Germiston, Tsakane and Duduza are some areas to undergo ‘water shedding’
Residents in Alberton‚ Benoni‚ Wattville‚ Brakpan‚ Germiston‚ Boksburg‚ Tsakane and Duduza on Monday will be the first to be affected by the City of Ekurhuleni’s night-time water rationing. On Monday morning, the metro tweeted a link to a schedule‚ which shows that water will be cut to areas every second night from 9pm to 5am. The city said on Friday that it "had no choice but to take this drastic step as voluntary water saving measures by residents have averaged a savings rate of about 3.5% a week‚ a far cry from the required 15%". "Recent rains have not significantly improved water levels, [and] the country needs good rainfall for an extended period to come out of the drought of recent years." If the night-time rationing measures do not achieve the required 15% reduction in usage‚ the city will ration water during the day as well‚ it said. Johannesburg Water‚ which has had to cut supply to a number of areas recently as reservoirs ran low‚ tweeted on Sunday: "Water shedding/rationi...
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