Dobsonville Direct Feed
A direct feed. What Johannesburg Water (JW) reported about it, from March 2025.
Latest JW report
JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 13:20. The board read “Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:41. 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.
Suburbs it supplies
JW's pages and notices link no suburb to Dobsonville Direct Feed.
Up the supply chain
On 29 September 2026, JW reported Dobsonville Direct Feed supplying fairly
Where the water comes from, top to bottom, and what JW reported for each part on 29 September 2026. A suburb draws on every supply listed at once; JW does not say which street each one reaches.
Showing 29 September 2026, the last day in the record. Other days: 16 July 2026.
Bulk supply
Dobsonville Direct Feed: no public JW source names its system or the Rand Water station that feeds it
System
No public JW source names the system for these supplies.
Supply
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 29 September 2026, JW reported Dobsonville Direct Feed supplying fairly”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/dobsonville-direct-feed#fig-chain
The data as a table
| Part | What it is | Feeds | How we know | On 29 September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Chain stops | the system | Dobsonville Direct Feed: no public JW source names its system or the Rand Water station that feeds it | No JW status for it |
| Dobsonville Direct Feed | Direct feed | JW's page or notice | supplying fairly |
Dobsonville Direct Feed over time
In 2026 so far, JW reported Dobsonville Direct Feed short of water on 1 day
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 84 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: Dobsonville Direct Feed: no report from 3 March 2025 to 16 June 2026.
- water as normal
- supplying fairly
- JW warned
- low, or weak in places
- short of water
- critically low
- shut for the night
- 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 Dobsonville Direct Feed short of water on 1 day”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/dobsonville-direct-feed#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 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 13 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 20 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 20 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
From April to September 2026 (six months), JW reported Dobsonville Direct Feed short of water on 1 of 84 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: 1 day short of water for Dobsonville Direct Feed, from 84 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 Dobsonville Direct Feed short of water on 1 of 84 reported days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/dobsonville-direct-feed#fig-days
The data as a table
| Month | Days short of water | Days reported | Days in record | City median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | gap | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| April 2025 | gap | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| May 2025 | gap | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| June 2025 | gap | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| July 2025 | gap | 0 | 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 | gap | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| March 2026 | gap | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| April 2026 | gap | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| May 2026 | gap | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 0 |
On Dobsonville Direct Feed, its one outage lasted 17 hours
This is not a forecast. It is how long past outages lasted. Each dot is one past outage, placed by its length: the one outage on Dobsonville Direct Feed. 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 (0 of 1).
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 Dobsonville Direct Feed, its one outage lasted 17 hours”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/dobsonville-direct-feed#fig-base-rate
The data as a table
| Started | Length | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2026 | 17 hours | 17 July 2026 |
In words
2026 so far: JW reported it at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low” on 1 day. JW published a report for it on 84 of the 272 days in the record; the other 188 days have no report, and we do not count them as normal. The median supply in the city had 4 such days.
The one outage JW reported on this supply lasted 17 hours. This is a record of the past, not a forecast.
JW's boards first named Dobsonville Direct Feed on 17 June 2026 and last on 29 September 2026: 136 statuses on 136 boards, over 84 days. 0 of those statuses announced a scheduled overnight closure, which we count apart, never as an outage.
Month by month
Days JW reported Dobsonville Direct Feed 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 | No JW report this month | ||
| April 2025 | No JW report this month | ||
| May 2025 | No JW report this month | ||
| June 2025 | No JW report this month | ||
| July 2025 | No JW report this month | ||
| 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 | No JW report this month | ||
| March 2026 | No JW report this month | Too few reports to compare | |
| April 2026 | No JW report this month | Too few reports to compare | |
| May 2026 | No JW report this month | Too few reports to compare | |
| June 2026 | 0 | 13 | Too few reports to compare |
| July 2026 | 1 | 31 | Too few reports to compare |
| August 2026 | 0 | 20 | Too few reports to compare |
| September 2026 | 0 | 20 | Too few reports to compare |
Recent JW reports
The last 20 statuses JW printed for Dobsonville Direct Feed, newest first.
JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 13:20. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 28 September 2026 at 14:10. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 25 September 2026 at 19:40. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 25 September 2026 at 13:15. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 23 September 2026 at 18:35. The board read “Supplying fairly”. 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 23 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 23 September 2026 at 11:55. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 22 September 2026 at 11:05. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 21 September 2026 at 14:05. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 18 September 2026 at 18:45. The board read “Supplying fairly”. 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 fairly on 18 September 2026 at 09:45. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 17 September 2026 at 15:25. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 17 September 2026 at 09:15. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 16 September 2026 at 15:25. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 16 September 2026 at 09:45. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 15 September 2026 at 16:55. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 15 September 2026 at 10:10. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 14 September 2026 at 10:07. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 fairly on 11 September 2026 at 11:45. The board read “Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 15 September 2026 at 10:58. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 10 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 10 September 2026 at 19:18. The board read “Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 11 September 2026 at 08:47. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
No JW report since 9 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 9 September 2026 at 18:45. The board read “Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 10 September 2026 at 10:14. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗
Past outages
Each row is one outage: a stretch of time JW reported Dobsonville Direct Feed 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2026, 16:00 | 17 Jul 2026, 08:55 | 17 hours |
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.