Good News After Damage to District Heating Line in Vienna-Simmering

For 80 percent of the customers in the affected area, the heat supply started up last night. However, it takes time for this to be fully completed after the repair of a defect and for customers to be supplied with heat. Regarding the remaining customers, mobile supply solutions were mentioned in a statement. An expert team is working on fixing the defect. The goal is to restore the supply as quickly as possible.

District Heating Defect in Vienna-Simmering - Leak Discovered

The cause of the district heating defect in Vienna-Simmering, which temporarily affected 25,000 households, has been located. A leak was found in a pipe with the help of a robot, Wiener Netze announced in a statement on Thursday afternoon. Excavations followed, and welding work on the pipe is set to begin on the night of Friday. Initially, 5,000 households were still not connected to the network. This is expected to be completed by Friday noon.

For 80 percent of the affected customers, the heat supply started up during the night. 20,000 households have been connected to the district heating network in the past few hours, reported Wiener Netze. A specially established task force has organized alternative supply options for the approximately 5,000 households that cannot be connected to the network in the next few hours. Mobile supply solutions are being set up, it was stated.

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