Continuous load shedding has been given as a major reason for reservoirs in Nelson Mandela Bay running low.
Addressing the media on Wednesday, the Metro's Director of Water and Sanitation, Barry Martin, says it is becoming increasingly difficult to treat the water as electricity is needed in the treatment process.
He says in the last two days there had been power supply problems at two treatment plants that supply more than 50 percent of water to the metro.
This had led to water outages in several suburbs.
Martin says while the water pressure problem should be resolved by Wednesday night, he's advised that normal supply could be constantly affected by load-shedding.
He says the Metro Municipality is looking into the possibility of installing more generators.
"Persistent load shedding that we've had for the last month has caused our reservoirs to run low and this because we can't treat sufficient water. Electricity is critical in the treatment of water,thereby causing this problem. What has happened in the last 48 hours is one of our big plants was without water for 12 hours that means the ability to treat water was cut by half." says Martin.
Martin also said that restrictions remain a possibility and he's once more urged residents to use water sparingly.
"As we speak the system is starting to recover because we have started to fill up some of our resoivers. The problem with that is going forward and persistent load shedding, we will still be critical going forward and therefore the cutting back of water usage is critical,that will result in our reservoirs being able to recover and will also allow us to conserve our water resources going forward for the next 2 to 3 years."
