Update
KNYSNA NEWS - Municipal Manager Lulamile Mapholoba held a media briefing on Thursday 15 May to provide an update on the current water supply challenges affecting the Greater Knysna area.
He said broken water pumps were the main cause of the water supply interruptions, and they are now fixing them.
Work to fix the pumps was expected to be finished between Sunday and early Monday morning.
Water trucks
"We are working on the situation and we have water trucks that are delivering water to the communities. I'm happy that we started installing some of the pumps on Monday," Mapholoba said.
"But due to the issue of loadshedding there were some challenges that we identified. These are very big pumps we are talking about."
He said they have established a joint operations centre to co-ordinate and manage efforts to overcome the ongoing water supply challenges.
Residents have been urged to boil their water since it has a brown colour.
Previous articles:
- Protesters close Rheenendal Road over ongoing water outage
- Rheenendal residents blocks main road over water crisis
- Water supply update: Rheenendal restored, but load shedding disrupts pumping
- DA slams Knysna mayor over management of water crisis | Knysna-Plett Herald
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