Tshwane water reserves remain low despite overnight gains
Tshwane reports improvements in parts of its network, but its 7 November update identifies reservoirs still too low to sustain reliable supply.
Tshwane reported overnight improvements in parts of its water network on 7 November, but said low reserves continued to leave some communities facing weak pressure or interruptions.
The City's Saturday update said most systems across Regions 1 to 6 had steadied. It warned that heavy consumption was slowing reservoir recovery.
In Region 2, limited supply from Magalies Water and the Temba Water Treatment Plant being out of operation continued to strain the system. Sekampaneng and Hammanskraal reservoirs were empty in the reported snapshot, while reserves were insufficient to pump to Unit D Tower.
Elsewhere, Mabopane Main Reservoir was at 18% and falling. Klapperkop Receiving Reservoir was rising but remained at a critically low 11%.
The City also reported night-time low pressure and peak-demand interruptions in Mamelodi Extension 6 and Lusaka, linked to controlled restrictions while teams balanced supply.
These figures describe the City's overnight update, not independently measured conditions at publication or a guarantee for every household. Tshwane urged residents to limit use to essential needs, repair leaks and avoid garden watering, hosepipe car washing and filling pools.
Contextual archive photograph: Johannesburg Water's E-rand reservoir and tower in Midrand, photographed on 10 May 2014. This is not one of the affected Tshwane facilities identified in the update. Photo: Ossewa (Igmar Grewar) / Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannesburg_Water_E-rand_Reservoir.jpg . Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . Cropped and resized for display; display adaptations are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.