Water authorities in Gauteng to implement "load-shifting"

[mylesillidge]

Water-shedding announced in South Africa

Deputy water and sanitation minister David Mahlobo says that water authorities in Gauteng will start implementing "load-shifting" to avoid a total collapse of the province's water systems.

The measure was one of several "soft" water restrictions outlined by Mahlobo and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi at a media briefing on Wednesday in Johannesburg.

 

[cavedog]

Okay okay let me close the tap watering the garden

 

[Smiggles]

 

[Lupus]

Ah yeah, cause that's the problem... Oh wait, they've already been doing it for over a year. It's not worked, cause the problem isn't users.

 

[Captain Beer]

Groups of residents in some areas of Johannesburg that have been without water, including northern Melville, have taken to the streets in small pickets in recent days.

lol, reminds me of this, the ANC is laughing at you.

 

[RaptorSA]

This rusty nail is looking for a coffin.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

water shedding, the ANC is good at this.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Water-shedding announced in South Africa

Deputy water and sanitation minister David Mahlobo says that water authorities in Gauteng will start implementing "load-shifting" to avoid a total collapse of the province's water systems.

The measure was one of several "soft" water restrictions outlined by Mahlobo and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi at a media briefing on Wednesday in Johannesburg.

But I though it was almost fixed?

How does water-shedding fix anything?

 

[RaptorSA]

"The minister said that load-shifting would be used to move water from reservoirs and parts of the system in a healthy state to help address shortages in other areas."

Translation: The people who pay f**kol for anything and love to burn everything is going to drink first.

 

[wingnut771]

All this will do is speed up the decay of the distribution network.

 

[Lupus]

But I though it was almost fixed?

How does water-shedding fix anything?

It doesn't, JHB water has been doing it for a year and they still have issues. Mostly it is on towers and such with higher than average demand.

 

[Lupus]

All this will do is speed up the decay of the distribution network.

What logic noooo

 

[Agent_Smith]

This whole situation could ultimately be a watershed moment for Gauteng.
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[Quicks]

Failure is what ANC does best. Just another disaster, after another.

 

[RaptorSA]

All this will do is speed up the decay of the distribution network.

Amandla!

 

[ToxicBunny]

It doesn't, JHB water has been doing it for a year and they still have issues. Mostly it is on towers and such with higher than average demand.

Given experience in eSchitweni, I would say water-shedding is a not-insignificant contributor to the actual problem.

 

[Johnatan56]

According to Joburg Water’s latest figures, 26.5% of the treated drinking water it buys from Rand Water is lost daily through physical leaks and burst pipes — largely due to ageing infrastructure.

This means that 463 million litres of clean drinking water are being lost daily due to physical causes alone, enough to fill 185 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

A long-term, sustainable solution would be to replace pipelines. However, as Ilembade pointed out, this is no small task.

“Joburg Water manages a network of 12,500km of water pipelines,” he said. “My suspicion is that they’d rather repair, because it’s a short-term, cheaper solution.”

Funding gap

Joburg Water’s Asset Management Plan recommends renewing 2% of the city’s water infrastructure annually, but because of funding shortages, only 0.9% is being renewed. The city faces a R27-billion backlog in upgrading essential infrastructure, with water mains replacement alone estimated to cost R3.3-billion.

The utility’s capital expenditure budget of R1.2-billion is insufficient for these upgrades.

With 26% of its infrastructure expected to reach the end of its lifespan within the next decade, Joburg Water estimates that R3.1-billion is needed annually over the next 10 years to replace and upgrade the infrastructure.

Water everywhere but not a drop to drink — how unchecked leaks exacerbate Johannesburg’s water crisis

Joburg Water estimates that 26.5% of its supply is lost daily due to leaks — equivalent to 185 Olympic-sized pools of treated water disappearing each day.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

Good luck to Johannesburg's residents.

 

[Lupus]

Given experience in eSchitweni, I would say water-shedding is a not-insignificant contributor to the actual problem.

Ssssh, the burst pipes and regular water outages in those areas have nothing to do with the water throttling.

 

[RaptorSA]

"Mahlobo recently told Parliament that it will cost R400 billion to rectify the backlog in investments in water and sanitation systems in the country."

 

[Lupus]

"Mahlobo recently told Parliament that it will cost R400 billion to rectify the backlog in investments in water and sanitation systems in the country."

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