Hospital Hill reservoir’s maintenance to affect a large area in the South

Johannesburg Water advises residents of the South that there will be major planned maintenance at Hospital Hill Reservoir’s from 20 – 24 January 2020. Residents and customers will experience low water pressure to no water for the duration of the maintenance. The areas affected will be Zakariya Park, Lehae, Vlakfontein, Vlakfontein proper, Lenasia South and Fine Town.

The entity will be removing old water pumps and installing new water pumps in order to ensure improved and better sustainable water supply to the area and improved service delivery, water tanks and roaming trucks will be organised and placed at strategic points.

Kindly be advised that restoration of water supply might take longer to reach certain areas after the work is done due to the difference in elevation and customers are urged to look for updates on the Johannesburg Water social media pages:Twitter@jhbwater and Facebook – Johannesburg Water.

City residents are also reminded that level 1 water restrictions are still in place and must continue to use water sparingly at all times.

Apologies for the inconvenience as this is essential in order to improve customer experience.

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Media enquiries:
Isaac Dhludhlu
Communications Manager
011 688 1577
Isaac.Dhludhlu@jwater.co.za

08 January 2020
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MAJOR BURST PIPE IN FOURWAYS

Johannesburg Water teams are currently attending to a major burst that happened last night on William Nicol drive that is affecting supply to Craigavon, Fourways Gardens, Dainfern and part s of Kengies.

Water supply has been isolated to the affected section and excavation has been completed and repairs are in progress, the team attended to a collapsed sewer line and incidentally broke a water line which was pressurized during excavation.

As per our license condition Johanneburg Water dispatched our laboratory teams to the scene to conduct water quality tests on the line, and interim results show no contamination on the water and we expect final results by tomorrow Thursday 09 January 2020.

Johannesburg Water would like to assure all residents of the City of Johannesburg that we are committed to providing quality water and we will do everything to ensure our water comply with SANS 241 standards at all times.

Repairs have been completed and currently recharging the line and thanks for your patience.

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Media enquiries:
Isaac Dhludhlu
Communications Manager
011 688 1577
072 638 5346
Isaac.Dhludhlu@jwater.co.za

Media Statement

12 December 2019

Johannesburg Water scores BIG!!

Johannesburg Water scooped three coveted accolades at the recent Rand Water Forum held at the Emperors Palace on 30 November 2019.The entity received three awards on the following categories
• Operations and maintenance for Metro,
• Best Metropolitan Municipality and
• Partnerships.
Rand Water as the bulk water supply recognises performance to municipalities which include Gauteng, parts of Mpumalanga, Free State and North West.

Different municipalities competed in six categories, namely: Water Quality Assurance, Water Demand Management, Bulk Water Distribution, Finance, Industry and Partnerships.

The Water Quality Assurance category looked at best metropolitan municipalities, most improved municipality and the municipality that beat the odds against all expectations. In this category, there were 5 winners in total, all metros including Johannesburg Water received an award, and then an award went to the most improved municipality and an award went to the municipality the beast the odds against all expectations. In his acceptance speech, Chief Operations Officer Derrick Kgwale thanked Rand Water and acknowledged that this will inspire confidence in the team to do even more this year in order to sustain performance, by ensuring improved water and sanitation services to the City of Johannesburg.

Metropolitan Municipalities set the benchmark for good partnerships in the water sector and can be measured by:

• Regular attendance of water quality meetings to enhance information sharing.
• A water quality monitoring programme aligned to the latest legislative requirements to measure product quality
• Show initiative in reporting and resolving water quality challenges
• Regular liaison and communication to optimise water quality management procedures

The Bulk Water Distribution category looked at Operations and Maintenance for Metros (Johannesburg Water won here) – The criteria for this award was as follows: The operations and maintenance award is awarded to a customer who has been instrumental in assisting with shutdown planning, reporting of leaks and co-operation during water restrictions in high demand season.

Johannesburg Water is a service-delivery oriented Entity which has identified key programmes to ensure delivery of reliable and quality services to all residents, including marginalised areas.

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Media enquiries:

Mr Isaac Dhludhlu
Communications Manager
011 688 1577
072 638 5346
Isaac.Dhludhlu@jwater.co.za

The awards are awarded to municipalities within the Rand Water area of supply, which includes Gauteng, parts of Mpumalanga, parts of the Free State and parts of North West.

Click to see the Newssplash Randwater Awards

Jeppestown Sewer Pipe Replacement Phase 4

Johannesburg Water has undertaken a sewer pipe replacement project in Jeppestown to the value of just over R12 million. Residents of Jeppestown have been overwhelmed with constant sewer blockages due to aging infrastructure, the project, therefore involves the replacement of the existing sewer infrastructure in order to avoid pollution to the environment due to overflows and contamination of the nearby water sources.

The pipe replacement will cover Main Street, Marshall Street, Park Street, Fawcus Street, Jules Street, Doran Street, Tucker Street, Wolhuter Street, Grace Street, Berg Street, Stone Street, and Long Street in Jeppestown with proper sanitation services.

The construction taking place in the project includes replacement of just over 2, 9 km of asbestos cement and concrete pipes with High-density polyethylene pipe (HDPE) pipes ranging between 160 mm and 200 mm in diameter using pipe cracking and the construction of new house connections. Other activities are the demolishing of old brick manholes and the construction of new precast manholes, conducting various quality-control tests and reinstating all fabricated surfaces.

The Jeppestown Sewer Pipe Replacement project created jobs for 37 general workers, and provided an opportunity for a technical small, micro and medium enterprises (SMME) and a security company amongst other positions.

This project commenced in June and is expected to be completed at the end of November 2019.  MMC Nico de Jager- thanked the contractor working on-site and urged to continue to complete the work within scope to allow residents of Jeppestown to continue with their normal lives but also the project will improve their customer experience in the City of Johannesburg.

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