A power outage at City Power’s Orlando power station has impacted Rand Water and Johannesburg Water’s infrastructure.
The power failure occurred in the early hours of this morning [June 8] and is affecting the pumping at Rand Water’s Eikenhof pump station, and in turn, affecting Johannesburg Water’s infrastructure, leaving many suburbs without water.
City Power technicians have been dispatched to the site and are working on resolving the power failure.
According to City Power, initial investigations point to theft and vandalism, where the station’s batteries and linkages were taken, causing feeder jumpers to be broken and bringing the station down.
All areas receiving direct water supply from Rand Water will be heavily impacted by this incident. Johannesburg Water is arranging alternative water supply at strategic areas like hospitals, clinics, schools, municipal offices, police stations and shopping centres.
The following suburbs will the impacted by the water outage
- Randburg:
Honeydew, Zandspruit, Laserpark, Randpark Ridge, Cosmo City, Lanseria, Thabo Mbeki Informal Settlement, Olivedale, Sundowner, Northwold, Boskruin, Bromhof, Kya Sands, Bloubosrand, Eagle Canyon, Honeydew, Honeydew and parts of Northriding.
- Langlaagte/ Southdale
Mondeor, Southgate, Meredale, Alan Manor, Eagles Nest, Southfork, Kibler Heights, Eikenhof, Lougherin A.H, Coronationville, Westbury, Claremont, Triomf, Westdene,
Newlands, Greymont, Albertskroon, Albertsville, Langlaagte, Industria, Bosmont, Riverlea, Longdale, Vrededorp, Fordsburg, Brixton, Mayfair, Cottesloe, Janhofmeyer,
Rossmore, Hursthill, Montclare, Melville, Emmarentia, Auckland Park, Greenside, Westcliff, Parkview, Fairlands, Berario, Northcliff, Southdale, Booysens Reserve, Ormonde, Mondeor, Nasrec, Ophirton, Lake View, Selby, Evans Park, Robertsham, Winchester Hills, Reuven, Ridgeway, Theta, Selby South, Aeroton, Ormonde, Baragwanath Ext 1 and Ormonde View.
Residents are encouraged to visit Joburg Water’s website, www.johannesburgwater.co.za and select the SMS notification services for alerts on planned and unplanned services. More information can be obtained on Twitter @JHBWater and Facebook: Johannesburg Water.
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