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The extensive maintenance that is currently being undertaken by the bulk water utility, Rand Water, has resulted in various suburbs across the province being affected by limited water supply.
Rand Water has issued a statement notifying residents about a planned water shutdown due to a meter replacement operation that will affect water supply in the area. The maintenance is scheduled to ...
The utility said the claims are false and misleading, with traces in some rivers detected downstream of wastewater plants.
Tshwane residents can expect the water supply to return slowly after Rand Water completed repairs to the O2 pipeline this morning.
Rand Water has officially commenced the final phase of its large-scale maintenance project, with repair work that started ...
Water utility Rand Water on Friday assured that no ARV traces are in the water it supplies. The bulk water services provider, which has been monitoring ARVs since 2015, said that drinking water ...
The answer to the question of whether the recent Swartkopjes pipeline blowout was simple vandalism or deliberate sabotage is ...
Tshwane's Health Services Committee member Tshegofatso Mashabela raises urgent alarms about the risks posed by water tanker drivers sourcing water from unsafe locations during Rand Water's maintenance ...
The presence of anti-retroviral (ARV) residues in drinking water may be “harmless” —prolonged exposure to the broader population may lead to antimicrobial resistance, said the Water Research ...
Rand Water says gravity and vandalism are behind some delays in restoring supply as winter water cuts hit Joburg residents hard. Daily Maverick asked Rand Water how much longer water interruptions ...
Joburg Water and Rand Water's insufficient pumping capacity has left the municipal supplier's Newtown offices, residents, and inner-city government departments high and dry.
Rand Water will reduce pumping from 15 to 18 July 2025, causing water outages across several Gauteng municipalities.