The Rand Water maintenance work at the Zwartkopjes pump station has been completed, however, pumping is affected by a power failure.
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— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) June 27, 2024
Rand Water’s spokesperson Makenosi Maroo confirmed that the power failure happened after 18:00 June 26. “Eskom technicians managed to find and repair the fault, however, the following reservoirs will be affected, Forest Hill, Benoni, Meadowdale and Yeoville. All areas within the City of Johannesburg and the City of Ekurhuleni are supplied from the Zwartkopjes pump station and the mentioned reservoirs will be affected.”
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Some systems supplied by Zwartkopjes are steadily recovering, however, the following systems are still struggling:
Eikenhof Pump Station
Work is in progress and the station is currently pumping at 67%. Most Johannesburg Water systems supplied by Eikenhof are critically low or empty.
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Randburg System
Most Randburg reservoirs and towers are currently empty due to no incoming supply.
Johannesburg Water continues to provide alternative water supply while the maintenance work continues.
The following reservoirs are low, but supplying normally: Boshkop, Cosmo City, Honeydew and Randpark Ridge.
There is currently no estimated time of restoration. For further updates follow Rand Water and Johannesburg Water on X.
Dear ward 99 Residents
💧WATER UPDATE💧
Pls see the below
There will be a press briefing tomorrow on the whole network from Rand Water and Jwater.Hopefully by Saturday water will start being seen in the ward 99 area and grow from there.
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— Cllr Nicole van Dyk 🇿🇦 (@MyLeaderNicole) June 27, 2024
Here is a list of locations for alternative water supply in Randburg:
Ward 100
- Cosmo City Fire Station (place tank)
- Cosmo City Multipurpose Centre (place tank)
Ward 101
- Northriding Old Age Home
- Boskruin Multipurpose Centre
- Bromhof (roaming truck)
- Akeso Mental Rehab Bromhof
Ward 104
- Ferndale (roaming truck)
- Bryanbrink Extensions 3, 5, 8,18,19, 35 and 39 (roaming trucks)
Ward 113
- Silverstream (tank)
- Akeso Clinic Bromhof (refill tank)
- Randburg Clinic (refill tank)
- Randburg Police Station (tank)
- Randburg Rank (tank)
- Dieplsoot Extensions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 (roaming truck)
- OR Tambo Clinic (refill tank)
Are you affected by the water outage? let us know which area you are in on our Facebook page.
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