The City of Tshwane says some of its reservoirs remain critically low, with some are running empty. The City has attributed the outages to persistent low inflow from Rand Water and high consumption.
The worst affected regions are 1, 2, and 3, with the Soshanguve L and Mabopane reservoirs still empty.
City spokesperson Selby Bokaba says residents will receive updates as conditions change.
“It must be emphasised that the persistent high consumption levels are negatively impacting on the recovery process of the affected reservoirs. We are once again imploring customers to reduce their consumption levels to save the city’s distribution network from collapsing.The city will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide further updates as conditions change.”
Ongoing water outages
Meanwhile, residents in the South of Johannesburg near Ridgeway are calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent intervention towards persistent ongoing water outages in the area – ahead of his State of the Nation Address later on Thursday.
Frustrated residents gathered at the Xavier Bridge as the City’s water crisis deepens, with many now approaching months without an interrupted supply.
Johannesburg Water says interventions are underway to restore and stabilise supply.
One of the residents, Zubair Patel says the deployment of water tankers has not been enough to meet their daily needs.
“Water tankers are not the answer. Don’t invest in tankers, we don’t want tankers, what we want is water to come out of the taps. People pay rates and taxes, we expect service delivery.”
Protests against water outages – Lerato Makola reports from M1 bridge in Xavier
