by l3rato | Mar 13, 2024 | Customer Notice
13 March 2024 – 11:10
Customer Notice
Randburg system update
Johannesburg Water together with Rand Water technical teams continue to reconfigure the system to boost flows Linden 1, Linden 2 and Kensington B systems.
Upon investigations on Tuesday 12 March, the technical teams discovered a Rand Water valve that had been closed, thus restricting supply into the system. The valve has since been opened. Rand Water will continue with further investigations.
The closed valve was however not the cause of the water outage which was due to an incident at the Eikenhof pump station. This affected many parts of Johannesburg and several other municipalities in Gauteng and the North West province.
Although the opening of the valve did assist with building a bit of capacity into the Linden 1 reservoir and tower, as well as the Linden 2 reservoir – the Kensington B reservoir and tower and Blairgowrie reservoir are still critically low to empty.
Technical teams continue with investigation and Johannesburg Water is closely monitoring the systems mentioned above and will advise on further actions
• Areas supplied by Linden 1 & 2 reservoirs.
• Areas supplied by Kensington B reservoir and tower.
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by l3rato | Mar 13, 2024 | systems updates
13 March 2024 – 21:05
Systems update
In recent weeks, Johannesburg Water has faced water supply disruptions. However, there are signs of improvement in our systems. Our dedicated technicians are diligently working to reconfigure the systems to boost supply.
Sandton System
The systems will be closed to boost capacity in the overall storage, and the systems of Johannesburg Water. The following reservoirs will be throttled overnight:
• Linbro Park reservoir
• Morningside reservoir
• Malboro reservoir
• Illovo reservoir
• Bryanston reservoir
The two direct feeds will be impacted by no water overnight:
• Linbro and Malboro
Johannesburg Central reservoir
Pumping will be reduced overnight for Yeoville and Foresthill to boost overall capacity of Johannesburg Water system. Poor pressure to no water is expected in the supply zone.
Berea and Alexander Park reservoir
Both reservoirs are constraint and improvements are expected overnight.
Commando System
Currently, the system is under constraint and Johannesburg Water has placed interventions in place to boost supply and monitor improvement.
Deep South Region
• Orange Farm, Ennerdale and Lawley reservoirs – all reservoirs are critically low due to high demand. Poor pressure to no water can be expected in the supply zone.
• Lenasia Hospital Hill and Lenasia High Level reservoirs – both reservoir levels are critically low and supplying fairly. However, poor pressure to no water is expected due to high demand
Roodepoort System
As a measure of intervention, Johannesburg Water will curtail certain components within the Roodepoort system to boost the overall capacity of Johannesburg Water. Subsequently, poor pressure is expected in the Roodepoort area.
Soweto System
As part of the intervention Johannesburg Water will curtail some of the Soweto system to boost the overall capacity of Johannesburg Water. Poor pressure to no water is expected in some parts of Soweto while the interventions are in place.
Randburg System
Linden1, Linden 2 and Kensington B reservoir – supply has improved, and the reservoir has been supplying fairly throughout the day. However, levels are still low and poor pressure can still be expected in the supply zone.
The following systems are not yet at acceptable levels of recovery:
• Blairgowrie reservoir
• Linden 1 reservoir
• Kensington B tower
Johannesburg Water has been reconfiguring the network as part of their intervention to bring relief to the constraint systems and boost supply of the systems that have not yet been restored.
Johannesburg Water continues to monitor all affected systems. Outlets of the critically low reservoirs will be throttled overnight to build capacity for the next day.
Alternative water supply is currently provided to affected areas.
List of affected reservoirs: /johannesburg-water- reservoirs-3/
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Issued by Johannesburg Water Communication and Marketing
by l3rato | Mar 12, 2024 | systems updates
12 March 2024
Systems Update
Soweto System
Most reservoirs affected by the Eikenhof power outage have recovered and are supplying fairly to normally. However, the Protea Glen and Zondi systems are all still affected by high demand.
Waterval & White Ridge System (Randburg/Rooderpoort)
Some of the reservoirs in this system are supplying fairly to normal. However, the Linden 1, Linden 2 and Blairgowrie systems remain critically low to empty following the Eikenhof power outage. The Kensington B reservoir is on a recovery trajectory and we anticipate it will take a couple of days to show significant improvements.
Sandton System
The system has recovered and continues to supply normally. The Bryanston tower is currently supplying normally however remains low due to high demand.
Central Region
- Berea reservoir: currently critically low due to high demand. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts of the supply zone.
- Alexandra Park reservoir: capacity levels have improved, and the system is now supplying normally. However, the demand on the system is high, which may impact capacity.
Commando System
- Crosby reservoir: the reservoir levels remain low; however, it is supplying fairly. Poor pressure can still be expected in certain parts of the reservoir zone.
- Hursthill 1 and 2: There are slight improvements on Hursthill 2, however both reservoirs remain critically low. Poor pressure can still be expected in certain parts.
- Brixton reservoir and tower: both the reservoir and tower continue to improve and are supplying normally.
Deep South Region
- Orange Farm, Ennerdale, and Lawley reservoirs – all reservoirs improved overnight but remain low due to high demand. Poor pressure to no water can be expected in the supply zone.
- Lenasia Hospital Hill and Lenasia High Level reservoirs – all reservoirs improved overnight and are supplying fairly. Poor pressure can be expected in the supply zone.
Johannesburg Water continues to monitor all affected systems. Outlets of the critically low reservoirs will be throttled overnight to build capacity for the next day.
Alternative water supply is currently provided to affected areas.
List of affected reservoirs.
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Issued by Johannesburg Water Communication and Marketing
by l3rato | Mar 11, 2024 | Customer Notice
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.
by l3rato | Mar 11, 2024 | systems updates
11 March 2024
Systems Update
Soweto System
Most reservoirs affected by the Eikenhof power outage have recovered and are supplying fairly to normally. However, the Doornkop, Protea Glen, and Zondi systems are all still affected by high demand.
Sandton System
The system has recovered and continues to supply normally. Only the Bryanston tower is currently critically low as pumping was impacted by an area outage.
Central Region
• Berea reservoir: currently critically low due to high demand. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts of the supply zone.
• Alexandra Park reservoir: capacity levels have improved, and the system is now supplying normally. However, the demand on the system is high, which may impact capacity.
Commando System
• Crosby reservoir: the reservoir levels have improved but remain low; however, it is supplying fairly. Poor pressure can still be expected in certain parts.
• Hursthill 1 and 2: Although there are slight improvements on Hursthill 2, both reservoirs remain critically low. Poor pressure can still be expected in certain parts.
• Brixton reservoir and tower: both the reservoir and tower have recovered and supplying normally.
Deep South Region
• Orange Farm, Ennerdale, and Lawley reservoirs – all reservoirs improved overnight but remain low due to high demand. Poor pressure to no water can be expected in the supply zone.
• Lenasia Hospital Hill and Lenasia High Level reservoirs – all reservoirs improved overnight and are supplying fairly. Poor pressure can be expected in the supply zone.
Johannesburg Water continues to monitor all affected systems. Outlets of the critically low reservoirs will be throttled overnight to build capacity for the next day.
Alternative water supply is currently provided to affected areas.
List of affected reservoirs.
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Issued by Johannesburg Water Communication and Marketing
