Metros hit with water outages due to load shedding

konfab

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This is a 100% preventable problem. Electricity for water delivery takes preference over electricity for other usages. If municipalities haven't done the work to allow this to happen they are being negligent.
 

Benedict A55h0le

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This is a 100% preventable problem. Electricity for water delivery takes preference over electricity for other usages. If municipalities haven't done the work to allow this to happen they are being negligent.
This system was never designed with extended power cuts in mind. The old government saw all the coal and thought: we will have cheap electricity for 1000 years. I think CoCT would have put a genie in place here if possible. I am talking about the Cape taps that ran dry.
 

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Secret to live in Joburg: find a house that’s low enough that it still gets water after blackouts, but high enough that it doesn’t flood because the storm water drainage doesn’t work.
 

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Secret to live in Joburg: find a house that’s low enough that it still gets water after blackouts, but high enough that it doesn’t flood because the storm water drainage doesn’t work.
So what is the secret?
 

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This system was never designed with extended power cuts in mind. The old government saw all the coal and thought: we will have cheap electricity for 1000 years. I think CoCT would have put a genie in place here if possible. I am talking about the Cape taps that ran dry.
You always do. Post after post after post. No need to specify it.
 

bwana

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This is a 100% preventable problem. Electricity for water delivery takes preference over electricity for other usages. If municipalities haven't done the work to allow this to happen they are being negligent.
Our municipality has done this, at least with the most critical pump stations.

I'm currently sitting with 0 water from this morning
If you have your own house then consider installing a small tank to act as a buffer between outages because this is only going to get worse.
 

grok

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This is like that issue where municipalities were left scratching their heads over diminished income due to asking people to use less electricity.
Like how did that happen?

If only such a thing as looking into the future with your mind exists, imagining things to possibly do today to perhaps preventing hardships in said future from developing. We definitely need an alternative the bones don't seem to be helpful at all..
 
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