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Johannesburg Water is currently doing water balance for the Lenasia area due to water demand in certain portions of Lenasia that exceeds supply. The balancing takes some trial tests as it is something new and might take several weeks to get the balance to the designed minimum storage.
In order to ensure constant water supply during the day we have to shut down certain Reservoirs (while busy doing the water balance) to increase storage that will enable us to supply water.
Lenasia area is fed through 3 reservoirs namely Lenasia Cosmos which supplies Lenasia CBD including Lenasia extensions. Lenasia Hospital Hill which supplies Lenasia South and Finetown. Lenasia High Level which supplies Zakkariya Park, Vlakfontein and portions of Lehae.
We are interchanging the reservoirs in shutting them down depending on which area has achieved highest demand during the day, so far Lenasia Hospital hill which supplies Lenasia South and Finetown is the one that is struggling with the water demand and will be the one that we will do shutdown while monitoring the situation.
We will be doing this operation between 21H30 to 03H00 during this fasting month to ensure that those that are involved in fasting are not negatively affected. We urge members of the community especially those who will need water during the shutdown hours to store the water that they will need to portable storage.
Please also note that City Power will be doing electricity shutdown this evening between 22H00 and 06H00 which will the affect the two reservoirs that are fed through pumps those reservoirs are Lenasia Hospital Hill and Lenasia High Level.
We plead with residents to be patient with us during this time.
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For media enquiries:
Cllr Nico de Jager
MMC: Environment and Infrastructure Services Department
M : 083 899 2127
E : NicoDe@joburg.org.za
Mr Isaac Dhludhlu
Manager: Marketing and Communications
T: +27 (0) 11 688 1577
M: +27 (0) 72 638 5346
E: Isaac.dhludhlu@jwater.co.za
