Utility advises customers to start stocking up on water ahead of the weekend
Rand Water says the shutdown was successfully completed
A combination of failures by the municipal, provincial and national government left a hospital in the south of Johannesburg without water and electricity for parts of November
Under Level 2 restrictions, homes that use between 20 000 and 30 000-litres of water a month will pay 10% more on their water bills.
The water utility is carrying out the 39-day work to restore old pipes
Rand Water has imposed stage two restrictions to allow Johannesburg Water’s reservoirs to fill up
Johannesburg Water needs to ensure that the infrastructure is available to deliver water as per service demand
Millions of litres of highly acidic mine water is rising up under Johannesburg and could spill out into its streets, Parliament has heard.
Overseas visitors to Johannesburg can drink the city’s water without fear because it is clean and safe, Johannesburg Water said on Thursday.
Residents in northern Johannesburg areas were on Friday warned not to drink tap water as the quality was not up to standard, Johannesburg Water said. Spokesperson Baldwin Matsimela said during routine sampling on Thursday, it was found that the water supply was not up to standard.