Joburg water: 11-hour outage and other restrictions tonight

The Sandton System will be closed for 11 hours from this evening 1 December 2024, with other areas also experiencing water restrictions, Johannesburg Water has announced in a statement.

The closure of the system will cause residents in certain areas to experience poor pressure or complete water outage overnight. These are the areas that will be affected until tomorrow morning, 2 December 2024. The province has also proposed implementing water tariffs to curb water wastage.

SANDTON SYSTEM CLOSURE FOR 11 HOURS

The Sandton System closure from 19:00 to 6:00 will affect various areas, especially Linbro Park and Marlboro direct feeds. According to the statement, “this is to ensure equal water supply distribution to struggling systems and areas within the Johannesburg Water network.” Here is the complete list of affected areas below:

• Linbro Park Direct Feed
• Marlboro Direct Feed
• Linbro Park Reservoir
• Marlboro Reservoir
• Illovo Reservoir and Illovo Tower
• Bryanston Reservoir and Bryanston Tower
• Morningside Reservoir

Despite the water closure ending early in the morning, they did warn that it would take a few hours to recover. “Once the meter is reopened in the morning, it will take several hours for the system to fully recover.”

AREAS TO EXPERIENCE WATER RESTRICTIONS DAILY STARTING 1 DECEMBER

Johannesburg Water also shared a list of areas that will be experiencing throttling daily from tonight. They said in their statement: “To optimise the regulation of water demand, systems under the management of Johannesburg Water will experience throttling this evening. “

Throttling is scheduled to commence from 21:00 on 1 December and conclude at 4:00 on 2 December. The degree of restrictions will vary, with reductions ranging from 50% to 100%.”

RESERVOIRS AND TOWERS SUBJECTED TO THROTTLING DAILY

• Orange Farm High Level
• Lawley Reservoir
• Lenasia High Level
• Leasing Hospital Hill
• Forest PRV
• Hursthill 2
• Diepkloof inlet and outlet
• Power Park inlet and outlet
• President Park outlet (network)

RESERVOIRS AND TOWERS SUBJECTED TO THROTTLING THROUGH SCHEDULED ROTATIONS OR WHEN REQUIRED

• Randpark Ridge Reservoir
• Doornkop Reservoir inlet
• Olivedale Reservoir
• Randjieslaagte
• Alexander Park Reservoir
• Berea Reservoir outlet
• Illovo Reservoir and Tower
• Sandton meter closure
• Diepsloot
• Brixton Reservoir
• Freedom Park (networks)
• Meadowlands inlet and outlet
• Braamfischerville inlet and outlet
• Orlando East Reservoir

PROPOSED TARIFFS AMID WATER RESTRICTIONS

Johannesburg Water also proposes implementing water tariffs from today 1 December 2024, reported The Citizen on 29 November 2024. How the tariff would be charged and how much it would be has not been confirmed.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN AFFECTED BY THESE WATER RESTRICTIONS IN JOHANNESBURG?

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