Emergency water tankers have been provided after Joburg Water’s systems experience a reduction in water flow due to a pump failure at Eikenhof.
Mobile water tankers are servicing the following areas:
Stationary tankers
There are 10 stationary water tanks in these areas: Crosby – 1x tank at the Crosby clinic, Brixton – 1x tank at 1 Rus Road, and Brixton – 2x tanks at the Brixton.
Recreation Centre
Coronationville – 1x tank at the, Coronation Recreation Centre, Coronationville – 1x tank at the, Slovo Informal Settlement, Westdene – 1x tank at the Engen Garage, Melville – 1x tank at corner First Avenue and Main Road, Melville – 1x tank at the corner Seventh Street and Second Avenue and Robertsham – 1x tanker in Harry Street.
Roaming tankers
There are seven roaming water tankers in the following areas:
Robertsham, Westbury, Coronationville, Newclare, Jan Hofmeyer, Mayfair West, Crosby, Westdene, Crown Gardens and Evans Park.
Johannesburg Water said its technical team is working around the clock to get the Entity’s systems back on track.
According to the external communications officer at Johannesburg Water, Nolwazi Dhlamini, this is after Johannesburg Water’s infrastructure experienced a five-hour reduced flow into the Commando, Crown Gardens and Eagles Nest systems.
“This was due to a pump failure at Rand Water’s Eikenhof system on Tuesday night, March 21.”
Dhlamini said although the pump failure lasted for only two hours, 200 megalitres of water was lost, and water flow got back to normal at only 1am on Wednesday, March 22.
As a result, various Johannesburg Water systems have been impacted, including Region B, C, F, and small portions of Region D, which comprise the following systems: Commando (comprising the Brixton, Hursthill and Crosby reservoirs and towers), Crown Gardens, Eagles Nest, Naturena, Alan Manor, parts of Soweto, and Roodepoort.
As at Wednesday morning, 22 March, the reservoir and tower levels are as follows:
Commando system
1. The Crosby reservoir is 0.32m full and inflows are at 512 litres of water per second, compared to 526 litres per second on Tuesday.
2. The Brixton reservoir is 2.24m full compared to Tuesday’s 1.86m, and the tower is sitting at 1.34m full. Today, 188 litres per second are pumping into the reservoir compared to Tuesday’s 193 litres per second.
3. The Hursthill 1 reservoir remains the same at 0.61m, with only 71 litres of water pumping per second, while Hursthill 2 is at 0.45m with 120 litres per second. These are still at critically low levels and Johannesburg Water teams are working consistently to improve water supply.
The Crown Gardens reservoir water levels remain consistent, with measurements sitting at 2.25m, compared to Tuesday’s 2.26m. Tower 1 has improved since Tuesday and is now sitting at 4.74m and tower 2 is at 4.45m. The reservoir is currently open at 50% capacity.
The Eagles Nest reservoir 1 dropped to 0.31m compared to yesterday’s 1.61m, while reservoir 2 is now empty compared to Tuesday’s 1.22m. Alan Manor is at 4.55m while Naturena is at 1.51m. The Waterval tower dropped to 5.37m, while Quellerina is sitting at 2.58m.
The Linden tower water levels are at 3.24m; Yeoville is 2.40m, the Alexander reservoir is at 2.16m; the Honeydew reservoir is at 0.31m, Boschkop reservoir at 0.1m, while the Cosmo City reservoir is at 7.34m.
Johannesburg Water continues to provide an alternative water supply as the demand escalates. The Entity is working on increasing the number of water tankers on the ground.
Johannesburg Water’s technical team is working tirelessly to resolve the challenges.
Further updates will be communicated to customers.
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