The DA is saying Rand Water should come clean about the restrictions it is implementing in Gauteng.
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Johannesburg water outage: Reservoir levels are critical warns the City
The City said the Meredale reservoir is at a critical level. It supplies water to Johannesburg towers and reservoirs in Soweto, Northcliff, Roodepoort and elsewhere.
The DA is saying Rand Water should come clean about the restrictions it is implementing in Gauteng.
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The City of Johannesburg warned that several of its reservoirs and water towers are at a critical level because of high demand. It is the second day of the 54-hour planned maintenance by Rand Water, which started on Monday, 15 November.
JOHANNESBURG RESERVES AND TOWERS RUNNING LOW
The City said that the Rand Water Meredale reservoir is currently at a critical level – just before midday on Tuesday – due to high consumption.
The Meredale reservoir supplies Johannesburg Water reservoirs and towers in the Soweto area, Crosby, Northcliff, Crown Gardens, Hursthill as well as reservoirs and towers in the Roodepoort area.
The Yeoville reservoir is also impacted by the reduced water supply and high consumption.
“Johannesburg Water urgently requests customers to reduce consumption in order to prevent further systems from being depleted.
“Reduced consumption will assist in the recovery period after the outage,” said the City.
MAINTENANCE ON TRACK
After the first day of maintenance work, the City indicated that everything was on track and that it does not anticipate any delays. If everything goes according to plan, the normal water supply should return to the affected areas around 11:00 on Wednesday, 17 November.
Stationary and roaming tanks are available to residents where necessary.
For the full list of affected areas, please read Johannesburg 54-hour water outage: Here are the affected areas
