CoJ awaiting Joburg Water report on supply after suspected lightning strike on infrastructure - Gwamanda
The substation - which supplies Rand Water's infrastructure with electricity – tripped on Monday night during a storm in Johannesburg.
Former Johannesburg mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - Joburg residents are bracing for further water challenges following another suspected lightning strike at the Eikenhof substation.
The substation - which supplies Rand Water's infrastructure with electricity – tripped on Monday night during a storm in Johannesburg.
The incident is likely to impact Rand Water's ability to operate its pump stations effectively, which could result in more water outages.
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Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda said power was restored overnight: “At this point the preliminary findings suggest that it was a lightning strike we are waiting for a report from Joburg Water to give us a clear indication on how it has affected water supply.”
The incident comes as residents are still grappling with a two-week water outage stemming from a lightning strike at the Eikenhof pump station earlier this month.
The City of Joburg said the few affected water supply systems are being closely monitored.
The systems that are affected currently are:
- Waterval Tower
- Linden 1 Tower
- Orlando East Reservoir
- Honeydew Reservoir
- Honeydew Tower
- Brixton Reservoir
- Hursthill 1 Reservoir
- Hursthill 2 Reservoir
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