Some suburbs in Johannesburg will endure an outage of up to 15 hours after Johannesburg Water announced an unplanned water shutdown.

The water shutdown will take place on Tuesday, 3 October from 7am to 10pm, according to Johannesburg Water.

The Department of Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu listened to the cries of Johannesburg residents over water woes.

Johannesburg Water has reminded its customers of an unplanned water shutdown that will affect one of the city’s busiest retail centres.

Johannesburg Water is providing stationary tanks and roaming trucks for the Midrand system, stationed at the following areas:

Rand Water’s Eikenhof System which is under severe strain has had a major effect on the supply of water in parts of the city.

Johannesburg Water says they along with several other municipalities were alerted by Rand Water to curb high demand on the system.

Johannesburg Water cautioned that the impact of the interruption will result in no water supply in all the streets.

According to Johannesburg Water, customers in this supply zone, including Steyn City will have poor pressure to no water.

A planned maintenance by Rand Water is set to cause water interruptions in parts of Johannesburg from tomorrow.

Under Level 1 water restriction, Johannesbug Water says the watering of gardens is prohibited between 6am and 6pm.

Johannesburg Water has announced that some of its reservoirs will be affected by a planned maintenance by Rand Water.

Poor pressure to no water is expected in the supply zone of some areas in the City of Johannesburg due to problems in the system.

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The burst 700 mm steal water pipe feeding Orlando East and parts of the West in Soweto was not repaired due to technical problems.

The reason for the interruption is repairing a leak on the inlet pipe to the Zondi Tower situated in Soweto, south of Johannesburg.

Johannesburg Water has issued a three-day Water Shutdown notice to residents residing in the northern suburbs of Joburg.

Earlier, Johannesburg Water postponed a water shutdown that would have affected parts of the city indefinitely.

Johannesburg Water issued the water shutdown notice on social media to alert residents living in the affected areas…

Johannesburg Water has indicated that its technical teams have completed repairs and water has been opened in Craigavon fed areas.

In the interim, Johannesburg Water said it is providing alternative water supply in the form of water tankers to critical areas.

Johannesburg Water has dispatched its technical teams to look into a water outage that was disrupted after the planned maintenance.

Johannesburg Water issued the water shutdown notice on social media to alert residents living in the affected areas to brace themselves.

Customers were encouraged to store sufficient water, at least two days before the Rand Water planned outage.

As a result of the Rand Water shutdown, customers in direct reservoir zones and feed supply will be affected by low pressure to no water.