Vast swathes of Johannesburg out of water as temperatures increase and summer approaches
Johannesburg is facing severe water shortages, with reservoirs running low and many areas experiencing outages.
On Monday, residents of Carlswald, Roosevelt Park, Killarney, Hyde Park, and Illovo reported that they had been without water for up to six days. On Monday, Johannesburg Water said it had reconfigured the Parktown 2, Dunkeld, and Berea reservoirs overnight to improve the water systems.Parktown 2 Reservoir – Saxonwold, Hyde Park, Melrose, Dunkeld West, Parkview, Illovo, Greenside, Parktown, Parkwood, Birdhaven, Riviera, Killarney, Oaklands, Craighall, West Cliff, Birnam, Craighall Park, Rosebank, and Fairway;
It said there was a slight improvement at the Parktown 2 Reservoir and a"satisfactory" improvement at Berea Reservoir. The entity said there was no estimated restoration time but that it would continue to implement configurations to help boost the system.On Monday, Johannesburg Water said efforts to boost both systems did not yield significant improvements because of issues with bulk water supply at Rand Water and because water demand remained high.
Areas including Voma Valley, Crowthorne, Kyalami, Waterfall, Klipfontein View, and surrounding areas will be affected by poor pressure or no water.
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