Joburg West residents bearing brunt of Rand Water shutdown
Johannesburg Water says its technical teams are monitoring the entity’s systems amid ongoing maintenance work by Rand Water.
The utility began a 58-hour water shutdown on Tuesday to improve its infrastructure.
The work is expected to be completed on Friday morning.
Joburg Water spokesperson Nombuso Shabalala says supply to some areas will soon be back to normal.
"As of Wednesday, the Daleside Booster Pump Station (Ennerdale, Orange Farm and Lawyley areas) the work has been completed according to the scheduled eight hours.
"Zwartjkopjes Booster Pump Station (Johannesburg South and CBD) reservoirs in this pump station still have some capacity but are taking a downward direction."
Shabalala says once work is completed, it is estimated that recovery will take five days.
"Eikenhof Booster Pump Station (Greater Randburg / Rooderpoort areas) This is the system that is mostly affected. All the towers and some reservoirs are empty."
She says recovery of this system will take up to ten days once work has been completed.
"Ekeinhof Booster Pump Station (Soweto, South of Johannesburg and Lenasia) The work is currently in progress. The Soweto reservoir and towers still have capacity. The Lenasia and South reservoirs are very low to empty."
Recovery of the system will take up to ten days.
Meanwhile, water tankers have been mobilised in critical areas like hospitals, clinics, municipal offices, schools, and police stations and roaming water tankers across the suburbs that are affected.
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