Joburg Water says systems are recovering after outage

The water supply to large parts of Johannesburg is still recovering after taps ran dry on Monday evening, following a power outage at Rand Water’s Eikenhof pump station.

City Power conducted emergency repairs at the Eikenhof substation and on Tuesday said it had returned full power to Rand Water.

Yesterday afternoon, Joburg Water said the systems were recovering. Complete recovery was projected to take a few days to a week. Some suburbs still have little to no water.

Councillor Nicole van Dyk of ward 99 said: “Ward 99 is still completely dry for the most part; the only suburb in my entire ward of 26 suburbs that has water is Linden,” she said.

Councillor Leah Knott of ward 89 said Constantia Kloof Primary School had asked parents to collect children as they had not had water all week.

The status of systems supplied by the Eikenhof pump station as of 12.30pm yesterday was:

► Central system: Crosby reservoir remains low.

► Brixton reservoir remains low. Pumping has resumed and the tower is recovering.

► Hursthill 1 and 2 reservoirs are critically low. No water is expected in the supply zone.

► Crown Gardens reservoir and towers are critically low. The reservoir outlet will be throttled to assist in recovery.

► Eagles Nest reservoir is critically low. Poor pressure is expected in the supply zone while the system is recovering.

► Aeroton reservoir and tower are supplying fairly well, but poor pressure is still expected.

► Berea reservoir is critically low due to high demand and poor supply pressure.

► Water tankers are located at Den van Zyl, New Nation School, Coronation Recreation Centre, Coronation Hospital and Helen Joseph Hospital.

► Soweto system: Chiawelo reservoir, Doornkop West reservoir, Power Park reservoir, Jabulani reservoir, Diepkloof reservoir, Orlando East reservoir, and Meadowlands are supplying.

► Zondi reservoir and tower, Braamfischer reservoir and Protea Glen reservoir are supplying.

► Water tankers are located at Senaoane Clinic 1, Dube Hostel and surroundings, Meadowlands (zones 1 and 3), and Diepkloof 1.

► Randburg and Roodepoort systems: Linden 1 reservoir and tower, Linden 2 reservoir and Blairgowrie reservoir are critically low. Poor pressure and no water may still be expected.

► Honeydew reservoir and tower and Olivedale reservoir: Honeydew reservoir is supplying while Olivedale reservoir is still recovering.

► Cosmo City and Boschkop reservoirs are supplying while Randpark Ridge reservoir is empty.

► Robertsville, Fairlands and Corriemoor reservoirs are low, but supplying.

► Kensington B reservoir and tower are supplying.

► Helderkruin reservoir has improved, while the tower is critically low. Poor pressure and no water is to be expected.

T► he Witpoortjie reservoir is supplying fairly well, while the tower is critically low. Poor pressure or no water may be expected in the supply zone.

► Constantia, Horizon, Waterval and Quellerina towers are critically low, while Florida North Tower has slightly improved. Poor pressure or no water is expected in the supply zone.

► Waterval tower is empty. No water is expected in the supply zone. There are water tankers in the area.

► Sandton system: Bryanston reservoir and tower are improving. Illovo reservoir is critically low and the tower is empty. Poor pressure or no water is expected.

► Linbro Park and Morningside reservoirs are critically low. Poor pressure or no water is expected in the supply zone.

► Marlboro reservoir is supplying, including to two direct feeds (Linbro and Marlboro).