Power outage disrupts Rand Water pumping operations

Reported by Engineering News · 9 hours ago · Natasha Odendaal

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A State-owned power utility Eskom-related power outage and power dip has disrupted operations at Rand Water’s Zuikerbosch and Lethabo pumping stations. A power outage occurred at about 09h45 on Monday and while it was restored shortly thereafter at about 11h20, water systems recovery require an…

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