Rand Water postpones water shutdown

Rand Water announced on Tuesday that it is halting the scheduled water shutdown of the F34 and F46 pipelines. Spokesperson of Rand Water Justice Mohale said they have postponed the shutdown until further notice.

Mohale would not give a reason for the postponement of the shutdown.

24-hour water shutdown

Rand Water had initially scheduled the water shutdown of its F34 pipeline from 5am on 23 March to 5am on 24 March 2022.

The shutdown was meant to take place to tie in the newly installed F46 pipeline to the existing F34 pipeline.

“The project which consists of three tie-ins is situated in Fairlands and stretches to Weltevreden Park.” said the utility.

The utility said the first tie-in is located at Corner Jim Fouche Road and JG Strydom Road, the second tie-in will be at Corner Cornelius Street and JG Strydom Road and the third tie in will be at the Johannesburg Water Corrimor Reservoir.

Water tanks will be provided where necessary

Rand water said the tie-ins will be executed concurrently.

They said they have formally informed the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) of the planned shutdown in order to allow it to execute contingency plans.

The CoJ will advise consumers on the impact of the shutdown and will provide water tanks where necessary.

The utility confirmed that five of the affected meters supplied directly from the F34 pipeline will have water supply immediately upon completion of the work.

They said the Weltervreden reservoir will take approximately three days to recover fully after the restoration of water supply.

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