By: Natasha Archary Image Cred: Pexels Johannesburg Water will be closing Sandton meters overnight as part of water demand management efforts. In a statement, the water utility said Sandton meters will be closed on Wednesday, 04 September from 20:00 until 04:00 on Thursday morning. This is to ensure water supply distribution to struggling systems and areas within the JHB Water network. According to JHB Water the Linbro Park and Marlboro […]
Zuko Komisa Photo by Vlad Chețan: Joburg Water announces planned shutdown for August. Joburg Water has listed more than 10 neighborhoods on its list of locations where water cuts are expected as a result of scheduled infrastructure work. August will begin with dry taps in some parts of Johannesburg after Joburg Water announced a planned shutdown. Daily water supply system status updates: Monday, 31 July 2023 (Morning) #JoburgUpdates ^P pic.twitter.com/30XtCMfO5H— […]
By: Natasha Archary Pixabay: Karolina Grabowska Johannesburg Water says the water system is in gradual recovery falling a power outage that affected City Power's Orlando power station, which resulted in Rand Water's Eikenhof pump station being negatively impacted. Multiple areas in the city were left with taps running dry on Thursday, 08 June, with the water utility issuing a statement on Friday saying it's going to take time for reservoirs […]
By: Natasha Archary Image: Marcelo Leal on Unsplash The Gauteng Provincial Government and Joburg Water say water supply has been restored at Helen Joseph Hospital following low pressure challenges on Tuesday, 06 June. In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, Joburg Water said an open valve within the ringfeed of the hospital had to be closed as it was creating a negative pressure. This meant water was no longer being […]
By Katlego Sekhu Residents in some parts of Joburg have been without water for over 10 days and there's no clear indication of when taps will be flowing again. Rand Water says the reason for the low water supply is that "the city is getting insufficient water supply from rand water." In the meantime, Johannesburg Water has provided 18 water tanks to heavily impacted areas around the city. According to […]
By: Natasha Archary After 48-hours without water, some Johannesburg residents are concerned about the water coming out of their taps. This after one social media user took to Twitter to share that the little water that she was able to fill from her tap, was blue. The woman, known as Ntombi M reached out to Joburg Water to find out if the blue water was safe for her to consume […]
By: Natasha Archary Taps run dry in large parts of Johannesburg as Joburg Water scrambles to recover the Eikenhof system after a power failure. On Monday, 30 January, some parts of the city were without water for over 24-hours with no end in sight, as the water utility failed to restore supply at 04h00. While capacity had been restored to capacity after repairs were made at the Eikenhof facility, reservoirs […]
By: Natasha Archary There's no end in sight to Joburg's water crisis after Rand Water's load shift crashing meant parts of the city have had no supply for 3 days. On Saturday, 15 October, Joburg Water issued customers a statement indicating that both its Brixton and Hursthill reservoirs would be closed to build capacity. https://twitter.com/JHBWater/status/1581309705737342976?s=20&t=qActj4O7Pln9t_ZDgU9h4Q Both reservoirs would only be opened at 06h00 on Sunday, 16 October to allow capacity […]
By: Natasha Archary Amid the unbearable heatwave and frustration of continuous loadshedding, residents in parts of Joburg and Tshwane have to deal with Stage 2 water restrictions too. This as Rand Water noted the overall reservoir storage capacity dropped to just 38% in the past two weeks. Due to increased water demand, the capacity at Rand Water fell from 52% meaning water restrictions will be implemented until reserves restore to […]
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