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Joburg Water announces planned shutdown for August

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— […]

today31/07/2023

Tap and water

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Joburg Water says system in gradual recovery after outage

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 […]

today09/06/2023

water restored

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Water restored at Helen Joseph Hospital following low pressure challenges

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 […]

today07/06/2023

22 days without water

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Residents in some parts of Joburg without water for over 10 days

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 […]

today23/03/2023

blue water

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From no water to blue water, residents concerned after water outage

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 […]

today31/01/2023

Tap and water

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Taps run dry as Joburg Water scrambles to recover Eikenhof system

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 […]

today30/01/2023

22 days without water

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Joburg water crisis worsens as parts of the city go 3 days without supply

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 […]

today17/10/2022

Stage 2 water restrictions

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Stage 2 water restrictions hits parts of Joburg and Tshwane

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 […]

today05/10/2022

Tap and water

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Joburg Water warns of supply interruptions due to Stage 6 loadshedding

By: Natasha Archary As if Johannesburg residents weren't feeling frustrated enough due to Stage 6 loadshedding, Joburg Water now warns of possible supply interruptions. Joburg Water shared an update with customers on Monday, 19 September saying some water towers in the city were affected by the ongoing bouts of loadshedding. "The pump stations which supply water into the towers, are isolated during the electricity outage. This results in no water […]

today19/09/2022

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