Rand Water planned maintenance on 9 August to impact Soweto

Rand Water planned maintenance on 9 August to impact Soweto

1 August 2023

Media Statement

Rand Water planned maintenance on 9 August to impact Soweto

There is a planned Rand Water shutdown that will take place for 17 hours from 07:00 to midnight on Wednesday, 9 August 2023. The shutdown will impact various areas around Soweto.

The purpose of the planned maintenance is for Rand Water to repair leaking bypass pipelines, as well as valves on the F33, F40 and F44.

Supply to the Chiawelo and Doornkop West reservoirs will be affected, as well as the direct feeds to the Tshepisong and Chiawelo regions.

As a result, customers in these reservoir zones and direct feed supply areas will be affected by low pressure to no water.

Customers are encouraged to store sufficient water, at least two days before the outage (Monday, 7 August). Johannesburg Water also urges customers to use water sparingly during the shutdown.
1. Direct feed areas include:
• All Tshepisong (phases one to seven)
• All Ebumnandini Informal Settlement
• All Slovoville Village
• All Slovoville Informal Settlement
• All Slovoville compound
• Leratong Village

2. Areas fed by the Chiawelo reservoir include:
Lone Hill Ext 68, Chiawelo, Chiawelo Ext 4, Chiawelo Ext 1, Klipriviersoog Ext 1, Klipriviersoog Estate, Dhlamini Ext 1, Dhlamini, Protea Glen Ext 1, Protea Glen Ext 4, Chiawelo Ext 5, Protea Gardens, Protea South Ext 1, Chiawelo Ext 2, Protea North Ext 9, Mapetla Ext 1, Protea North, Protea, Chiawelo Ext 3, Protea North Ext 1, Protea Glen Ext 8, and Protea Glen Ext 9.

3. Areas fed by the Doornkop reservoir include:
Thulani, Thulani Ext 1, Thulani Ext 2, Lufhereng Ext 1, Dobsonville Ext 9, Doornkop Ext 3, Protea City, Protea Glen Ext 1, Protea Glen Ext 2, Protea Glen Ext 4, Doornkop, Doornkop Ext 1, Dobsonville Gardens, Doornkop Ext 2, Protea Glen, Protea Glen Ext 7, Protea Glen Ext 8, Lufhereng, and Protea Glen Ext 3.
Recovery may take up to 48 hours after the completion of the maintenance work. Alternative water supply will be arranged, and the location of the water tankers will be communicated in due course.

Further updates will be provided to customers.

Ends

Issued by Johannesburg Water Communication and Marketing.