Joburg CBD to have no water for 4 days, including this weekend: What you need to know

Citizens in central Johannesburg and nine surrounding areas will have a weekend without water after Johannesburg Water announced a planned shutdown.

According to the utility, the outage is set to last four days, beginning from Friday, 18 October, at 8pm until Monday, 21 October, at the same time.

During this time residents will have “no water” supply.

“[The] reason for the interruption is the installation of four valves at Hector Norris Pump Station as part of the ongoing upgrade project,” a notice of the outage read.

Johannesburg Water said the 72-hour diversion will enable improved service delivery for residents and a continuity of water supply.

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Affected areas

Residents in the following areas will be impacted by the disruption:

• Johannesburg CBD
• Newtown
• Selby
• Jeppestown
• Doornfontein
• Forest Hill
• Turffontein
• Rosettenville
• La Rochelle
• Turf Club

All streets in these suburbs will be affected.

The utility assured residents that alternative water supply arrangements would be made for affected areas.

Daily water supply system status updates: Wednesday 16 October 2024 (Morning). ^AM pic.twitter.com/RM88M2ypkF

— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) October 16, 2024

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Unplanned maintenances

Residents in Region E of the city were also alerted to an unplanned maintenance underway in the area.

Joburg Water could not disclose the duration of the interruption.

“There is currently no estimated time for completion.”

Additionally, the utility said the interruption resulted from a burst pipeline on 74 and 54 Third Avenue in Kew.

Those affected will experience low pressure to no water supply.

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Residents in the following areas will be impacted by the disruption:

• Bramley
• Bramley View
• Bramley Gardens
• Alexandra (certain parts)
• Lombardy East and West
• Lyndhurst (certain parts)
• River Park
• Kew
• Rembrandt Park
• Fairmount
• Sandringham
• Sydenham
• Savoy Estate
• Sunningdale

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