27 March 2021
Media Statement

Shutdown to affect Midrand

Rand Water will undertake urgent repairs on the pipeline that is leaking later today Saturday 27 March2021. The shutdown will start at 18h00 for the duration of 28hrs and will affect greater Midrand, Halfway House, President Park, Rem Allendale and Chloorkop which is supplied from Ekurhuleni.

Due to the large scale of the area, we may not be able to rollout tanks to all affected areas and we appeal to all residents to use water sparingly, only for human consumption so that we can stretch reservoirs capacity and limit times of no water.

Residents will be updated on the Johannesburg Water social media pages.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

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Hursthill reservoir still in recovery mode

Johannesburg Water advises residents of the City of Johannesburg that most of the reservoirs that are restricted have recovered except Hursthill reservoirs. The reservoirs are still in recovery mode and we urge residents in the listed areas to continue to use water sparingly.

o Montgomery Park
o Albertville
o Franklin Roosevelt Park
o Westbury
o Northcliff Ext.21
o Albertskroon
o Greymont
o Northcliff Ext.32
o Coronationville
o Hurst Hill
o Claremont
o Newlands
o Martindale
o Triomf
o Montclare
o Westdene
o Northcliff
o Newclare
o Greymont Ext.1
o Delarey
o Montgomery Park
o Albertville
o Franklin Roosevelt Park Ext.1
o Parkview Ext.1
o Melville Ext.1
o Greenside Ext.2
o Richmond Ext.1
o Parktown Ext
o Parktown Ext.3
o West Cliff Ext
o Emmarentia
o West Cliff Ext.3
o Hurst Hill
o Auckland Park
o Rossmore
o Melville Ext.2
o Richmond
o Melville Ext.3
o Westdene
o Greenside Ext.6
o Greenside Ext.4
o Greenside Ext.5
o Victory Park Estate S.H.
o Parkview
o West Cliff
o Greenside
o Emmarentia Ext.1
o Greenside Ext
o Parktown
o Melville
o Parkhurst

Johannesburg Water implemented water restrictions by between 20 – 45% in the last week to ensure a sustainable supply for all after Rand water informed the utility of water restrictions from their side due to increase in demand. Johannesburg Water has been in contact with the bulk water supplier Rand Water to increase supply for the reservoir to recover much quicker as a result of high demand in the area.

We plead with all residents of the city of Johannesburg to use water sparingly and residents report all service interruptions through the call centre. The teams are monitoring the reservoir levels and water tankers will be rolled out as and when the need arises per area. All updates will be available on our social media pages and apologies for the inconvenience.

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Isaac Dhludhlu
Manager: Communications and Marketing
Telephone: 0116881577
Email: Isaac.Dhludhlu@jwater.co.za