Desalination Challenging Drinking Water Outage

Suburbs in Johannesburg will once again face a 33-hour water outage due to repair work being done on the main line. These are the affected area’s.

 

Johannesburg water have tweeted to remind Randburg suburbs that there would be water outages from 8am today until tomorrow, the 6th of September. There is no confirmation as to when the water will be switched back on.

“It’s basically your Langlaagte and Randburg areas. That’s Bryanston extension 5 and surrounding areas.” – Eleonor Mavimbela, Johannesburg Water

Eleonor Mavimbele has said they will communicate if the repair work lasts longer than expected.

There will be water tankers available so that people within these communities can have access to water. We have listed the area’s affected by the water outage below as well as the places where the water tankers will be.

Area’s Affected:

  • Robindale ext 1
  • Jacanlee
  • Cresta extensions
  • Darrenwood
  • Aldara Park
  • Windsor
  • Robin Hills
  • Windsor Glen
  • Rand Park exts 5, 4 and 6
  • Fontainebleau
  • The Linden tower area
  • Pine Park and ext 1
  • Linden extensions
  • the Kensington reservoir zone
  • Bryanston ext 5
  • Bryanston ext 3
  • Beverly Gardens
  • Ferndale (all extensions)
  • Strijdom Park
  • Summit Road
  • Vandia Grove – all extensions
  • Bryanbrink
  • Daniel Brink Park
  • Lyme Park exts 3 and 4
  • Kensington B

Water tankers will be placed at the following points:

  • Windsor corner Beatrice & Dukes
  • Cresta corner Republic & Judges
  • Linden corner First Avenue & Bramfisher @ BP Garage.
  • Robindale: Cherry Str and Bert RD
  • Aborb Str & Oak Aveneue
  • Linden : 5th Street corner 3th Str and 8th str
  • Pine Park : Dalmeny RD & Gavin Avenue
  • Aldarapark: 1st Street & ST Michelle Avenue
  • Robin Hill :Winston Street & Valley RD
  • Randburg Area: Cnr. Anchor and Chester-Bryanston Ext.5
  • Cnr. Conduit and Westview-O Summit
  • Cnr. Kays and Cypress-Bryanston Ext.3
  • Cnr.Highview and West-Ferndale Ext. 29
  • Bright Water Commons-Republic Road-Ferndale
  • Cnr. Sterling and Fabriek-Strijdom Park
  • Cnr. Milne and Daniel-Bryanbrink
  • Ferndale High School-Milne Road-Kensington B
  • Cnr. Sirdar and Abington- Kensington B
  • In Blackwood Street- Bryanston Ext.3


Sources: Twitter / EWN
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