Johannesburg — Johannesburg City Power is doing emergency repairs to a feeder board at the Eikenhof substation, which may affect water supply to areas in and around Johannesburg.
The team acted quickly to repair the feeder board after one of the isolators experienced a flash-over on Monday evening. According to City Power spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, the incident happened around 8pm and affected the dedicated transformer supplying power to Rand Water Board pump station, The Citizen reported.
“This means the Rand Water is currently not pumping water, and unfortunately, no alternative supply is available. City Power teams reacted swiftly and are on site working on solutions.” Mangena said.
EMERGENCY REPAIRS – RANDWATER EIKENHOF
Teams currently on site at Eikenhof substation attending to the flashover on one of the feederboards supplying power to Rand Water Board. The feederboard need to be cleaned before investigation into the cause… pic.twitter.com/StTUoLGbAb
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) March 5, 2024
He said the team needed to dismantle the feeder board where the flash-over occurred and would need to pressure-test it thoroughly before attempting to restore. He expected work to continue until Tuesday evening.
“This may affect the water supply to Joburg and areas west of Joburg, including Mogale City, Krugersdorp, Carletonville, parts of Brits and Rustenburg. Power supply to the residential customers feeding from Eikenhof substation is fortunately not affected by this.” he said.
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