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Parts of Johannesburg will experience a 14-hour and 10-hour shutdowns on Tuesday. Image: Unsplash

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Johannesburg’s top 10 reservoirs that supply water to its residents

Johannesburg relies on 59 water reservoirs to supply its roughly six million residents with water on a daily basis. ALSO READ: VIDEO – Citrusdal roads washed away by floods According to the Outlier Instagram page quoting Johannesburg Water, the city’s two biggest reservoirs are in Yeoville and Bryanston which each hold 102 000 kilolitres of waters. That’s the equivalent of almost 41 Olympic-sized swimming pools. ALSO […]

By Garrin Lambley
15-06-23 16:48
in Featured
Johannesburg Water outage
Parts of Johannesburg will experience a 14-hour and 10-hour shutdowns on Tuesday. Image: Unsplash

Johannesburg relies on 59 water reservoirs to supply its roughly six million residents with water on a daily basis.

ALSO READ: VIDEO – Citrusdal roads washed away by floods

According to the Outlier Instagram page quoting Johannesburg Water, the city’s two biggest reservoirs are in Yeoville and Bryanston which each hold 102 000 kilolitres of waters.

That’s the equivalent of almost 41 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

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The third biggest is Power Park (64 000 kilolitres), followed by Parktown 1 / Linksfield (62 500kl) and Illovo (48 100kl).

Places six to 10 are occupied by Crosby (46 200kl), Northcliff and Parktown 2 (both 45 500), and Alexander Park and Aeroton (both 45 000kl).

Johannesburg's biggest reservoirs
Johannesburg’s biggest reservoirs. Image: Instagram/@outlierafrica
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