11 March 2024 – 17:30
Customer Notice
Linden and Blairgowrie systems update
Johannesburg Water together with Rand Water technical teams conducted a site inspection on Monday afternoon, 11 March, as part of investigations into the poor water supply going into the Linden 1 and Blairgowrie systems in Randburg.
The reduced flow into Johannesburg Water’s Linden 1 and Blairgowrie reservoirs and is mainly due to the increase in demand caused by hot weather conditions as well as reservoirs being critically low to empty. Furthermore, airlocks have been flushed out of the network to improve water flow.
The following steps will be taken to bring some relief to the two systems:
1. Pipe work modification will be done to boost water supply into the lower lying areas of Blairgowrie.
2. Johannesburg Water has requested Rand Water to reconfigure its systems to boost water into the Linden 1 reservoir supply feed.
3. The teams will also reconfigure the system to boost supply into the Kensington B tower zone so that customers can have improved supply.
The abovementioned solutions will not only bring some relief to Johannesburg Water customers but will also assist Rand Water systems to recover quicker.
Updates will be provided to customers.
• Areas supplied by Linden 1 & 2 reservoirs.
• Areas supplied by Blairgowrie reservoir.
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Issued by: Johannesburg Water Communication and Marketing.