Residents of Johannesburg are warned to stock up on water as Rand Water announces there will be a water shutdown for 40 hours between Friday until Saturday. This is expected to affect the Joburg Water’s Randjesfontein reservoir, which supplies Randjesfontein and Randjespark Estate extension 1.
Rand Waters Judith Khoza said: “The 39.5-hour project activity is aimed at trying-in of a 5.2km x 1 700mm section of the newly constructed H39 pipeline which has been constructed to augment a portion of the H12 pipeline. The new pipeline is laid along the route adjacent to the existing H12 pipeline within the Rand Water registered servitude at the point of the tie-in”.
The duration of the shutdown will be 39.5 hours starting from 7am on Friday 3 June and will end at 10:30pm on June 4. The system will get back to normal within two to three days after the H12 pipeline is restored.
Khoza said: “Rand Water has formally informed the affected municipal customer, Johannesburg water (JW) by issuing the 21-day notice in order to allow them to execute appropriate contingency plans. JW was further advised to fill its reservoir before the actual shutdown commences.”
She added: The reduction of approximately 50% in water supply may be expected during this period. The system is expected to take approximately 2 and 3 days to adequately recover after supply has been fully restored.”
Rand Water has urged people to use water sparingly during this period and apologises for the inconvenience.
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