Johannesburg Water's 96-hour shutdown to affect 40 suburbs

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Johannesburg Water has confirmed an emergency 96-hour water shutdown which will affect several suburbs from Friday, 9 May.

The unplanned maintenance is scheduled from 18:00 on Friday, 9 May, until 18:00 on Tuesday, 13 May.

JOHANNESBURG WATER TO CONDUCT 96-HOUR EMERGENCY WATER SHUTDOWN

Johannesburg Water said its teams will be repairing leaks on the pipeline, and it is unclear whether water tankers will be provided.

All the streets in the following suburbs will be affected by the emergency water shutdown:

Sandhurst	Clynton
Illovo	Glenadirenne
Sandton	Wendywood
Sandowns	Eastgate
Strathavon	Morningside Hills
Rivonia	Hurlpark
Morningside	Dennehof
Parkmore	Duxberry
Kramerville	Hurlingham
Hyde Park	Bordeaux
Burlow Park	Morningside Manor
Dunkeld West	Benmore Gardens
Inanda	Dalecross
Wierda Valley	Wynberg
Chislehurston	Simba
Willowwild	Craighall
Atholl Hurst	Sunset Acres
Atholl	Littlefillan
Elton Hill	Malboro
Riepen Park	Glen Atholl

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED MAINTENANCE COMPLETED

Meanwhile, the planned maintenance work that was scheduled for this week in parts of Johannesburg has been completed.

All the streets in all Orange Farm extensions experienced low pressure to no water for 10 hours on Wednesday, 7 May, due to planned maintenance that was scheduled from 6:00 – 16:00.

Likewise, on Thursday, 8 May, Johannesburg Water also conducted another water shutdown on Thursday, 8 May at Amarosa ext 55, and all the streets were affected during this period.

Customers had no water for at least eight hours as Johannesburg Water teams were tying in a new pipe to the existing infrastructure.