City advises of repairs to the water supply main affecting Camps Bay, Bantry Bay, Fresnaye and Sea Point

13 October 2023

The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is currently attending to emergency repairs to the 300mm diameter water main in Kloof Road, Camps Bay. This pipeline was damaged during the devastating storm which occurred on 23 to 25 September 2023. The City sincerely regrets any inconvenience caused. 

The Water and Sanitation maintenance team will be attending to this damaged pipeline and the work is anticipated to be completed by 27 October 2023.   

This pipeline was damaged when the incessant torrential downpour during the storm caused subsidence of the embankment which then resulted in a large tree falling on the now exposed pipeline. This subsequently resulted in the disruption of the water supply to Camps Bay, Bantry Bay, Fresnaye and Sea Point.

The Water and Sanitation maintenance team, at the time, managed to reroute water supply from an alternate pipeline to these areas, which sufficed even though it was a temporary measure until the permanent repairs could be done. The recent upturn in weather temperatures however has impacted the water consumption in these areas to the point where the demand is starting to exceed the supply.

This has accelerated the need for the repair of the broken pipeline, which. However, also required the technical team to plan the replacement of the pipeline. It involved consulting other City services because the solution was also driven by the decision to reroute the new section of the pipeline to mitigate the recurrence of a similar incident.

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Residents in these areas are kindly requested to reduce their water consumption during this period to enable an uninterrupted sustainable supply to them.

The City sincerely regrets any inconvenience caused, but it is imperative that it maintains its water supply infrastructure to benefit its customers.

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City of Cape Town, Media Office