Restoration of water to residents affected by the 22-hour water outage caused by Johannesburg Water (JW) doing scheduled repair work, should start on the afternoon of 4 October (today).
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“Although technicians experienced a slight delay on site, the estimated time for the water supply to be restored was 8 pm last night (3 October). Residents are asked to please take note that it might take between 24 and 48 hours for the system to fully recharge and water to all affected areas to be restored,” said Eleanor Mavimbela, spokesperson for JW.
Water tankers can still be found at the following points:
– Corner Oosthuizen Street (1 tank)
– Corner Scafel and Chiltern Street ( Florida Hills) (1 tank)
– Checkers Constantia (2 tanks)
– Pick n Pay Wilro Park (2 tanks)
– Wilrogate Mall (1 tank)
– Flora Shopping Centre (1 tank)
– Macdonalds on Beacon Street (1 tank)
– Horizon View (1 tank)
– Engen Service Station in Grobler Park (1 tank)
– Total Service Station on Ouklip Street (1 tank)
There will also be a roaming tanker assisting all other affected areas.
The affected areas include:
•Florida North,
• Florida Park and extensions,
• Florida Hills and Ext 4,
• Floracliffe,
• Constantia,
• Selwyn,
• Constantia Kloof and extensions,
• Weltevreden Park ,
• Wilro Park and extensions,
• Carenvale ,
• Ontdekkers Park,
• HoneyHills,
• Kloofendal,
• Allen’s Nek,
• Princess and extensions,
• Technikon,
• Westgate Park and extensions,
• Roodekrans and extensions,
• Helderkruin and extensions,
• Horizon View,
• Witpoortjie
• Groblerpark Ext 14
“We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this outage,” Eleanor concluded.
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