THE WATER woes of northern Joburg’s residents appear to be far from over as Johannesburg Water struggles to restore supply to several suburbs.
The utility company said: “Water supply was cut on Tuesday due to challenges at our Bryanston reservoirs.
“The reservoir levels are low and therefore we have had to close the outlet.”
Areas affected by the outage included Bryanston, Epsom Downs, Palmlands, Douglasdale, Fourways, Lonehill and Magaliessig and surrounds.
The area’s taps were still dry yesterday.
The water supplier announced that its investigation had revealed failure of pressure-reducing valves at the reservoirs. “The valves will be replaced individually at night with the aim of limiting interruptions, and as and when the reservoir levels drop, the outlet will be closed to preserve the infrastructure,” Johannesburg Water said.
Water tanks have been made available at Nicolway Shopping Centre, Epsom Downs, Douglasdale, Fourways Mall, Pineslopes Shopping Centre, Leopard Frog and Lonehill Boulevard.
Johannesburg Water also tweeted that its Bryanston and Brixton towers were empty and the outlets were closed again to build capacity. “This process will take a while, as the valves are faulty and will be replaced individually over the next seven days,” it said.
It later tweeted that the Grand Central and East Rand reservoirs were struggling to reach minimal capacity, which was affecting the water supply in Midrand.
- Yesterday Johannesburg Water announced a number of planned outages resulting from various problems experienced at its Brixton reservoir.
These will include Chiawelo and extensions, Protea North, Protea South, Dlamini, Klipriviersoog, the N12 to Chris Hani and Wanderers Street to Elias Motsoaledi Street on 27 September, from 8am to 5pm. From 8am to 8pm on 2 October the whole of Diepkloof and Orlando, as well as Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and Dr SK Matseke Memorial Hospital, will not have water.
Yesterday areas that did not have any water included Diepkloof extension (from 8am to 7pm) and End Street in Westdene (8am to 8pm). – NEWS24
