Johannesburg Water is implementing key programmes in Lenasia to ensure sustainable delivery of reliable and quality services to all residents including marginalised areas.

Lenasia and the surrounding areas will soon benefit due to the key programmes that include infrastructure development, pipe replacement programme, upgrade of a pump station, a new reservoir to be built and the new balancing tank at a wastewater treatment plant in Bushkoppies.

The rolling out of the fifteen kilometre pipe replacement programme will ensure that the number of bursts per kilometre and the number of blockages per kilometre is reduced, resulting in improved levels of service to consumers in Lenasia.

Johannesburg Water has 6 projects underway in the area amounting to just over R45 million to replace water pipes that are aimed at reducing water interruptions in the area. The work started in February of this year and aim to conclude in the next few weeks with a total number of 84 local labourers employed in all the six projects.

Joburg Water is also upgrading Lenasia Pump Station at the cost R13 million. This new structure will be capacitated with a new generator to ensure that the residents will continue to have water in the event of a power outage.

NEW BALANCING TANK

Joburg Water is also completing a new balancing tank at the Bushkoppies wastewater treatment plant at cost of over R85 million which is expected to be commissioned at the end of October 2019. The new 25 megalitres tank will ensure that the treatment plant has enough capacity to clean the waste and storage in an event of overflows into the plant.

“I am excited about the new developments in the Lenasia area which will immensely benefit the community in the long run, we urge all communities to be patient and we are working around the clock to ensure quality work is delivered,” said MMC of Environment, Infrastructure and Service delivery in the City of Johannesburg Nico de Jager.

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For media queries, please contact:
Isaac Dhludhlu
Communications Manager
Joburg Water
Call: 011 688 1577 / 072 638 5346

05 August 2019
Immediate Release

Please kindly note that the team currently finished draining the site of all the excess water. The team is working on ensuring that excavation is safe to work in. This they estimate should becompleted in two hours from 11:15.

Once the team is sure that the excavation is safe, they will start to loosen the flexible couplings, which is where the leak was coming from. The team is using flexible couplings because they need to remove a section of the 600mm pipe which is made of asbestos cement and retrofit it with a steel pipe as ac pipes are no longer being manufactured. New flexible couplings compensating for the 2 types of material will be manufactured.

The manufacturer for the fittings needed for the pipe have already been ordered. Estimated delivery of the fittings to site will be at 4. We estimate that we should start to fit them in around 4:30pm. If all goes according to plan repairs should be completed and water opened around midnight.

Water tankers can be found at the following points:

• Spar Shopping Centre, Broadacres
• Cnr. Runnymead and 3rd Street, Chartwell
• Cnr. Romney Close and 3rd Street, Chartwell
• Castellano complex
• Stonefields complex
• Cedar Lakes
• BP Garage, Broadacres Shopping Centre
• Cedar Creek
• Thorntree Complex In Cedar Avenue West
• Watercombe and Zandspruit rd, Farmall
• Royal Canin, Kyasands
• Agulhas and Weiland, Bloubosrand

Two roaming tankers have also been allocated to assist in the area.
Further updates will be provided as required on Johannesburg Water social media pages

• Twitter: @jhbwater
• Facebook: Johannesburg Water

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For media enquiries:
Ms Eleanor Mavimbela
Officer: External Communications
T: +27 (0) 11 688 6672
M: +27 (0) 71 313 6327
E: Eleanor.mavimbela@jwater.co.za