Rand Water Vereeniging pump station emergency shutdown impacting Eikenhof pump station.
Johannesburg Water wishes to inform residents of the Rand Water emergency shutdown,
scheduled for 9 July 2022 from 09h00 to 12h00 (3hrs). The shutdown will affect the pumping
capacity to Eikenhof pump station by 50%
The following Rand Water direct feeds will be affected:
⢠Cornelius Street
⢠Weltevreden High pressure
⢠Weltevreden High pressure bypass
⢠Commando Road
⢠Honeydew reservoir
Areas that will be affected during the outage:
1. Cornelius Street: Parts of Weltevreden park and Randparkrif and Allensnek.
2. Weltevreden High pressure and Weltevreden High Pressure Bypass: Amarosa, Honeydew Manor, Honeypark, Laserpark, Little Falls, Poortview, Radiokop, Strubensvalley, Ruimsig, Wilgeheuwel, Tres Jolie, Constantia Kloof, Randparkridge, Allensnek and Weltevreden park
3. Commando road: Avon Street direct: Riverlea and extensions
4. Honeydew reservoir: Parts of Zandspruit, Laserpark, Olivenhout, Honeydew and Extensions
Customers in the higher lying areas will be affected by no water. Customers are urged to use
water sparingly.
Although the emergency shutdown is estimated for three (3) hours, the restoration of the
affected network, may take up to six (6) hours.
Johannesburg Water apologises to customers for the inconvenience caused and thanks
customers in advance for their patience and understanding.
Johannesburg Water (JW) would like to inform residents to be cautious of the false information reported on ENCA that City Powerâs Eikenhof substation caught fire. The report states that the incident affects water supply to several suburbs. Residents are requested to ignore this information as it is false.
The information broadcasted, further states that Johannesburg Water has mentioned that the fire has caused water supply to be reduced to 50%.
Johannesburg Water would like to clearly state that this information was not issued by us and the Entity distances itself from such misinformation. Customers are urged to verify information with JW before circulating it to avoid unnecessary panic.
Johannesburg Water launched the newly constructed Lenasia reservoir
The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Mpho Phalatse, accompanied by MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services, Cllr Michael Sun, the chairperson of the JW board of directors, Ms Rachel Kalidass and the Managing Director Ntshavheni Mukwevho launched the newly constructed Lenasia High Level Reservoir today, the 30th June 2022.
The new 15 ML Lenasia High Level Reservoir was constructed to augment the existing 6ML Lenasia High Level Reservoir, which had insufficient capacity to supply the area dependant on it. Nyeleti Consulting (Pty) Ltd was appointed for the provision of professional civil and structural services.
The existing rising main had a diameter of approximately 400 mm and was extremely old. The rubber-sealed couplings with which the pipe was joined had aged and deteriorated. The rising main was insufficiently sized to supply Lenasia High Level Reservoir, thus had to be increased.
The project is aimed at improving the storage capacity of the Lenasia High Level Reservoir, to improve the reliability of and duration in which the reservoir can be supplied with water. These will thus improve the supply to allow safe overflowing and scouring of the existing reservoir as well as the proposed new high-level reservoir. Furthermore, the improved supply will allow safe overflowing and scouring of the Lenasia Hospital Hill Reservoir.
The following areas will be supplied by the new reservoir:
⢠Lenasia South Ext 1
⢠Lenasia South Ext 4
⢠Mogson Manor
⢠Zakaria Park
⢠Vlakfontein
⢠Finetown
⢠Hospital Hill; and
⢠Lehae.
MEDIA STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 24 June 2022
Time: 21h30
Johannesburg Water Reservoirs that were isolated now opened
Johannesburg Water’s infrastructure was isolated on 22 June 2022 to aid in the continuing search for Khayalethu Magadla, in the last stretch of the sewer line leading to the wastewater treatment works.
Customers are informed that the reservoirs are now opened, and it will take about 4 to 5 hours for full restoration of the network.
The affected reservoirs supply the following areas:
Doornkop West Reservoir: parts of the following areas will be affected:
Thulani, Lufhereng, Doornkop, Protea Glen, Protea City, Dobsonville Gardens, Green Village, Slovoville and Dobsonville.
Chiawelo Reservoir: parts of the following areas will be affected
Chiawelo, Klipriversoog, Dhlamini, Protea Glen, Protea Gardens, Protea South, Protea North and Mapetla
Protea Glen Direct Feed:
All extensions of Protea Glen
Zondi Reservoir: parts of the following areas will be affected
Tladi, Naledi, Emdeni, Moletsane, Zondi, Doornkop, Zola, Protea, Protea North, Protea Glen, Protea North Ext 1, Jabulani, Mofolo North and Jabavu Central Western
JW thanks residents for patience and understanding during this period and apologises for the inconvenience caused.
MEDIA STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 24 June 2022
Time: 14h00
JW arranges alternative water supply for affected residents
Johannesburg Water officials and the authorities from the SAPS and EMS continue with the search for Khayalethu, a 6-year old boy who allegedly fell into a sewer manhole while playing with his friends at Dlamini park, Soweto on Sunday, 12th June 2022.
The search operation will carry on until midnight. The water was isolated on 22 June 2022 to aid in the continuing search in the last stretch of the sewer line leading to the wastewater treatment works.
Alternate water supply: Affected areas Soweto:
The distribution of mobile tankers is prioritized thus:
2 x mobile tankers for Ward 135 (Protea Glen and extensions).
2 x mobile tankers for Doornkop, Tshepisong and Slovoville.
2 x mobile tankers for Protea North, Chiawelo, Senaoane and Mapetla.
2 x mobile tankers for Green Village, Dobsonville Gardens
JW would like to plead with customers, especially in Protea, for calmness so that we can get in and supply water. Residents are informed that everyone will have water by tomorrow.
JW further pleads with the community for support, understanding and patience as the team focuses on the search and recovery of the body of the missing boy. Further updates will be advised as the exercise progresses.
Details of the search results will be made available. Furthermore, we plead that the family be allowed space to get through this terrible ordeal.
