EXTRA-ORDINARY MEASURES TO GET WATER FOR TYRVILLE COMMUNITY
Published: May 27, 2026<< BACK TO NEWS
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In an effort to urgently address the prolonged flood-related water outages in Tiyrville and surrounding areas, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's Water Services Subdirectorate has implemented a three-pronged intervention aimed at restoring normal water distribution before the end of this week.
The Municipality is currently increasing water supply from the Nooitgedacht Water Scheme while simultaneously operating the Kabah Water Treatment Plant at maximum capacity to augment water availability in the affected areas.
In addition, technical modifications have been implemented at the Kabah Water Treatment Plant to enhance its treatment and pumping capacity, thereby increasing Kamesh reservoir levels and improving water distribution across the network.
The restoration of water supply in several other affected areas has significantly reduced pressure on emergency water relief measures. As a result, the Municipality is now able to deploy additional water tankers to Tiyrville and surrounding communities to mitigate the impact of the outages while the system continues to recover.
"We understand the difficulties our people find themselves in, it is for this reason that we are implementing all means necessary to restore supply. Although the system has recovered to above 80 percent, we still have a few areas like Tiyrville and a few high lying areas in Kariega that are still affected. We are taking advantage of our integrated system and pushing the capacity of our plants to recovery our reservoirs quicker. With everything going according to the plan, we hope to have running water at Tiyrville and the surrounding areas by this weekend," said Executive Mayor, Councillor Babalwa Lobishe.
These interventions form part of the Municipality's emergency response plan to restore water distribution to areas supplied by the Kabah Water Treatment Plant, including Tiryville and neighbouring communities.
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