Joburg water, power cuts to hit multiple areas this week, including prison and international school

Water and electricity outage. Picture: The Citizen/Canva Johannesburg Water announced that a section of Blue Hills would go without water for 12 hours on Wednesday as crews work to commission new infrastructure in the area. According to the utility, the shutdown would begin at 9am on 29 July and run until 9pm that evening.

The affected area fell under Region A and covered a wide stretch of Blue Hills, including extensions 21, 22, 53, 24, 71, 19, 17, 81, 76, 116, 117, 110, 15 and 32. Johannesburg Water listed the following areas among the specific properties that would lose supply: All streets in these areas were said to be affected. Explaining the reason behind the interruption, Joburg Water said the work was needed for the “commissioning of new water infrastructure”.

The utility further stated that customers could expect “no water for the duration of 12 hours” while the maintenance took place. Joburg Water framed the disruption as ultimately serving residents’ long-term interests. The utility said the shutdown would “improve service delivery and continuity of water supply” once the new infrastructure was operational.

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To soften the impact on households and the school in the interim, Joburg Water arranged temporary supply points across the area. Water tankers are set to be stationed at the Blue Hills Shopping Centre, at an engine garage on the R55, and at a Sasol garage on the corner of the R55 and Summit.

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