Another water shutdown for Soweto on August 9
Planned maintenance to affect water supply in Soweto.
Rand Water says Johannesburg residents should brace for another water shutdown, as it plans maintenance in the coming week, scheduled to start from 07:00 to midnight on Wednesday, August 9.
The water outage is expected to last 17 hours and will impact various areas around Soweto.
Rand Water will carry out the planned maintenance to repair leaking bypass pipelines, as well as valves on the F33, F40, and F44, it said on Tuesday.
The shutdown comes weeks after the water supplier concluded its 58-hour-long shutdown, affecting over 100 Johannesburg areas in July.
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According to Rand Water, the latest planned outage will affect supply to the Chiawelo and Doornkop West reservoirs, as well as the direct feeds to the Tshepisong and Chiawelo regions.
It said that customers in these reservoir zones and direct feed supply areas will be affected by low pressure to no water.
The water supplier has encouraged residents to store water ahead of time.
“Recovery may take up to 48 hours after the completion of the maintenance work. Alternative water supply will be arranged, and the location of the water tankers will be communicated in due course.”
1. Direct feed areas include:
• All Tshepisong (phases one to seven) • All Ebumnandini Informal Settlement • All Slovoville Village • All Slovoville Informal Settlement • All Slovoville compound • Leratong Village.
2. Areas fed by the Chiawelo reservoir include:
Lone Hill Ext 68, Chiawelo, Chiawelo Ext 4, Chiawelo Ext 1, Klipriviersoog Ext 1, Klipriviersoog Estate, Dhlamini Ext 1, Dhlamini, Protea Glen Ext 1, Protea Glen Ext 4, Chiawelo Ext 5, Protea Gardens, Protea South Ext 1, Chiawelo Ext 2, Protea North Ext 9, Mapetla Ext 1, Protea North, Protea, Chiawelo Ext 3, Protea North Ext 1, Protea Glen Ext 8, and Protea Glen Ext 9.
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3. Areas fed by the Doornkop reservoir include:
Thulani, Thulani Ext 1, Thulani Ext 2, Lufhereng Ext 1, Dobsonville Ext 9, Doornkop Ext 3, Protea City, Protea Glen Ext 1, Protea Glen Ext 2, Protea Glen Ext 4, Doornkop, Doornkop Ext 1, Dobsonville Gardens, Doornkop Ext 2, Protea Glen, Protea Glen Ext 7, Protea Glen Ext 8, Lufhereng, and Protea Glen Ext 3.
