More suburbs to be affected by water outage
No estimated time of restoration yet
Johannesburg Water (JW) technicians have been on site since Saturday (12 August), waiting to repair a damaged water pipe.
According to JW, a 400 millimetre pipe was damaged by a contractor at the corner of Hendrik Potgieter and William Nicol Roads, resulting in an emergency shutdown.
Because of water continuously gushing from the pipe, causing the site to be flooded, technicians have not been able to start repairs. “The team is currently exploring all possible solutions to drain the site. Once that has been done, we should be able to give an estimated time for repairs to be completed and water to be restored to the affected areas,” said Eleanor Mavimbela, the acting JW spokesperson.
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2/6 The pipe is still gushing out water.Technicians are consulting with Randwater to see if there is cross feed from Rand Water line ^H
— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) August 14, 2017
3/6 We are unable to tell residents when this repairs will take place.We also cant tell when water will be restored in the affected areas ^H
— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) August 14, 2017
Areas affected by the outage include all extensions of Helderkruin, Wilro Park, Roodekrans, Princess, Horizon View, Constantia Kloof, Florida Park, Florida Hills, Weltevreden Park, Whiteridge, Poortview and Robertville.
Read more: Will your area be affected by these water outages?
It has been reported that Discovery as well as Horison might also run out of water, due to the other water towers running empty, therefore residents are urged to keep filled containers on standby.
Water tankers will be placed at
• Hillfox Power Centre
•The service station at the corner of Jim Fouché Road and Constantia Drive
• Pick n Pay on CR Swart Drive
• The service station at the corner of CR Swart and Ouklip Roads
• The service station at the corner of Wilgerood and Ouklip Road
• The Fire Station at the corner of Ontdekkers Road and Golf Club Terrace
There will also be two roaming tankers available to supply critical areas such as schools, old age homes, clinics and hospitals.
Members of the Kruin Community Voluntary Association have opened their hearts and have made ten boreholes available where people can get water free of charge, should they be unable to get water from the tankers. A list of these water points can be obtained from Zelda on 082 442 8874.
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