Unplanned water outage hits 19 Johannesburg areas
: Residents across Soweto, Roodepoort, and parts of Randburg are without water after systems were urgently closed to protect Eikenhof's bulk reserves.
Various communities are being affected by the unplanned water outage announced by Johannesburg Water (JW) on November 12.
In a statement released by JW, it was confirmed that the outage is caused by the bulk supply.
“Systems had to be fully closed on an urgent basis from around midday today to prevent a further drop in Eikenhof’s bulk water reserves,” read the statement.
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Affected areas
The following places are affected:
• Pimville
• Klipspruit
• Eldorado Park
• Meadowlands North
• Zondi
• Protea Glen
• Chiawelo
• Braamfischerville Ext 8 Direct Feed
• Dobsonville
• Doornkop North
• Grobler Park
• Boschkop HP
• Cosmo City
• Honeydew 1 and 2
• Noordgesig Direct Feed
• Roodepoort Deep Township
• Florida South
• Florida 250mm
• Florida South Boundary Meter
Ward 25 Pimville and Klipspruit councillor Cambridge Kwapeng told Soweto Urban that they will continue engaging with JW and get back to the community with any updates.
JW will continue to monitor the bulk water supply system, and updates on reservoir levels will follow as soon as possible.
