Majority of Joburg East areas without water
'Because this tank services thousands of homes and residents, it will take days for the pressure to be back to normal.'
Most of the Joburg East areas are without water as the Yeoville reservoir ran dry today during maintenance work.
“Rand Water shut down supply to the Yeoville water reservoir for maintenance work. They took too long to restart the water and the reservoir went dry,” ward 66 councillor, Clr Carlos da Rocha said.
“The Yeoville reservoir supplies my entire area (ward 66) as well as Houghton, Yeoville, Observatory, Bez Valley – a very huge area indeed,” he said.
Residents in other areas such as Kensington, Malvern, Troyeville, Cyrildene, Bellevue and Bruma also reported that their taps have run dry.
“Because this tank services thousands of homes and residents, it will take days for the pressure to be back to normal. For those in the lower areas like Bez Valley, besides low water pressure, they will have water. The higher ground areas will be a struggle,” said Clr Da Rocha.
He said it is important that water usage drops during the next few days, to allow for the reservoir to fill up again.
“If we don’t do that, some residents could be without water for days. We have to consider others,” said Clr Da Rocha.
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