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Fort Beaufort faces three weeks of water shortages caused by “technical glitches with the water treatment works”.
The Amathole District Municipality says it had been expected that the current filter system would have held out until the planned upgrade was completed, but this is not the case.
The District Municipality says it has made water tankers available to supply communities in the interim.
ADM says its working around the clock to ensure the repairs were carried out as speedily as possible.
Construction of the project to up-grade the water supply system is due to begin at the end of this year.
