Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has reduced water supply to the Metro as work to repair the collapsed Kirkwood canal continues.
The Metro's head of Infrastructure, Electricity and Engineering, Annette Lovemore, said supply has been reduced by 30%.
She's appealed to consumers to reduce consumption accordingly.
Several areas across Nelson Mandela Bay could be impacted by the water cuts from this evening.
The water canal, which runs through a farm in the Kirkwood area was severely affected by a landslide last week.
“We envisage that as from Monday (22 May 2017) evening the water supply to the eastern and northern parts of the NMBM will be affected,” the Municipality said on its Facebook page.
These are the areas that will be affected:-
• Despatch
• Parts Uitenhage
• Motherwell
• Ikamvelihle
• CDC
• Wells Estate
• Bluewater Bay
• Bloemendal
• Bethelsdorp
• Chatty
• Colchester
“All residents of NMBM are requested to reduce water usage to a minimum, so that the is a fair share across the metro, & prevent any possible water outages in the above listed areas”.
