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Hector Norris Pump Station

A pump station in Johannesburg Water's Central system. What Johannesburg Water (JW) reported about it, from March 2025.

Latest JW report

JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 20:30. The board read “Supplying fairly. Normal pumping.” 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.

Suburbs it supplies

JW links 6 suburbs to Hector Norris Pump Station. Most also draw on other supplies.

Doornfontein, Jeppestown, Johannesburg CBD, Marshalltown, Newtown, Selby.

Up the supply chain

On 25 July 2026, JW reported Hector Norris Pump Station poor pressure to no water

Where the water comes from, top to bottom, and what JW reported for each part on 25 July 2026. A suburb draws on every supply listed at once; JW does not say which street each one reaches.

Showing 25 July 2026. Other days: 31 August 2026, 28 July 2026, 25 July 2026, 13 July 2026, 9 July 2026, 24 June 2026, or the last day.

Bulk supply

Zwartkopjes Pump Station (Rand Water)

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

Feeds Hector Norris Pump Station: stated by JW source ↗

System

Central system

JW reported 1 of 16 supplies in it short of water; 2 had no report.

Supply

Hector Norris Pump Station

JW reported poor pressure to no water at 10:30, then supplying, with poor pressure expected in places at 19:45.

As printed: “10:05 Supplying fairly. Intermittent supply may occur”; “10:30 Pumps off, team sent to investigate.”; “18:50 Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur in certain parts” and 1 more

In the Central system: listed on a JW page source ↗ Fed from Zwartkopjes 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 25 July 2026, JW reported Hector Norris Pump Station poor pressure to no water”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/hector-norris-pump-station#fig-chain

The data as a table
PartWhat it isFeedsHow we knowOn 25 July 2026
Zwartkopjes Pump Station (Rand Water)Rand Water stationHector Norris Pump Stationstated by JWNo JW status for it
Central systemSystemJW's system page1 of 16 supplies short of water; 2 with no report
Hector Norris Pump StationPump stationJW's page or noticepoor pressure to no water

Hector Norris Pump Station over time

In 2026 so far, JW reported Hector Norris Pump Station short of water on 42 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: Hector Norris Pump Station: 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 adequately12 Mar: supplying adequately13 Mar: poor pressure in places14 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 report0
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: poor pressure in places6 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: poor pressure to no water22 May: no report23 May: supplying adequately24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: supplying adequately27 May: no report28 May: no report29 May: no report30 May: no report31 May: no report1
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: no report3 Jun: supplying adequately4 Jun: supplying adequately5 Jun: supplying adequately6 Jun: supplying adequately7 Jun: supplying adequately8 Jun: poor pressure to no water9 Jun: poor pressure to no water10 Jun: supplying fairly11 Jun: supplying fairly12 Jun: supplying fairly13 Jun: supplying fairly14 Jun: supplying adequately15 Jun: supplying adequately16 Jun: supplying adequately17 Jun: supplying adequately18 Jun: supplying adequately19 Jun: supplying adequately20 Jun: supplying adequately21 Jun: supplying adequately22 Jun: supplying adequately23 Jun: supplying fairly24 Jun: supplying adequately25 Jun: supplying adequately26 Jun: supplying fairly27 Jun: supplying adequately28 Jun: supplying adequately29 Jun: supplying adequately30 Jun: poor pressure to no water3
Jul1 Jul: poor pressure to no water2 Jul: poor pressure to no water3 Jul: poor pressure to no water4 Jul: poor pressure to no water5 Jul: poor pressure to no water6 Jul: supplying adequately7 Jul: supplying adequately8 Jul: supplying adequately9 Jul: supplying adequately10 Jul: supplying adequately11 Jul: supplying adequately12 Jul: supplying fairly13 Jul: supplying fairly14 Jul: supplying adequately15 Jul: poor pressure in places16 Jul: supplying adequately17 Jul: supplying adequately18 Jul: supplying adequately19 Jul: supplying adequately20 Jul: supplying adequately21 Jul: overnight closure22 Jul: overnight closure23 Jul: supplying adequately24 Jul: supplying fairly25 Jul: no report26 Jul: no report27 Jul: no report28 Jul: no report29 Jul: no report30 Jul: no report31 Jul: no report5
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb1 Feb: supplying fairly2 Feb: supplying fairly3 Feb: supplying fairly4 Feb: supplying fairly5 Feb: no report6 Feb: no report7 Feb: supplying fairly8 Feb: no report9 Feb: supplying fairly10 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 report0
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: supplying fairly12 Mar: no report13 Mar: poor pressure to no water14 Mar: poor pressure to no water15 Mar: supplying fairly16 Mar: supplying fairly17 Mar: supplying fairly18 Mar: supplying fairly19 Mar: supplying fairly20 Mar: supplying fairly21 Mar: poor pressure in places22 Mar: poor pressure in places23 Mar: poor pressure in places24 Mar: poor pressure in places25 Mar: poor pressure in places26 Mar: poor pressure in places27 Mar: poor pressure in places28 Mar: poor pressure in places29 Mar: poor pressure in places30 Mar: poor pressure in places31 Mar: poor pressure in places2
Apr1 Apr: poor pressure in places2 Apr: poor pressure in places3 Apr: poor pressure in places4 Apr: poor pressure in places5 Apr: no report6 Apr: poor pressure in places7 Apr: poor pressure in places8 Apr: poor pressure in places9 Apr: poor pressure in places10 Apr: poor pressure in places11 Apr: poor pressure in places12 Apr: poor pressure in places13 Apr: poor pressure in places14 Apr: poor pressure in places15 Apr: poor pressure in places16 Apr: poor pressure in places17 Apr: poor pressure in places18 Apr: poor pressure in places19 Apr: poor pressure in places20 Apr: poor pressure in places21 Apr: poor pressure in places22 Apr: poor pressure in places23 Apr: poor pressure in places24 Apr: poor pressure in places25 Apr: poor pressure in places26 Apr: poor pressure in places27 Apr: poor pressure in places28 Apr: poor pressure in places29 Apr: poor pressure in places30 Apr: poor pressure in places0
May1 May: poor pressure in places2 May: poor pressure in places3 May: poor pressure in places4 May: poor pressure in places5 May: poor pressure to no water6 May: poor pressure in places7 May: supplying fairly8 May: poor pressure in places9 May: supplying fairly10 May: supplying fairly11 May: poor pressure in places12 May: no report13 May: poor pressure to no water14 May: poor pressure to no water15 May: poor pressure to no water16 May: poor pressure to no water17 May: poor pressure to no water18 May: poor pressure to no water19 May: poor pressure to no water20 May: poor pressure to no water21 May: poor pressure to no water22 May: poor pressure in places23 May: poor pressure to no water24 May: poor pressure to no water25 May: poor pressure to no water26 May: poor pressure to no water27 May: poor pressure to no water28 May: poor pressure to no water29 May: poor pressure to no water30 May: poor pressure to no water31 May: poor pressure to no water19
Jun1 Jun: poor pressure in places2 Jun: poor pressure in places3 Jun: poor pressure to no water4 Jun: poor pressure to no water5 Jun: poor pressure to no water6 Jun: poor pressure to no water7 Jun: poor pressure to no water8 Jun: poor pressure to no water9 Jun: poor pressure to no water10 Jun: poor pressure to no water11 Jun: poor pressure in places12 Jun: warning: no water may occur13 Jun: poor pressure in places14 Jun: poor pressure in places15 Jun: warning: no water may occur16 Jun: warning: no water may occur17 Jun: warning: no water may occur18 Jun: warning: no water may occur19 Jun: warning: no water may occur20 Jun: warning: no water may occur21 Jun: warning: no water may occur22 Jun: warning: no water may occur23 Jun: warning: no water may occur24 Jun: poor pressure to no water25 Jun: poor pressure to no water26 Jun: poor pressure to no water27 Jun: warning: no water may occur28 Jun: warning: no water may occur29 Jun: warning: no water may occur30 Jun: no report11
Jul1 Jul: warning: no water may occur2 Jul: warning: no water may occur3 Jul: supplying fairly4 Jul: no report5 Jul: warning: no water may occur6 Jul: warning: no water may occur7 Jul: warning: no water may occur8 Jul: warning: no water may occur9 Jul: poor pressure to no water10 Jul: supplying fairly11 Jul: supplying fairly12 Jul: supplying fairly13 Jul: poor pressure to no water14 Jul: poor pressure to no water15 Jul: poor pressure in places16 Jul: poor pressure in places17 Jul: warning: no water may occur18 Jul: warning: no water may occur19 Jul: warning: no water may occur20 Jul: poor pressure in places21 Jul: poor pressure in places22 Jul: poor pressure in places23 Jul: poor pressure in places24 Jul: poor pressure in places25 Jul: poor pressure to no water26 Jul: no report27 Jul: poor pressure in places28 Jul: poor pressure to no water29 Jul: poor pressure to no water30 Jul: poor pressure to no water31 Jul: supplying adequately7
Aug1 Aug: no report2 Aug: poor pressure in places3 Aug: supplying fairly4 Aug: supplying fairly5 Aug: poor pressure in places6 Aug: supplying fairly7 Aug: supplying fairly8 Aug: supplying fairly9 Aug: no report10 Aug: no report11 Aug: supplying fairly12 Aug: supplying fairly13 Aug: supplying fairly14 Aug: supplying fairly15 Aug: no report16 Aug: no report17 Aug: supplying fairly18 Aug: supplying fairly19 Aug: supplying fairly20 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: supplying fairly29 Aug: no report30 Aug: no report31 Aug: poor pressure to no water1
Sep1 Sep: poor pressure to no water2 Sep: poor pressure to no water3 Sep: poor pressure in places4 Sep: poor pressure in places5 Sep: no report6 Sep: no report7 Sep: poor pressure in places8 Sep: poor pressure in places9 Sep: poor pressure in places10 Sep: poor pressure in places11 Sep: poor pressure in places12 Sep: no report13 Sep: no report14 Sep: poor pressure in places15 Sep: poor pressure in places16 Sep: poor pressure in places17 Sep: supplying fairly18 Sep: supplying fairly19 Sep: no report20 Sep: no report21 Sep: warning: no water may occur22 Sep: supplying fairly23 Sep: supplying fairly24 Sep: no report25 Sep: supplying fairly26 Sep: no report27 Sep: no report28 Sep: supplying fairly29 Sep: supplying fairly2
  • 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 Hector Norris Pump Station short of water on 42 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/hector-norris-pump-station#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 202518291710000
April 202513301300000
May 202513311110100
June 202528302500300
July 202524311610502
August 2025031000000
September 2025030000000
October 2025031000000
November 2025030000000
December 2025031000000
January 2026031000000
February 2026628600000
March 202620317110200
April 202629300290000
May 202630313801900
June 2026293005131100
July 20262931589700
August 202622311920100
September 202620297101200

From April to September 2026 (six months), JW reported Hector Norris Pump Station short of water on 40 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: 42 days short of water for Hector Norris Pump Station, from 185 days with a report. The median supply in the city: 4 days.

102030Mar 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 18 of 29 days2025MApr 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 13 of 30 daysAMay 2025: 1 day short of water, 0 critically low; reported 13 of 31 daysMJun 2025: 3 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 28 of 30 daysJJul 2025: 5 days 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: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 6 of 28 daysFMar 2026: 2 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 20 of 31 daysMApr 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 29 of 30 daysAMay 2026: 19 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 30 of 31 daysMJun 2026: 11 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 29 of 30 daysJJul 2026: 7 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 29 of 31 daysJAug 2026: 1 day short of water, 0 critically low; reported 22 of 31 daysASep 2026: 2 days 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 Hector Norris Pump Station short of water on 40 of 159 reported days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/hector-norris-pump-station#fig-days

The data as a table
MonthDays short of waterDays reportedDays in recordCity median
March 2025018290
April 2025013300
May 2025113310
June 2025328300
July 2025524310
August 2025gap031
September 2025gap030
October 2025gap031
November 2025gap030
December 2025gap031
January 2026gap031
February 202606280
March 2026220310
April 2026029300
May 20261930310
June 20261129300
July 2026729311
August 2026122310
September 2026220290

On Hector Norris Pump Station, half of its last 10 outages were over within 26 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 Hector Norris Pump Station. 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 10).

0123456daysFrom 24 June 2026: 6 hoursFrom 4 June 2026: 8 hoursFrom 25 July 2026: 8 hoursFrom 26 June 2026: 24 hoursFrom 9 July 2026: 24 hoursFrom 25 June 2026: 28 hoursFrom 13 July 2026: 32 hoursFrom 28 July 2026: 2.7 daysFrom 31 August 2026: 2.8 daysFrom 5 June 2026: 5.3 dayslongest 5.3 dayshalf within 26 hoursHalf of its last 10 outages were over within 26 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 Hector Norris Pump Station, half of its last 10 outages were over within 26 hours”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/hector-norris-pump-station#fig-base-rate

The data as a table
StartedLengthEnded
31 August 20262.8 days3 September 2026
28 July 20262.7 days31 July 2026
25 July 20268 hours25 July 2026
13 July 202632 hours14 July 2026
9 July 202624 hours10 July 2026
26 June 202624 hours27 June 2026
25 June 202628 hours26 June 2026
24 June 20266 hours24 June 2026
5 June 20265.3 days10 June 2026
4 June 20268 hours4 June 2026

JW's notices gave 16 end times for Hector Norris Pump Station. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 16 that have passed

The water came back after the stated time 16 times; half of those times it was back within 8 days 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 21 notices.

Jul 2025Jan 2026Jul 2026last board 29 Sep 2026Stated end 13 Mar 2025 16:00; recovered 24 Mar 2025 13:40Stated end 13 Mar 2025: 11 days lateStated end 25 Mar 2025 12:00; recovered 25 Mar 2025 14:15Stated end 25 Mar 2025: 2 hours 15 minutes lateStated end 16 Apr 2025 22:00; recovered 25 Apr 2025 13:45Stated end 16 Apr 2025: 9 days lateStated end 25 Apr 2025 12:00; recovered 25 Apr 2025 13:45Stated end 25 Apr 2025 12:00: 1 hour 45 minutes lateStated end 25 Apr 2025 18:00; recovered 28 Apr 2025 14:00Stated end 25 Apr 2025 18:00: 3 days lateStated end 8 Jun 2025 18:00; recovered 9 Jun 2025 21:30Stated end 8 Jun 2025: 1 day 3 hours lateStated end 2 Jul 2025 06:00; recovered 5 Jul 2025 15:10Stated end 2 Jul 2025: 3 days lateStated end 8 Aug 2025 00:00; recovered 1 Feb 2026 11:25Stated end 8 Aug 2025: 177 days lateStated end 19 Aug 2025 17:00; recovered 1 Feb 2026 11:25Stated end 19 Aug 2025: 166 days lateStated end 22 Aug 2025 16:00; recovered 1 Feb 2026 11:25Stated end 22 Aug 2025: 163 days lateStated end 30 Nov 2025 20:00; recovered 1 Feb 2026 11:25Stated end 30 Nov 2025: 63 days lateStated end 8 Apr 2026 16:00; recovered 7 May 2026 18:27Stated end 8 Apr 2026: 29 days lateStated end 24 May 2026 17:00; recovered 3 Jul 2026 10:10Stated end 24 May 2026: 40 days lateStated end 25 Jun 2026 18:00; recovered 3 Jul 2026 10:10Stated end 25 Jun 2026: 8 days lateStated end 2 Jul 2026 06:00; recovered 3 Jul 2026 10:10Stated end 2 Jul 2026: 1 day 4 hours lateStated end 3 Jul 2026 02:00; recovered 3 Jul 2026 10:10Stated end 3 Jul 2026: 8 hours 10 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 16 end times for Hector Norris Pump Station. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 16 that have passed”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/hector-norris-pump-station#fig-stated

The data as a table
NoticeSupplyReason JW gaveStated endFirst board showing recoveryAgainst the stated time
13 March 2025Hector Norris Pump StationInstallation of a new electrical meter13 March 2025 16:0024 March 2025 13:4010 days 21 hours after the stated time
23 April 2025Hector Norris Pump StationInstallation of a new valves25 March 2025 12:0025 March 2025 14:152 hours 15 minutes after the stated time
16 April 2025Hector Norris Pump StationDummy run for proposed16 April 2025 22:0025 April 2025 13:458 days 15 hours after the stated time
23 April 2025Hector Norris Pump StationInstallation of a new valves25 April 2025 12:0025 April 2025 13:451 hour 45 minutes after the stated time
23 April 2025Hector Norris Pump StationInstallation of a new valves25 April 2025 18:0028 April 2025 14:002 days 20 hours after the stated time
8 June 2025Hector Norris Pump StationRepairs to air valve along the G15 bulk line from Forest Hill Reservoir towards Hector Norris Pumpstation8 June 2025 18:009 June 2025 21:301 day 3 hours after the stated time
30 June 2025Hector Norris Pump StationInstallation of piping at pumpstation and repairing of leaks at bypass chamber2 July 2025 06:005 July 2025 15:103 days 9 hours after the stated time
8 August 2025Hector Norris Pump StationRepair of 950mm Steel Pipe8 August 2025 00:001 February 2026 11:25177 days 11 hours after the stated time
19 August 2025Hector Norris Pump StationConnecting the 110mm new pipeline extension to the existing 110mm19 August 2025 17:001 February 2026 11:25165 days 18 hours after the stated time
22 August 2025Hector Norris Pump StationRepairs on Pump sets22 August 2025 16:001 February 2026 11:25162 days 19 hours after the stated time
28 November 2025Hector Norris Pump StationInstallation of valves at the bypass chamber and pumpstation, including tie in30 November 2025 20:001 February 2026 11:2562 days 15 hours after the stated time
8 April 2026Hector Norris Pump StationTesting and commissioning pump set 2.; Testing and Commissioning pump set 28 April 2026 16:007 May 2026 18:2729 days 2 hours after the stated time
21 May 2026Hector Norris Pump StationJohannesburg 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 17:003 July 2026 10:1039 days 17 hours after the stated time
25 June 2026Hector Norris Pump StationRepair of 450mm Steel Pipe25 June 2026 18:003 July 2026 10:107 days 16 hours after the stated time
1 July 2026Hector Norris Pump StationRepair a major burst pipe on the 450mm bulk line.2 July 2026 06:003 July 2026 10:101 day 4 hours after the stated time
1 July 2026Hector Norris Pump StationRepair on Major burst pipes on 450 mm & 600 mm Steel pipes.3 July 2026 02:003 July 2026 10:108 hours 10 minutes after the stated time

In words

2026 so far: JW reported it at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low” on 42 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 9 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 26 hours; the longest 5.3 days. This is a record of the past, not a forecast.

JW's boards first named Hector Norris Pump Station on 3 March 2025 and last on 29 September 2026: 489 statuses on 489 boards, over 281 days. 37 of those statuses announced a scheduled overnight closure, which we count apart, never as an outage.

Month by month

Days JW reported Hector Norris Pump Station 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 2025018
April 2025013
May 2025113
June 2025328
July 2025524
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 202606
March 20262200 of 18 days
April 2026029Too few reports to compare
May 20261930Too few reports to compare
June 202611293 of 28 days
July 20267295 of 24 days
August 2026122Too few reports to compare
September 2026220Too few reports to compare

Recent JW reports

The last 20 statuses JW printed for Hector Norris Pump Station, newest first.

JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 20:30. The board read “Supplying fairly. Normal pumping.” 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 13:10. The board read “Supplying fairly. Normal Pumping .” 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 13:50. The board read “Supplying fairly. Normal pumping.” 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 19:15. The board read “Supplying fairly. Normal pumping.” 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 13:25. The board read “Supplying fairly. Normal pumping.” 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 18:05. The board read “Supplying fairly. Normal pumping.” 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 fairly on 23 September 2026 at 11:25. The board read “Supplying fairly. Normal pumping.” 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 10:45. The board read “Supplying fairly. No pumping.” 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 a warning that poor pressure to no water may occur on 21 September 2026 at 19:20. The board read “Supplying fairly. Poor pressure to no water may occur 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 fairly on 21 September 2026 at 15:05. The board read “Supplying fairly. Normal Pumping”. 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 18:25. 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 10:50. The board read “Supplying fairly. Pumping”. 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 20:10. 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 10:40. The board read “Supplying fairly. Pumping resumed.” 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 may occur 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 may occur 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 may occur 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 Hector Norris Pump Station 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
31 Aug 2026, 18:253 Sep 2026, 12:452.8 days
28 Jul 2026, 19:2531 Jul 2026, 12:592.7 days
25 Jul 2026, 10:3025 Jul 2026, 18:508 hours
13 Jul 2026, 11:1514 Jul 2026, 19:4032 hours
9 Jul 2026, 11:5510 Jul 2026, 12:0924 hours
26 Jun 2026, 20:0927 Jun 2026, 19:4524 hours
25 Jun 2026, 10:0326 Jun 2026, 13:5028 hours
24 Jun 2026, 12:5524 Jun 2026, 19:206 hours
5 Jun 2026, 12:5510 Jun 2026, 19:305.3 days
4 Jun 2026, 12:404 Jun 2026, 20:358 hours
3 Jun 2026, 15:203 Jun 2026, 21:006 hours
23 May 2026, 09:201 Jun 2026, 10:409.1 days
15 May 2026, 15:5522 May 2026, 10:456.8 days
14 May 2026, 14:5014 May 2026, 20:055 hours
13 May 2026, 12:1013 May 2026, 19:307 hours
5 May 2026, 20:276 May 2026, 19:0323 hours
13 Mar 2026, 21:2015 Mar 2026, 15:5042 hours
30 Jun 2025, 09:455 Jul 2025, 15:105.2 days
8 Jun 2025, 08:459 Jun 2025, 21:3037 hours
21 May 2025, 10:45No reported endat least 36 hours

What JW's boards cannot tell you

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