Joburg Water attends to burst pipe

A burst pipe on the corner of Republic Road and Judges Avenue is still being attended to by Joburg Water as they work to fix the problem with a sense of urgency.

The pipe that burst on the afternoon of 16 December left residents shocked as they witnessed kilolitres of water flood the roads in their suburb. Spokesperson of Joburg Water, David Sibiya said they had to request permission from a building to excavate on their property to attend to the burst pipe.

“We cannot state how long it will take to fix the burst pipe as we first have to excavate the land then attend to the pipe,” said Sibiya.

Joburg Water has taken to Twitter to reassure the residents that the problem is being attended to.

Linden & surrounding areas: Team is still working at republic & judges, Cresta. There is no estimation time for restoration of water.1/2

— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) December 18, 2015

2/2 We will update residents at a later stage in the afternoon on the progress of work.We apologise for the inconvenience

— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) December 18, 2015

2/3 Team closed water in the area to begin with excavations.We do not have estimation time at this moment. @CityofJoburgZA @GreensideRA

— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) December 18, 2015

In a statement, Joburg Water said that the pipe, which is 750 mm in diameter and sits 7 to 10 metres deep, was damaged due to normal wear and tear. They added that excavations were halted yesterday to declare the buildings safe and receive permission to demolish it. The excavations have also resumed.

Joburg Water urged residents to use water sparingly as the Linden Tower is empty due to Robindale, Ferndale, Linden, Blairgowrie, Darrenwood and Linden Ext having been affected.

Water tankers have been designated to certain points around the affected areas:

Rabie Street: Sasol Garage

Rabie Street: Medicross Clinic

Corner Silverpine and Hans Schoeman

Corner Rabie and Republic

Corner Rabie and Ysterhout

Corner Bram Fischer and Jan Smuts

Outside MultiChoice Building

Outside M-Net Building

Corner Cross Street and Malcom

Corner Hunter and Bram Fischer

Corner Conrad and Bram Fischer

Sibiya concluded with a request to the residents of Linden and Blairgowrie to be patient, as this pipe will take a while to get fixed.

“We can not promise when the pipe will be fixed but we can assure the residents that we are working on fixing the pipe,” said Sibiya.

Details: Joburg Water, 011 688 6946

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