Emergency water shutdown on Sunday for some northern suburbs in Johannesburg

The emergency water shutdown will begin at midnight and is necessary to repair a main water pipe in Sandown, north of Johannesburg

.Johannesburg Water say roughly 10,000 Johannesburg residents will be without water on Sunday.Residents could awake on Sunday morning to dry taps as the emergency shutdown will be implemented from midnight on 20 October.Technicians will be conducting repairs to a 600mm main water pipe near the corner of Katherine and Pretoria Roads in Sandown.

The DWS said the Vaal Dam is currently at 39.5% of its full storage capacity, down from 77.5% at the same time last year.The city of currently under Level 1 water restrictions with a R5,000 fine applicable to residents caught watering their lawns and gardens between 6am and 6pm.

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