Cedar Lakes, Steyn City, parts of Chartwell and Farmall without water due to leaks
FOURWAYS – Johannesburg Water is yet to give an estimated time of restoration.
Johannesburg Water has this afternoon, 6 December, warned that the Randburg depot located a broken 160mm valve in Cedar Lakes.
On Twitter, the water entity said they would isolate water for Cedar Avenue West, Cedar Lakes and Cedar Creek this afternoon in a bid to repair the valve.
“Water tanks will be refilled during the outage,” said the tweet.
No estimated time of restoration could be given at this stage.
Please note Randburg depot has located a broken 160mm valve in Cedar Lakes. We will be isolating water for Cedar Ave West, Cedar Lakes and Cedar Creek within the next hour to repair the valve. Water tanks will be refilled during the outage. There is no ETR at this stage. ^NN
— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) December 6, 2018
Meanwhile, the depot also closed water for Steyn City as there was a leak on the newly installed valve, the water entity said on Twitter. Farmall, Chartwell and Steyn City were all without water as a result.
Please note that the depot has to closed water for #SteynCity again as there is a leak on the newly installed valve. There is no ETR. The areas affected will be Farmall, parts of Chartwell and Steyn City. We will update once feedback is provided. ^NN
— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) December 6, 2018
This follows after an unplanned interruption disrupted much of Fourways’ water supply yesterday, 5 December.
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