City of Johannesburg , Johannesburg water and Rand Water have been struggling to return the supply of water after an incident earlier this week. Despite power supply returning to the Eikenhof pump station, many areas of Johannesburg are still without water. Angry residents have taken to social media to voice their displeasure and anger over the situation where many haven’t had water for close to five days and no end in sight.
On Monday evening a flash-over occurred at the Eikenhof substation which feeds power to a Rand Water pump station. This left the pump station without power and soon, many areas of Johannesburg were without water. On Thursday many areas were still without water despite repairs to Eikenhof substation being complete on Wednesday. The city has deployed water tankers to certain areas of Johannesburg but the fact that parts of the city haven’t had water since Tuesday is incredibly alarming. Reservoirs and towers throughout Johannesburg are still critically low and poor pressure plagues residents who do have wate
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