04 April 2021

Media Release

Water shortages in the Hursthill, Crosby and Brixton Areas

City Power is currently experiencing a power failure that is affecting our Crosby Pump stations. This means we are unable to pump water to our Brixton Reservoir and tower. The Brixton Reservoir is currently sitting at very low levels due to the bulk supply challenges experienced yesterday. We currently do not have an estimated time for when power will return.

If power does not return in the next couple of hours, residents fed from the Brixton tower zone and then the reservoir will start to experience a water interruption. Thus we plead with residents to please use water sparingly.

Residents can get updated information on our social media pages throughout the day.

Areas affected:
Brixton Tower
Crosby
Mayfair
Brixton
Auckland Park

Brixton Reservoir

Fordsburg
Jan Hofmeyer
Vrededorp
Braamfontein Werf
Hursthill
Langlaagte

We apologise for the inconvenience caused and appeal to affected residents to be patient as services are being restored.

Ends

Issued by Johannesburg Water
Stakeholder Relations and Communications Department
Isaac Dhludhlu
Email: Isaac.Dhludhlu@jwater.co.za
072 638 5346

03 April 2021

Media Release

Water shortages in the Hursthill, Crosby and Brixton Area

Rand Water lost power supply earlier today at their raw water pump directly affecting bulk supply into the Johannesburg Water systems feeding Johannesburg, Soweto, Roodepoort as well as the Greater Randburg area. The power failure also unfortunately affected the recovery rate of the Hursthill, Crosby and Brixton systems that were on the bend but had not fully recovered.

Rand Water confirmed that power has since been restored but it will take some time before the system gets back to normal. We urge all residents in the Hursthill, Crosby and Brixton supply zone to please use water sparingly as we strive to get the system back to full capacity.

Areas affected:
* Brixton
* Crown Ext.
* Braamfontein Werf
* Jan Hofmeyer
* Mayfair
* Langlaagte North
* Crosby
* Melville
* Parktown
*Pageview
*Parktown
*Auckland Park
*Naturena
*Eldorado Park
*Kibler Park
*Devland & Surround.

Water Tanks:
Crown Informal Settlement
Brixton Police station, Cnr High & Mercury
Crosby Clinic
Klavier Str
Cnr Harmony and Riverside
28 Riversdale Str
Rahima Moosa Hospital
Slovo Park Informal Settlement, coronationville
Edward Street, Sophiatown
Vrededorp
Sophiatown Clinic and Fire Station
Trucks will roam around the area.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused and appeal to affected residents to be patient as services are being restored.

Ends

Issued by Johannesburg Water
Stakeholder Relations and Communications Department
Isaac Dhludhlu
Email: Isaac.Dhludhlu@jwater.co.za
072 638 5346

31 March 2021
Media Release

Water shortages in the Hursthill and Brixton Area

On Monday 29 March 2021, a major power failure impacted the Rand Water Eikenhof system which supplies water to Johannesburg Water Crosby, Brixton, and Hurst Hill reservoirs. This led to these reservoirs running empty. Since the power supply was restored, Johannesburg Water has been trying to restore sufficient capacity without much success as Rand Water is still struggling to provide the required flow.
Johannesburg Water received confirmation that Rand Water has since reconfigured systems to increase flow to Brixton, Crosby and Hursthill. An improvement will be noticeable overnight as Rand Water increases the flow to feed to these areas. There are water trucks in the affected areas to assist residents.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused and appeal to affected residents to be patient as services are being restored.

Ends

Issued by Johannesburg Water
Stakeholder Relations and Communications Department
Isaac Dhludhlu
Email: Isaac.Dhludhlu@jwater.co.za
Tel: 011 688 1577

27 March 2021
Media Statement

Shutdown to affect Midrand

Rand Water will undertake urgent repairs on the pipeline that is leaking later today Saturday 27 March2021. The shutdown will start at 18h00 for the duration of 28hrs and will affect greater Midrand, Halfway House, President Park, Rem Allendale and Chloorkop which is supplied from Ekurhuleni.

Due to the large scale of the area, we may not be able to rollout tanks to all affected areas and we appeal to all residents to use water sparingly, only for human consumption so that we can stretch reservoirs capacity and limit times of no water.

Residents will be updated on the Johannesburg Water social media pages.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Ends

Hursthill reservoir still in recovery mode

Johannesburg Water advises residents of the City of Johannesburg that most of the reservoirs that are restricted have recovered except Hursthill reservoirs. The reservoirs are still in recovery mode and we urge residents in the listed areas to continue to use water sparingly.

o Montgomery Park
o Albertville
o Franklin Roosevelt Park
o Westbury
o Northcliff Ext.21
o Albertskroon
o Greymont
o Northcliff Ext.32
o Coronationville
o Hurst Hill
o Claremont
o Newlands
o Martindale
o Triomf
o Montclare
o Westdene
o Northcliff
o Newclare
o Greymont Ext.1
o Delarey
o Montgomery Park
o Albertville
o Franklin Roosevelt Park Ext.1
o Parkview Ext.1
o Melville Ext.1
o Greenside Ext.2
o Richmond Ext.1
o Parktown Ext
o Parktown Ext.3
o West Cliff Ext
o Emmarentia
o West Cliff Ext.3
o Hurst Hill
o Auckland Park
o Rossmore
o Melville Ext.2
o Richmond
o Melville Ext.3
o Westdene
o Greenside Ext.6
o Greenside Ext.4
o Greenside Ext.5
o Victory Park Estate S.H.
o Parkview
o West Cliff
o Greenside
o Emmarentia Ext.1
o Greenside Ext
o Parktown
o Melville
o Parkhurst

Johannesburg Water implemented water restrictions by between 20 – 45% in the last week to ensure a sustainable supply for all after Rand water informed the utility of water restrictions from their side due to increase in demand. Johannesburg Water has been in contact with the bulk water supplier Rand Water to increase supply for the reservoir to recover much quicker as a result of high demand in the area.

We plead with all residents of the city of Johannesburg to use water sparingly and residents report all service interruptions through the call centre. The teams are monitoring the reservoir levels and water tankers will be rolled out as and when the need arises per area. All updates will be available on our social media pages and apologies for the inconvenience.

Ends

Isaac Dhludhlu
Manager: Communications and Marketing
Telephone: 0116881577
Email: Isaac.Dhludhlu@jwater.co.za

18 March 2021

 Media Statement 

Water Restrictions in the City of Johannesburg- updated

Rand Water has indicated that their distribution network is currently under severe pressure whereby the water demand consistently exceeds the water supply.  The water Entity requested Johannesburg Water to implement their water restrictions to prevent a situation where both supply systems collapse and Johannesburg Water has responded by restricting many of its reservoirs by between 20 – 45%.

Some areas fed from the reservoirs below that have been restricted will experience low pressure to no water especially high lying areas and some will not be affected at all. Hursthill reservoir which supplies Coronationville is still battling with capacity and we appeal to all residents to use water sparingly in order to boost the system much quicker. Alternative water supply will be rolled out to areas that get affected due to these restrictions and tanker supply will be rolled out as and when required.

Johannesburg Water reservoirs restricted are: 

• Rem Allandale and President Park Reservoirs – supplies greater Midrand, President Park, Kaalfontein,Ebony Park, Rabie Ridge and Ivory Park
• Halfway House South, Diepsloot Town and Abbatoir & Market – supplies greater City Deep, Tulisa Park Stafford and Steeledale ,
• Sandton No1 and Sandton No2, Malvern East, North East Areas, Linksfield Ridge Reservoir
• Meadowlands Res North and Meadowlands Res South: supplies Dobsonville, Jabavu,Orlando, Mofolo and Dube
• Braamfischerville Ext 12 and Braamfischer: supplies Braamfischer, Meadowlands and Mmesi Park
• Roodepoort Deep Township: supplies Hamberg,Rand Leases, Roodepoort and Creswell Park
• Protea Glen:supplies greater Protea Glen,
• Hursthill reservoir: supplies Montgomerry, Albertville,Westbury,Northcliff, Greymont, Coronationville and Triomf
• Orlando Power Station:  supplies Orlando East,Orlando West, Nomzamo and kplipsruit
• Diepkloof Reservoir: supplies Diepkloof and Noordgesig
• Whiteridge North Ridge:supplies Helderkruin, Weltevreden park,Constantia Park, Allens Nek and Florida Park
• Doornkop North and Corriemoor Reservoir: supplies Fairland, Blackheath and Quellerina  
• Chiawelo Reservoir: supplies Chiawelo, Klipriviersoog, Dlamini and Protea North
• Zondi Reservoir: supplies Zondi, Molestane Emdeni, Naledi, Zola, Doornkop and Zola
• Doornkop Reservoir and Power Park : supplies Eldorado Park, Nancefield, Pimville and Devland
• Grobler Park Reservoir and Fleurhof: supplies Fleurhof and Lea Glen
• Lenasia Township: supplies greater Lenasia and the sorroundings areas

Water tanks for residents getting a feed from Fleurhof reservoir  will be placed in the following points:

• Fleurhof:  5 tanks to be placed, Florida North: 1 tank to be placed
• Helpmekaar cnr Smelt
• Buttercup cnr Halite
• Cosmos cnr Malacite
• Hyacinth cnr Beryl ave next to Future life school
• Fever tree cnr Turte Head str next to the flats
• Bertha str,  Florida North

We plead with all residents of the city of Johannesburg to use water sparingly and residents report all service interruptions through the call centre and on social media. An updated list of water tankers will be published on our social media pages and when they are dispatched.

Ends