructure.

Our residents in many parts of the province are once again left without any water due to a power failure at Rand Water's Zuikerbosch purification plant. This negatively impacts pumping at the following pumping stations:

Zwartkopjes by 75%: supplies water to Midrand and Tshwane areas

Eikenhof by 20%: supplies water to the South of Johannesburg, including Crosby, Hursthill and the Commando system.

Palmietfontein by 20%: supplies water to the East and North East of the province (Johannesburg, Tshwane, and Ekurhuleni).

Mapleton by 20%: supplies water to Midrand and Tshwane areas

This trend is now deeply worrying as Zuikerbosch is Rand Water's biggest plant and is responsible for more than 60% of the water from Rand Water.

Technicians have been dispatched to attend to the problem.

It is high time that Rand Water comes clean and informs the residents what they are going to do to fix, maintain and refurbish their electrical infrastructure, as it is severely impacting residents across the province.

Issued by Nico De Jager, DA Gauteng Spokesperson for Infrastructure Development, 8 March 2023