Johannesburg Water (JW) is aware of the water outage affecting residents of Roodepoort North and surrounding areas and has dispatched technicians to attend to the matter.
According to JW, the outage was caused by a burst pipe on the corner of Fifth Avenue and First Street, and affects residents in Roodepoort North, Discovery, Horison and parts of Florida.
Although the initial burst was repaired yesterday (21 February) the heavy rainfall caused a wall to collapse onto the pipe. Technicians are back in the area today (22 February) and are already busy with repairs.
Roodepoort North & Surroundings: Technicians repaired the damaged pipe yesterday however due to the rain a wall fell on top of our pipe 1/4
— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) February 22, 2017
2/4 Technicians are back in the area this morning to repair the pipe.Areas affected: Roodepoort North,Discovery,Horizon & Parts of Florida
— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) February 22, 2017
The estimated time of completion of the repair is 1pm, and JW is confident that water will be fully restored to all affected areas by 3pm today.
3/4 The estimation time to complete the repairs is 13:00 this afternoon.Water will be fully restored by 15:00 today @CityofJoburgZA ^H
— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) February 22, 2017
JW apologises to residents for any inconvenience caused.
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