The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Department is planning to shut down the water supply to Eerste River and surrounding areas on Wednesday, 9 February. EERSTE RIVER SET FOR 12-HOUR WATER OUTAGEThe City of Cape Town said Eerste River residents will be without water for half a day because its contractors intend to lay pipes under the water reticulation network on Wednesday. Residents of the nearby Blue Downs area have been experiencing a disrupted water supply for nearly a month, which was made even worse when a pipe burst on 25 January. The Eerste River disruption is the result of the…