South African Water Department: Joburg water crisis is out of control

　　China News Service, Johannesburg, March 9 (Reporter Wang Xi) In response to the long-term water supply crisis that broke out recently, South Africa's Rand Water Company responded on the 9th that due to the degree of failure encountered beyond expectations, the water supply crisis has actually exceeded The actual scope of control of the water department, so it is not yet known when the water supply crisis will end.

　　The water supply crisis originated from a lightning strike at the Eikenhof pumping station in southern Johannesburg on the 1st of this month.

Due to the outage of pumping stations, most areas in Joburg and some areas in surrounding provinces are experiencing severe "water shortages".

So far, water outages in areas including Roodepoort and Randburg have been close to a week.

　　According to Rand Water spokesperson Logan Moussami, the substation transformer was struck by lightning, causing the main unit of the pumping station to be unable to supply normal power, causing the pumping station to be forced to stop operating.

Mousami admitted that after investigation by maintenance personnel, the damage to the transformer exceeded the initial estimate. Therefore, the water supply crisis has actually exceeded the normal control range of the water department, and it cannot be fundamentally eliminated in a short time. crisis.

During this period, the water affairs department had to dispatch additional water supply trucks to ensure the basic living needs of people in water outage areas.

　　At present, South Africa's nationwide power rationing problem is still severe, with an average daily power outage lasting up to 4 hours.

The arrival of this water supply crisis will undoubtedly make the already severe living conditions of the South African people even worse.

According to analysis by well-known South African media such as "News 24 Hours" and Independent Media, due to the aging of equipment systems and lack of routine maintenance, water supply may become another major new problem faced by the South African people after power supply.

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