Planned Maintenance – Rand Water Palmiet System (18:00 – 15 July to 06:00 – 16 July)

by Malehlohonolo Mohomane | Jul 12, 2022 | archive, Media Statement

MEDIA STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: 13 JULY 2022

Planned Maintenance – Rand Water Palmiet System (18:00 – 15 July to 06:00 – 16 July)

Johannesburg Water wishes to inform residents of the Rand Water scheduled maintenance of a delivery valve on the Palmiet system on 15th July 2022. The scheduled maintenance will commence at 18h00 on 15th July 2022 and will be completed at 06h00 on the 16th July 2022.

The Palmiet system supplies water to Midrand region, Diepsloot, Linmeyer, Southills, and Klipfontein View through Ekurhuleni municipality. There will be a 30% reduction of normal water supply.

Johannesburg Water does not anticipate water supply disruption, as all Rand Water reservoirs, supplied from the Palmiet system, will be filled to capacity. Most of the work will be completed during the night when demand is at its lowest. The maintenance needs to be done during the low peak season (winter) and will prepare Rand Water for the high water demand season (summer).

Johannesburg Water will monitor affected water supply into affected infrastructure and provide updates to customers as the work progresses.

ENDS

Rand Water Vereeniging pump station emergency shutdown impacting Eikenhof pump station.

by Malehlohonolo Mohomane | Jul 7, 2022 | archive, Media Statement

MEDIA STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

07 July 2022

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.

-ENDS-

Eikenhof Substation not on fire

by Malehlohonolo Mohomane | Jul 6, 2022 | archive, Media Statement

MEDIA STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 06 July 2022

Eikenhof Substation not on fire

Johannesburg Water (JW) would like to inform residents to be cautious of the false information reported on ENCA that City Power’s 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.

ENDS

Johannesburg Water launched the newly constructed Lenasia reservoir

by Malehlohonolo Mohomane | Jun 30, 2022 | archive, Media Statement

Date: 30 June 2022

Embargoed for 15h00

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.

ENDS