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Water supply slowly restored in Ekurhuleni

Water supply has been restored to some parts of Ekurhuleni after residents had been without water since Sunday.

This following an explosion of three motors at the Palmiet water pumping station.

Rand Water communicated that an additional 180 million litres per day had been recovered to push pumping capacity to 80 percent.

The utility said the additional capacity will assist in stabilizing the system and improving water supply to the affected metros.

-eNCA

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Lehlogonolo Machaba

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