Ward 102 residents have been negatively affected by water cuts due to a burst water pipe on the corner of Suikerbos Avenue in Randpark Ridge.
According to Bromhof resident Alwyn Smit, he and his neighbours have not had any water since the morning of 17 June to the time of publishing.
“My wife and I had to go to a friend’s house this morning [19 June] to take a bath, and thus could not go to work. Joburg Connect told me the water would be back by this evening but I highly doubt it,” said Smit.
Randpark Ridge resident Carole Brak said she had been told that the water tank supplied by Joburg Water would be at the nearest garage, but when she and other residents drove to the located tank areas, there was nothing.
Another Randpark resident, Aletta Oliver stated that she knew nothing of the supplied water tanks and had to use water from her pool to flush her toilet and to wash dishes.
According to Ward 102 councillor Ralf Bittkau, the pipe that Joburg Water is currently replacing is 600m long and affects most of Ward 102 and some parts of Ward 104.
“The water was supposed to be back by this evening but there has been a delay due to the pipe being too big,” explained Bittkau.
“Joburg Water had to get a collar machine to resize the new pipe to fit correctly and the problem should be resolved soon.”
A Joburg Water manager on site told residents that they may have not have received any notice of the water cut because this was an emergency call to come fix the pipe.
He said there were water tanks at the nearest shopping centres and garages, but for more details residents should call Joburg Connect.
