HEAD OFFICE

522 Impala Road Glenvista 2058

P O Box 1127 2000 South

4 December 2020

MEDIA STATEMENT

RAND WATER SCHEDULES EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN TO PIPELINES

FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS

Rand Water has scheduled an emergency 33-hour shutdown to replace a faulty cross connection valve and a leaking bypass valve. The Shutdown will have an impact on the operations of the G18 and O5 pipelines.

The Shutdown is scheduled to commence at 14h00 on Saturday, 5 December 2020 to 23h00 on Sunday, 6 December 2020.

The areas listed below will be affected by the Shutdown:

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

 Heriotdale  Heriotdale industrial areas  Jupiter industries

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 Primrose Ext,  Parts of Primrose  Dawnview  Essexwold  Sunnyrock  Wychwood  Symhurst  Solheim  Fishers Hill  Bedfordview Ext  Bedfordview East  High-lying areas of Bedfordview  Primrose Hill Ext  Oriel  Malvern  Container Depot  Motor Body Workshop

Johannesburg Water

 Rotek Engineering buildings and workshops  City Deep Container Depot  Linksfield Reservoir  Alexander Park  Bruma  Kensington  Denver  Malvern East  Benrose  Linksfield Reservoir

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 Sunningdale Ext.7  Rembrandt Park Ext.5  Sunningdale Ext.12  Sunningdale Ext.11  Sunningdale Ext.5  Silvamonte  Sandringham  Lyndhurst  Sandton (may might experience low pressure)

Spoornet Jupiter railway station and houses

Ergo mining Portion 89 plant

Waltons Waltons Building

Rand Water

Reservoir  Germiston District  Klipfontein Reservoir

The areas below will be affected when Johannesburg Water reservoir (Linksfield) is empty:

 Kew  Bramley  Savoy Estate  Gresswold  Highlands North

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 Orange Grove  Sydenham  Norwood  Fellside  Abbotsford  Waverley  Orchards

The following areas will be affected when Germiston, Airfield, Klipfontein, Brakfontein and Hartebeeshoek Reservoirs are low and empty:

Tembisa (Ekurhuleni), President Park (Joburg Water), Midrand (Joburg Water), Diepsloot (Joburg Water), Mnadi (City of Tshwane), Kosmosdal (City of Tshwane), Rooihuiskraal and CBD (City of Tshwane)

(Areas supplied by Klipfontein reservoir) Centurion, Erasmia, Laudium, Atteridgeville, Pretoria West, Wonderboom and Tshwane Magalies Reservoir (City of Tshwane)

(Areas supplied by Brakfontein Reservoir)

Garankuwa Soshanguwe, Mabopane, Rosslyn and Winterveld (City of Tshwane)

(Areas supplied by Hartebeeshoek Reservoir)

Airport will be affected when Airfield Reservoir is empty.

Jet Park, and Isando Ext 5 (Ekurhuleni) will be affected if the Germiston Reservoir is empty.

For the facilitation of media interviews please contact Pride Mguli on 060 753 7714 or email: [email protected]

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