Alexander Park Reservoir
A reservoir in Johannesburg Water's Central system. What Johannesburg Water (JW) reported about it, from March 2025.
Latest JW report
JW reported a warning that poor pressure to no water may occur on 29 September 2026 at 20:30. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure to no water may occur.” JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:40. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
Live updates during the day: Johannesburg Water ↗ and OurPower ↗. This page keeps the history.
- Capacity
- 45,000 kilolitres
- Demand
- 18,940 kilolitres a day
- Storage
- 57 hours
- JW's page
- Alexander Park Reservoir ↗
Suburbs it supplies
JW links 17 suburbs to Alexander Park Reservoir. Most also draw on other supplies.
Benrose, Bezuidenhout Valley, Bruma, Cleveden, Cleveland, De Wetshof, Denver, Elcedes, George Goch, Heriotdale, Jeppestown South, Kensington, Malvern, Oospoort, South Kensington, The Gables, Wychwood.
Up the supply chain
On 15 June 2025, JW reported Alexander Park Reservoir poor pressure to no water
Where the water comes from, top to bottom, and what JW reported for each part on 15 June 2025. A suburb draws on every supply listed at once; JW does not say which street each one reaches.
Showing 15 June 2025. Other days: 17 July 2026, 7 February 2026, 1 February 2026, 16 July 2025, 15 June 2025, 7 June 2025, or the last day.
Bulk supply
JW's boards carry no status for Rand Water's stations.
Feeds Alexander Park Reservoir: stated by JW source ↗System
JW reported 3 of 16 supplies in it short of water; 5 had no report.
Supply
JW reported poor pressure to no water.
As printed: “09:10 Supplying fairly”; “15:30 Supplying fairly”; “22:30 Supplied fairly however outlet is closed”
In the Central system: listed on a JW page source ↗ Fed from Palmiet Pump Station (Rand Water): stated by JW source ↗JW's reported status of the reservoir or tower, not measured water at taps. Boards from March 2025.
Source: Johannesburg Water's System Update boards and notices, read by us. How this record is made.
Cite this figure
watersearch (2026). “On 15 June 2025, JW reported Alexander Park Reservoir poor pressure to no water”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/alexander-park-reservoir#fig-chain
The data as a table
| Part | What it is | Feeds | How we know | On 15 June 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmiet Pump Station (Rand Water) | Rand Water station | Alexander Park Reservoir | stated by JW | No JW status for it |
| Central system | System | JW's system page | 3 of 16 supplies short of water; 5 with no report | |
| Alexander Park Reservoir | Reservoir | JW's page or notice | poor pressure to no water |
Alexander Park Reservoir over time
In 2026 so far, JW reported Alexander Park Reservoir short of water on 9 days
What JW reported each day, 3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, one row a month; the number at the right is the month's days short of water. Based on 281 days with a JW report. A day counts as short of water when JW's worst report for it that day was “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low”. Gaps: Alexander Park Reservoir: no report from 25 July 2025 to 31 January 2026.
- water as normal
- supplying fairly
- JW warned
- low, or weak in places
- short of water
- critically low
- shut for the night
- not on the scale
- no JW report
- still filling in
JW's reported status of the reservoir or tower, not measured water at taps. Boards from March 2025.
Source: Johannesburg Water's System Update boards and notices, read by us. How this record is made.
Cite this figure
watersearch (2026). “In 2026 so far, JW reported Alexander Park Reservoir short of water on 9 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/alexander-park-reservoir#fig-year
The data as a table
| Month | Days reported | Days in record | Adequate or fair | Poor pressure in places, or low | Warning: no water may occur | Poor pressure to no water | Critically low | Overnight closure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 13 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| March 2026 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| April 2026 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| June 2026 | 29 | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
From April to September 2026 (six months), JW reported Alexander Park Reservoir short of water on 5 of 159 reported days
Days per month short of water, stacked: critically low at the base. The tick is the median supply in the city that month. The strip under each bar is the share of days with a JW report; a month with none says gap. 3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026.
In 2026 so far: 9 days short of water for Alexander Park Reservoir, from 185 days with a report. The median supply in the city: 4 days.
JW's reported status of the reservoir or tower, not measured water at taps. Boards from March 2025.
Source: Johannesburg Water's System Update boards and notices, read by us. How this record is made.
Cite this figure
watersearch (2026). “From April to September 2026 (six months), JW reported Alexander Park Reservoir short of water on 5 of 159 reported days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/alexander-park-reservoir#fig-days
The data as a table
| Month | Days short of water | Days reported | Days in record | City median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 3 | 24 | 31 | 0 |
| August 2025 | gap | 0 | 31 | |
| September 2025 | gap | 0 | 30 | |
| October 2025 | gap | 0 | 31 | |
| November 2025 | gap | 0 | 30 | |
| December 2025 | gap | 0 | 31 | |
| January 2026 | gap | 0 | 31 | |
| February 2026 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 | 29 | 30 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 | 29 | 30 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 22 | 31 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 0 |
On Alexander Park Reservoir, half of its last 10 outages lasted at least 21 hours
This is not a forecast. It is how long past outages lasted. Each dot is one past outage, placed by its length: the last 10 outages on Alexander Park Reservoir. A hollow dot with an arrow had no reported end: JW's reports stopped before it ended, or it was still going at JW's last report. Either way it lasted at least that long (2 of 10).
JW's reported status of the reservoir or tower, not measured water at taps. Boards from March 2025.
Source: Johannesburg Water's System Update boards and notices, read by us. How this record is made.
Cite this figure
watersearch (2026). “On Alexander Park Reservoir, half of its last 10 outages lasted at least 21 hours”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/alexander-park-reservoir#fig-base-rate
The data as a table
| Started | Length | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2026 | 16 hours | 22 July 2026 |
| 20 July 2026 | 18 hours | 21 July 2026 |
| 17 July 2026 | 2.5 days | 20 July 2026 |
| 7 February 2026 | at least 2 days | no reported end |
| 3 February 2026 | at least 24 hours | no reported end |
| 2 February 2026 | 17 hours | 3 February 2026 |
| 1 February 2026 | 16 hours | 2 February 2026 |
| 16 July 2025 | 3 days | 19 July 2025 |
| 15 June 2025 | 11 hours | 16 June 2025 |
| 7 June 2025 | 3.2 days | 10 June 2025 |
JW's notices gave 9 end times for Alexander Park Reservoir. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 9 that have passed
The water came back after the stated time 6 times; half of those times it was back within 6 days of it. For 3 of the 9, JW's boards have not shown the water back since. Each row is one end time a JW notice stated for one supply, in date order (hollow dot), against the first board on which JW reported the supply supplying fairly or better and off bypass (filled dot). This asks more than the end of an outage, which comes at JW's first report better than “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low”. An arrow: no such board yet. From 10 notices.
JW's reported status of the reservoir or tower, not measured water at taps. Boards from March 2025.
Source: Johannesburg Water's System Update boards and notices, read by us. How this record is made.
Cite this figure
watersearch (2026). “JW's notices gave 9 end times for Alexander Park Reservoir. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 9 that have passed”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/alexander-park-reservoir#fig-stated
The data as a table
| Notice | Supply | Reason JW gave | Stated end | First board showing recovery | Against the stated time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2025 | Alexander Park Reservoir | Replacement of a valve along the 225mm diameter pipeline | 27 March 2025 18:00 | 1 April 2025 13:15 | 4 days 19 hours after the stated time |
| 15 April 2025 | Alexander Park Reservoir | Conducting a detailed assessment of a suspected leak within the Berea Reservoir; Replace 375mm diameter pipeline | 15 April 2025 18:00 | 25 April 2025 13:45 | 9 days 19 hours after the stated time |
| 15 April 2025 | Alexander Park Reservoir | Conducting a detailed assessment of a suspected leak within the Berea Reservoir | 17 April 2025 18:00 | 25 April 2025 13:45 | 7 days 19 hours after the stated time |
| 15 April 2025 | Alexander Park Reservoir | Conducting a detailed assessment of a suspected leak within the Berea Reservoir | 22 April 2025 18:00 | 25 April 2025 13:45 | 2 days 19 hours after the stated time |
| 8 August 2025 | Alexander Park Reservoir | Repair of 950mm Steel Pipe | 8 August 2025 00:00 | 1 February 2026 11:25 | 177 days 11 hours after the stated time |
| 21 May 2026 | Alexander Park Reservoir | Johannesburg Water will be conducting a dummy run for a period of four (4) days prior to commencing with structural repairs inside the reservoir. | 24 May 2026 17:00 | 24 May 2026 19:55 | 2 hours 55 minutes after the stated time |
| 25 June 2026 | Alexander Park Reservoir | Repair of 450mm Steel Pipe | 25 June 2026 18:00 | not yet reported recovered | |
| 1 July 2026 | Alexander Park Reservoir | Repair a major burst pipe on the 450mm bulk line. | 2 July 2026 06:00 | not yet reported recovered | |
| 1 July 2026 | Alexander Park Reservoir | Repair on Major burst pipes on 450 mm & 600 mm Steel pipes. | 3 July 2026 02:00 | not yet reported recovered |
In words
2026 so far: JW reported it at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low” on 9 days. JW published a report for it on 185 of the 272 days in the record; the other 87 days have no report, and we do not count them as normal. The median supply in the city had 4 such days.
2025: JW reported it at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low” on 15 days. JW published a report for it on 96 of the 304 days in the record; the other 208 days have no report, and we do not count them as normal. The median supply in the city had 1 such day.
The last 10 outages JW reported on this supply lasted a median of at least 21 hours; the longest at least 3.2 days. 2 of them had no reported end (still open, or JW's reports stopped), so they count at the length so far. This is a record of the past, not a forecast.
JW's boards first named Alexander Park Reservoir on 3 March 2025 and last on 29 September 2026: 489 statuses on 489 boards, over 281 days. 112 of those statuses announced a scheduled overnight closure, which we count apart, never as an outage.
Month by month
Days JW reported Alexander Park Reservoir at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low”, out of the days it reported it at all. A month with few reported days says little.
| Month | Days short of water | Days with a report | Same month a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | 2 | 18 | |
| April 2025 | 1 | 13 | |
| May 2025 | 2 | 13 | |
| June 2025 | 7 | 28 | |
| July 2025 | 3 | 24 | |
| August 2025 | No JW report this month | ||
| September 2025 | No JW report this month | ||
| October 2025 | No JW report this month | ||
| November 2025 | No JW report this month | ||
| December 2025 | No JW report this month | ||
| January 2026 | No JW report this month | ||
| February 2026 | 4 | 6 | |
| March 2026 | 0 | 20 | 2 of 18 days |
| April 2026 | 0 | 29 | Too few reports to compare |
| May 2026 | 0 | 30 | Too few reports to compare |
| June 2026 | 0 | 29 | 7 of 28 days |
| July 2026 | 5 | 29 | 3 of 24 days |
| August 2026 | 0 | 22 | Too few reports to compare |
| September 2026 | 0 | 20 | Too few reports to compare |
Recent JW reports
The last 20 statuses JW printed for Alexander Park Reservoir, newest first.
JW reported a warning that poor pressure to no water may occur on 29 September 2026 at 20:30. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure to no water may occur.” JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:40. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 29 September 2026 at 13:10. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:41. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 28 September 2026 at 13:50. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:42. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 25 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 25 September 2026 at 19:15. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 28 September 2026 at 10:32. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 25 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 25 September 2026 at 13:25. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 28 September 2026 at 10:31. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 23 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 23 September 2026 at 18:05. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 25 September 2026 at 10:41. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 23 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 23 September 2026 at 11:25. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 25 September 2026 at 10:40. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 22 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 22 September 2026 at 10:45. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 22 September 2026 at 15:41. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 21 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 21 September 2026 at 19:20. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure in expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 22 September 2026 at 14:09. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 21 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 21 September 2026 at 15:05. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur in certain parts”. JW put it on its website 22 September 2026 at 14:08. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 18 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 18 September 2026 at 18:25. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur in certain parts”. JW put it on its website 21 September 2026 at 09:06. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 18 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 18 September 2026 at 10:50. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 21 September 2026 at 09:04. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 17 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 17 September 2026 at 20:10. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 18 September 2026 at 10:41. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 17 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 17 September 2026 at 10:40. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 18 September 2026 at 10:40. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 16 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 16 September 2026 at 15:15. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur in certain parts”. JW put it on its website 16 September 2026 at 15:56. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 16 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 16 September 2026 at 11:10. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 16 September 2026 at 15:52. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 15 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 15 September 2026 at 17:00. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 16 September 2026 at 10:17. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 15 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 15 September 2026 at 11:15. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur in certain parts”. JW put it on its website 16 September 2026 at 10:11. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 14 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 14 September 2026 at 10:25. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure is expected in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 15 September 2026 at 11:24. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 11 September 2026. JW reported supplying, with poor pressure expected in places on 11 September 2026 at 20:20. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur in certain parts.” JW put it on its website 15 September 2026 at 11:21. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
Past outages
Each row is one outage: a stretch of time JW reported Alexander Park Reservoir at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low”, newest first. An outage has no reported end when JW's reports stopped before it ended, or when it was still going at JW's last report; its length is then a minimum.
| Start | End | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2026, 18:50 | 22 Jul 2026, 10:35 | 16 hours |
| 20 Jul 2026, 21:00 | 21 Jul 2026, 15:02 | 18 hours |
| 17 Jul 2026, 21:15 | 20 Jul 2026, 10:08 | 2.5 days |
| 7 Feb 2026, 08:00 | No reported end | at least 2 days |
| 3 Feb 2026, 18:50 | No reported end | at least 24 hours |
| 2 Feb 2026, 20:10 | 3 Feb 2026, 13:05 | 17 hours |
| 1 Feb 2026, 20:15 | 2 Feb 2026, 12:18 | 16 hours |
| 16 Jul 2025, 10:55 | 19 Jul 2025, 10:50 | 3 days |
| 15 Jun 2025, 22:30 | 16 Jun 2025, 09:30 | 11 hours |
| 7 Jun 2025, 16:45 | 10 Jun 2025, 21:00 | 3.2 days |
| 3 Jun 2025, 13:25 | 6 Jun 2025, 08:40 | 2.8 days |
| 21 May 2025, 10:45 | No reported end | at least 3.8 days (1 of them with no board) |
| 3 Apr 2025, 13:30 | No reported end | at least 36 hours |
| 24 Mar 2025, 13:40 | No reported end | at least 2 days |
What JW's boards cannot tell you
- Whether water reaches your street or your tap.
- Which streets lose water first: JW warns of higher-lying areas but does not name the streets.
- Why a supply ran low, unless a JW notice gives a reason.
- Pipe bursts, tankers and valve work, which are not on the boards.
Source: JW's System Update boards and notices, read by us. The full list, and how this record is made.