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Doornkop Reservoir

A reservoir in Johannesburg Water's Soweto system. What Johannesburg Water (JW) reported about it, from March 2025.

Latest JW report

JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 20:15. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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
20,000 kilolitres
Demand
17,985 kilolitres a day
Storage
27 hours
JW's page
Doornkop Reservoir ↗

Suburbs it supplies

JW links 10 suburbs to Doornkop Reservoir. Most also draw on other supplies.

Dobsonville, Dobsonville Gardens, Doornkop, Leratong Village, Lufhereng, Protea City, Protea Glen, Slovoville, Thulani, Tshepisong.

Up the supply chain

On 15 March 2026, JW reported Doornkop Reservoir critically low

Where the water comes from, top to bottom, and what JW reported for each part on 15 March 2026. A suburb draws on every supply listed at once; JW does not say which street each one reaches.

Showing 15 March 2026. Other days: 3 September 2026, 21 July 2026, 17 July 2026, 1 June 2026, 15 March 2026, 11 March 2026, or the last day.

Bulk supply

Eikenhof Pump Station (Rand Water)

JW's boards carry no status for Rand Water's stations.

Feeds the Soweto system: stated by JW source ↗

System

Soweto system

JW reported 1 of 19 supplies in it short of water; 8 had no report.

Fed from Eikenhof Pump Station (Rand Water): stated by JW source ↗

Supply

Doornkop Reservoir

JW reported critically low.

As printed: “16:50 Critically low.”

In the Soweto system: listed on a JW page 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 March 2026, JW reported Doornkop Reservoir critically low”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/doornkop-reservoir#fig-chain

The data as a table
PartWhat it isFeedsHow we knowOn 15 March 2026
Eikenhof Pump Station (Rand Water)Rand Water stationthe Soweto systemstated by JWNo JW status for it
Soweto systemSystemJW's system page1 of 19 supplies short of water; 8 with no report
Doornkop ReservoirReservoirJW's page or noticecritically low

Doornkop Reservoir over time

In 2026 so far, JW reported Doornkop Reservoir short of water on 10 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 285 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: Doornkop Reservoir: no report from 25 July 2025 to 31 January 2026.

2025
Mar3 Mar: supplying adequately4 Mar: no report5 Mar: supplying adequately6 Mar: supplying adequately7 Mar: supplying adequately8 Mar: supplying adequately9 Mar: supplying adequately10 Mar: no report11 Mar: supplying fairly12 Mar: critically low13 Mar: supplying fairly14 Mar: supplying adequately15 Mar: no report16 Mar: no report17 Mar: supplying adequately18 Mar: supplying adequately19 Mar: supplying adequately20 Mar: supplying adequately21 Mar: no report22 Mar: no report23 Mar: no report24 Mar: supplying adequately25 Mar: supplying adequately26 Mar: supplying adequately27 Mar: supplying adequately28 Mar: no report29 Mar: no report30 Mar: no report31 Mar: no report1
Apr1 Apr: supplying adequately2 Apr: supplying adequately3 Apr: supplying adequately4 Apr: no report5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 Apr: supplying adequately8 Apr: no report9 Apr: supplying adequately10 Apr: supplying adequately11 Apr: supplying adequately12 Apr: no report13 Apr: no report14 Apr: no report15 Apr: no report16 Apr: no report17 Apr: supplying adequately18 Apr: supplying adequately19 Apr: no report20 Apr: no report21 Apr: no report22 Apr: supplying adequately23 Apr: no report24 Apr: no report25 Apr: supplying adequately26 Apr: no report27 Apr: no report28 Apr: supplying adequately29 Apr: supplying adequately30 Apr: no report0
May1 May: supplying adequately2 May: supplying adequately3 May: supplying adequately4 May: no report5 May: supplying adequately6 May: supplying adequately7 May: no report8 May: no report9 May: supplying adequately10 May: supplying adequately11 May: supplying adequately12 May: supplying adequately13 May: no report14 May: no report15 May: supplying adequately16 May: no report17 May: no report18 May: no report19 May: no report20 May: no report21 May: no report22 May: no report23 May: supplying adequately24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: supplying adequately27 May: no report28 May: no report29 May: supplying adequately30 May: no report31 May: no report0
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: no report3 Jun: poor pressure to no water4 Jun: supplying fairly5 Jun: supplying fairly6 Jun: supplying fairly7 Jun: supplying fairly8 Jun: supplying fairly9 Jun: supplying fairly10 Jun: supplying fairly11 Jun: supplying fairly12 Jun: supplying fairly13 Jun: supplying fairly14 Jun: supplying fairly15 Jun: supplying fairly16 Jun: supplying fairly17 Jun: supplying fairly18 Jun: supplying adequately19 Jun: supplying adequately20 Jun: supplying fairly21 Jun: supplying fairly22 Jun: supplying fairly23 Jun: supplying fairly24 Jun: supplying fairly25 Jun: supplying fairly26 Jun: supplying fairly27 Jun: supplying fairly28 Jun: supplying adequately29 Jun: supplying adequately30 Jun: supplying fairly1
Jul1 Jul: supplying fairly2 Jul: supplying adequately3 Jul: supplying adequately4 Jul: supplying adequately5 Jul: supplying adequately6 Jul: supplying adequately7 Jul: supplying adequately8 Jul: supplying adequately9 Jul: supplying adequately10 Jul: supplying adequately11 Jul: poor pressure to no water12 Jul: supplying fairly13 Jul: supplying fairly14 Jul: supplying fairly15 Jul: supplying fairly16 Jul: supplying fairly17 Jul: supplying fairly18 Jul: supplying fairly19 Jul: supplying fairly20 Jul: supplying fairly21 Jul: supplying fairly22 Jul: overnight closure23 Jul: supplying fairly24 Jul: supplying fairly25 Jul: no report26 Jul: no report27 Jul: no report28 Jul: no report29 Jul: no report30 Jul: no report31 Jul: no report1
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb1 Feb: supplying fairly2 Feb: poor pressure in places3 Feb: warning: no water may occur4 Feb: critically low5 Feb: no report6 Feb: no report7 Feb: critically low8 Feb: poor pressure in places9 Feb: critically low10 Feb: no report11 Feb: no report12 Feb: no report13 Feb: no report14 Feb: no report15 Feb: no report16 Feb: no report17 Feb: no report18 Feb: no report19 Feb: no report20 Feb: no report21 Feb: no report22 Feb: no report23 Feb: no report24 Feb: no report25 Feb: no report26 Feb: no report27 Feb: no report28 Feb: no report3
Mar1 Mar: no report2 Mar: no report3 Mar: no report4 Mar: no report5 Mar: no report6 Mar: no report7 Mar: no report8 Mar: no report9 Mar: no report10 Mar: no report11 Mar: critically low12 Mar: no report13 Mar: supplying fairly14 Mar: supplying fairly15 Mar: critically low16 Mar: low17 Mar: supplying fairly18 Mar: overnight closure19 Mar: supplying fairly20 Mar: supplying fairly21 Mar: supplying fairly22 Mar: supplying fairly23 Mar: supplying fairly24 Mar: supplying fairly25 Mar: overnight closure26 Mar: supplying fairly27 Mar: supplying fairly28 Mar: supplying fairly29 Mar: supplying fairly30 Mar: supplying fairly31 Mar: supplying fairly2
Apr1 Apr: supplying fairly2 Apr: supplying fairly3 Apr: supplying fairly4 Apr: supplying fairly5 Apr: supplying fairly6 Apr: supplying fairly7 Apr: supplying fairly8 Apr: supplying fairly9 Apr: supplying fairly10 Apr: supplying fairly11 Apr: supplying fairly12 Apr: supplying fairly13 Apr: supplying fairly14 Apr: supplying fairly15 Apr: supplying fairly16 Apr: supplying fairly17 Apr: supplying fairly18 Apr: supplying fairly19 Apr: supplying fairly20 Apr: supplying fairly21 Apr: supplying fairly22 Apr: overnight closure23 Apr: supplying fairly24 Apr: supplying fairly25 Apr: supplying adequately26 Apr: supplying adequately27 Apr: supplying fairly28 Apr: supplying fairly29 Apr: supplying fairly30 Apr: supplying adequately0
May1 May: supplying fairly2 May: supplying fairly3 May: supplying fairly4 May: poor pressure in places5 May: poor pressure in places6 May: overnight closure7 May: supplying fairly8 May: supplying fairly9 May: supplying fairly10 May: supplying fairly11 May: supplying fairly12 May: overnight closure13 May: supplying fairly14 May: supplying fairly15 May: supplying fairly16 May: supplying fairly17 May: supplying fairly18 May: low19 May: low20 May: low21 May: supplying fairly22 May: supplying fairly23 May: supplying fairly24 May: supplying fairly25 May: supplying fairly26 May: supplying fairly27 May: supplying fairly28 May: supplying fairly29 May: supplying adequately30 May: poor pressure in places31 May: supplying fairly0
Jun1 Jun: poor pressure to no water2 Jun: low3 Jun: low4 Jun: supplying fairly5 Jun: supplying fairly6 Jun: supplying fairly7 Jun: supplying fairly8 Jun: warning: no water may occur9 Jun: warning: no water may occur10 Jun: low11 Jun: supplying fairly12 Jun: supplying fairly13 Jun: supplying fairly14 Jun: supplying fairly15 Jun: supplying fairly16 Jun: supplying fairly17 Jun: supplying fairly18 Jun: supplying fairly19 Jun: supplying fairly20 Jun: supplying fairly21 Jun: supplying fairly22 Jun: supplying fairly23 Jun: supplying fairly24 Jun: supplying fairly25 Jun: supplying fairly26 Jun: supplying fairly27 Jun: supplying fairly28 Jun: supplying fairly29 Jun: supplying fairly30 Jun: supplying fairly1
Jul1 Jul: overnight closure2 Jul: supplying fairly3 Jul: supplying fairly4 Jul: supplying fairly5 Jul: supplying fairly6 Jul: supplying fairly7 Jul: supplying fairly8 Jul: supplying fairly9 Jul: low10 Jul: low11 Jul: low12 Jul: low13 Jul: low14 Jul: low15 Jul: supplying fairly16 Jul: supplying fairly17 Jul: critically low18 Jul: critically low19 Jul: low20 Jul: poor pressure in places21 Jul: poor pressure to no water22 Jul: supplying fairly23 Jul: supplying fairly24 Jul: supplying fairly25 Jul: supplying fairly26 Jul: supplying fairly27 Jul: supplying fairly28 Jul: supplying fairly29 Jul: supplying fairly30 Jul: supplying fairly31 Jul: supplying fairly3
Aug1 Aug: no report2 Aug: no report3 Aug: supplying fairly4 Aug: supplying fairly5 Aug: supplying fairly6 Aug: supplying fairly7 Aug: supplying fairly8 Aug: supplying fairly9 Aug: no report10 Aug: no report11 Aug: supplying fairly12 Aug: supplying fairly13 Aug: overnight closure14 Aug: supplying fairly15 Aug: no report16 Aug: no report17 Aug: supplying fairly18 Aug: supplying fairly19 Aug: overnight closure20 Aug: supplying fairly21 Aug: supplying fairly22 Aug: no report23 Aug: no report24 Aug: supplying fairly25 Aug: supplying fairly26 Aug: supplying fairly27 Aug: supplying fairly28 Aug: no report29 Aug: no report30 Aug: no report31 Aug: supplying fairly0
Sep1 Sep: supplying fairly2 Sep: supplying fairly3 Sep: poor pressure to no water4 Sep: supplying fairly5 Sep: no report6 Sep: no report7 Sep: supplying fairly8 Sep: supplying fairly9 Sep: supplying fairly10 Sep: supplying fairly11 Sep: supplying fairly12 Sep: no report13 Sep: no report14 Sep: supplying fairly15 Sep: supplying fairly16 Sep: supplying fairly17 Sep: supplying fairly18 Sep: supplying fairly19 Sep: no report20 Sep: no report21 Sep: supplying fairly22 Sep: supplying fairly23 Sep: supplying fairly24 Sep: no report25 Sep: supplying fairly26 Sep: no report27 Sep: no report28 Sep: supplying fairly29 Sep: supplying fairly1
  • 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 Doornkop Reservoir short of water on 10 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/doornkop-reservoir#fig-year

The data as a table
MonthDays reportedDays in recordAdequate or fairPoor pressure in places, or lowWarning: no water may occurPoor pressure to no waterCritically lowOvernight closure
March 202518291700010
April 202513301300000
May 202513311300000
June 202528302700100
July 202524312200101
August 2025031000000
September 2025030000000
October 2025031000000
November 2025030000000
December 2025031000000
January 2026031000000
February 2026728121030
March 202620311510022
April 202630302900001
May 202631312360002
June 202630302432100
July 202631311980121
August 202620311800002
September 202620291900100

From April to September 2026 (six months), JW reported Doornkop Reservoir short of water on 5 of 162 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: 10 days short of water for Doornkop Reservoir, from 189 days with a report. The median supply in the city: 4 days.

102030Mar 2025: 1 day short of water, 1 critically low; reported 18 of 29 days2025MApr 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 13 of 30 daysAMay 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 13 of 31 daysMJun 2025: 1 day short of water, 0 critically low; reported 28 of 30 daysJJul 2025: 1 day short of water, 0 critically low; reported 24 of 31 daysJAug 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 0 of 31 daysgapASep 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 0 of 30 daysgapSOct 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 0 of 31 daysgapONov 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 0 of 30 daysgapNDec 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 0 of 31 daysgapDJan 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 0 of 31 daysgap2026JFeb 2026: 3 days short of water, 3 critically low; reported 7 of 28 daysFMar 2026: 2 days short of water, 2 critically low; reported 20 of 31 daysMApr 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 30 of 30 daysAMay 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 31 of 31 daysMJun 2026: 1 day short of water, 0 critically low; reported 30 of 30 daysJJul 2026: 3 days short of water, 2 critically low; reported 31 of 31 daysJAug 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 20 of 31 daysASep 2026: 1 day short of water, 0 critically low; reported 20 of 29 daysScity median 0city median 0city median 0city median 0city median 0city median 0city median 0city median 0city median 0city median 0city median 1city median 0city median 0

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 Doornkop Reservoir short of water on 5 of 162 reported days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/doornkop-reservoir#fig-days

The data as a table
MonthDays short of waterDays reportedDays in recordCity median
March 2025118290
April 2025013300
May 2025013310
June 2025128300
July 2025124310
August 2025gap031
September 2025gap030
October 2025gap031
November 2025gap030
December 2025gap031
January 2026gap031
February 202637280
March 2026220310
April 2026030300
May 2026031310
June 2026130300
July 2026331311
August 2026020310
September 2026120290

On Doornkop Reservoir, half of its last 10 outages lasted at least 23 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 Doornkop 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).

01234daysFrom 3 September 2026: 6 hoursFrom 11 July 2025: 17 hoursFrom 21 July 2026: 21 hoursFrom 15 March 2026: 21 hoursFrom 3 June 2025: 22 hoursFrom 1 June 2026: 24 hoursFrom 17 July 2026: 25 hoursFrom 11 March 2026: at least 36 hours, no reported endFrom 9 February 2026: at least 36 hours, no reported endFrom 4 February 2026: 3.6 dayslongest 3.6 dayshalf at least 23 hoursHalf of its last 10 outages lasted at least 23 hours

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 Doornkop Reservoir, half of its last 10 outages lasted at least 23 hours”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/doornkop-reservoir#fig-base-rate

The data as a table
StartedLengthEnded
3 September 20266 hours3 September 2026
21 July 202621 hours22 July 2026
17 July 202625 hours18 July 2026
1 June 202624 hours2 June 2026
15 March 202621 hours16 March 2026
11 March 2026at least 36 hoursno reported end
9 February 2026at least 36 hoursno reported end
4 February 20263.6 days8 February 2026
11 July 202517 hours12 July 2025
3 June 202522 hours4 June 2025

JW's notices gave 3 end times for Doornkop Reservoir. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 3 that have passed

The water came back after the stated time 3 times; half of those times it was back within 18 hours 45 minutes of it. 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 3 notices.

Jul 2025Jan 2026Jul 2026last board 29 Sep 2026Stated end 12 Mar 2025 18:00; recovered 24 Mar 2025 13:40Stated end 12 Mar 2025: 12 days lateStated end 8 Apr 2025 20:00; recovered 9 Apr 2025 14:45Stated end 8 Apr 2025: 18 hours 45 minutes lateStated end 9 Apr 2025 20:00; recovered 10 Apr 2025 13:45Stated end 9 Apr 2025: 17 hours 45 minutes late

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 3 end times for Doornkop Reservoir. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 3 that have passed”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/doornkop-reservoir#fig-stated

The data as a table
NoticeSupplyReason JW gaveStated endFirst board showing recoveryAgainst the stated time
11 March 2025Doornkop ReservoirRepairing and replacing of isolation valve12 March 2025 18:0024 March 2025 13:4011 days 19 hours after the stated time
8 April 2025Doornkop ReservoirJohannesburg Water General maintenance8 April 2025 20:009 April 2025 14:4518 hours 45 minutes after the stated time
8 April 2025Doornkop ReservoirJohannesburg Water General maintenance9 April 2025 20:0010 April 2025 13:4517 hours 45 minutes after the stated time

In words

2026 so far: JW reported it at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low” on 10 days. JW published a report for it on 189 of the 272 days in the record; the other 83 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 3 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 23 hours; the longest at least 3.6 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 Doornkop Reservoir on 3 March 2025 and last on 29 September 2026: 481 statuses on 481 boards, over 285 days. 43 of those statuses announced a scheduled overnight closure, which we count apart, never as an outage.

Month by month

Days JW reported Doornkop 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.

MonthDays short of waterDays with a reportSame month a year earlier
March 2025118
April 2025013
May 2025013
June 2025128
July 2025124
August 2025No JW report this month
September 2025No JW report this month
October 2025No JW report this month
November 2025No JW report this month
December 2025No JW report this month
January 2026No JW report this month
February 202637
March 20262201 of 18 days
April 2026030Too few reports to compare
May 2026031Too few reports to compare
June 20261301 of 28 days
July 20263311 of 24 days
August 2026020Too few reports to compare
September 2026120Too few reports to compare

Recent JW reports

The last 20 statuses JW printed for Doornkop Reservoir, newest first.

JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 20:15. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 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 a scheduled overnight closure on 23 September 2026 at 18:35. The board read “Outlet closed water demand management intervention in progress”. 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 19:00. The board read “Supplying fairly.” 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 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. Overnight closure.” 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. Recovering.” 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. Recovering”. JW put it on its website 15 September 2026 at 10:58. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

Past outages

Each row is one outage: a stretch of time JW reported Doornkop 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.

StartEndLength
3 Sep 2026, 12:453 Sep 2026, 18:356 hours
21 Jul 2026, 13:5422 Jul 2026, 10:2921 hours
17 Jul 2026, 19:4518 Jul 2026, 20:3525 hours
1 Jun 2026, 10:502 Jun 2026, 11:1524 hours
15 Mar 2026, 16:5016 Mar 2026, 14:1521 hours
11 Mar 2026, 20:35No reported endat least 36 hours
9 Feb 2026, 20:49No reported endat least 36 hours
4 Feb 2026, 19:458 Feb 2026, 10:383.6 days (2 of them with no board)
11 Jul 2025, 16:4012 Jul 2025, 10:0017 hours
3 Jun 2025, 14:004 Jun 2025, 12:0022 hours

What JW's boards cannot tell you

Source: JW's System Update boards and notices, read by us. The full list, and how this record is made.