Johannesburg Water shutdown to impact 18 suburbs for 11 hours today
On Tuesday, residents in various Johannesburg suburbs will encounter an 11-hour water supply interruption due to scheduled maintenance.
Several suburbs in Johannesburg will experience an 11-hour water shutdown for scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, May 30.
Johannesburg Water teams will be connecting water replacement pipes from 9:00 – 20:00.
JOHANNESBURG WATER SHUTDOWN TO AFFECT THESE SUBURBS
Johannesburg Water said there will be no water during the maintenance, and there is no finite decision yet on alternative supply.
As a result, all the streets in the following suburbs will be affected:
- Rosebank
- Hyde Park
- Illovo
- Westcliff
- Parkwood
- Forest Town
- Birdhaven
- Saxonworld
- Dunkeld
- Melrose
- Parktown North
- Melrose North
- Riviera
- Killarney
- Parkview
- Oaklands
- Greenside
- Houghton Estate
UNPLANNED MAINTENANCE TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE CITY ON TUESDAY
Johannesburg Water also announced a nine-hour unplanned maintenance on Tuesday, 30 July.
The maintenance teams will be conducting repairs to a burst 400mm main water pipe and suburbs such as Lonehill, Magaliessig, Paulshof and Pineslopes will be affected.
Johannesburg Water also emphasised that there will be no water during the repairs.
THE LATEST ON THE RAND WATER MAINTENANCE
Meanwhile, potable supplier Rand Water has announced that it will complete its month-long water infrastructure maintenance which commenced on 22 June.
The final phase of the maintenance includes work at Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant which commenced on 5:00 on Monday and will end at 21:00 on Tuesday.
“This maintenance work involves maintenance of various valves, pipelines as well as electrical and mechanical assets. The work will impact water supply to the Palmiet Pumping Station as pumping will be reduced to 70% during this period implying that 24% of Palmiet’s pumping capacity will be out of production,” Rand Water spokesperson Makenosi Maroo said.
The maintenance work will mostly affect Johannesburg Water systems such as Sandton, Midrand, South Hills Tower, Alexandra Park, Randjieslaagte and Linksfield Towers.
Rand Water customers in the City of Tshwane and Ekurhuleni will also be affected.