On the 19 September 2023, the Zuikerbosch water treatment plant had a breakdown caused by a power trip, which affected the production of water supply.
(a) Short-term temporary intervention should there be a similar crisis: (i)&(ii) water tankers are on standby to prevent health services being affected by such crisis. Some of the hospitals in Gauteng have reservoirs and some have boreholes as part of the back-up alternative in case there are similar crisis.
(b) Long-term permanent intervention: (i)&(ii) Rand Water is in the process of commissioning a new purification plant which will be impacting all health facilities within the City of Tshwane, the City of Ekurhuleni and the City of Johannesburg, among others. This plant is intending to deliver 150-million litres of potable water a day into Rand Water’s system, and by the end of 2024.
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