17-hour water shutdown to hit parts of Soweto

The shutdown is planned for Wednesday, 9 August.

 The water utility says it needs to repair leaking bypass pipelines and valves on the F33, F40 and F44 lines.

 Earlier last month, the utility executed a 58-hour water shutdown in some parts of Joburg.

 Joburg Water spokesperson Nombuso Shabalala has urged residents to store sufficient water.

 "Residents are encouraged to store sufficient water at least two days before the outage. Recovery may take up to 48 hours after the completion of the maintenance work," Shabalala said. 

 The outage will affect the Chiawelo and Doornkop West reservoirs and direct feeds:

 Direct feed areas include:

All Tshepisong (phases one to seven)

All Ebumnandini Informal Settlement

All Slovoville Village

All Slovoville Informal Settlement

All Slovoville compound

Leratong Village

 Areas fed by the Chiawelo reservoir include:

Lone Hill Ext 68, Chiawelo, Chiawelo Ext 4, Chiawelo Ext 1, Klipriviersoog Ext 1,

Klipriviersoog Estate, Dhlamini Ext 1, Dhlamini, Protea Glen Ext 1, Protea Glen Ext

4, Chiawelo Ext 5, Protea Gardens, Protea South Ext 1, Chiawelo Ext 2, Protea

North Ext 9, Mapetla Ext 1, Protea North, Protea, Chiawelo Ext 3, Protea North Ext

1, Protea Glen Ext 8, and Protea Glen Ext 9.

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