Honeydew Reservoir
A reservoir in Johannesburg Water's Randburg system. What Johannesburg Water (JW) reported about it, from March 2025.
Latest JW report
JW reported supplying adequately on 29 September 2026 at 20:40. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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
- 28,600 kilolitres
- Demand
- 39,655 kilolitres a day
- Storage
- 17 hours
- JW's page
- Honeydew Reservoir ↗
Suburbs it supplies
JW links 49 suburbs to Honeydew Reservoir. Most also draw on other supplies.
Aanwins AH, Alsef AH, Ambot AH, Ballindean AH, Bellairspark, Boskruin, Boundary Park, Bromhof, Brushwood Haugh AH, Bush Hill Estate AH, Cosmo City, Eagle Canyon, Eagle Canyon Golf Estate, Fairland, Golden Harvest AH, Haylon Hill AH, Honey Park, Honeydew, Honeydew Grove, Honeydew Manor, Honeydew Ridge, Hoogland, Hunters Hill AH, Kelland, Kevin Ridge, Kimbult AH, Kya Sand, Laser Park, Little Falls, Noordhang, North Riding, North Riding AH, North Riding Estates, Northgate, Northwold, Olievenpoort, Olivedale, Randpark Ridge, Randparkrif, Ruimsig AH, Sandpark AH, Sharonlea, Sonnedal AH, Strubensvallei, Sundowner, Tres Jolie, Trevallyn AH, Weltevredenpark, Zandspruit.
Up the supply chain
On 1 April 2026, JW reported Honeydew Reservoir critically low
Where the water comes from, top to bottom, and what JW reported for each part on 1 April 2026. A suburb draws on every supply listed at once; JW does not say which street each one reaches.
Showing 1 April 2026. Other days: 24 August 2026, 19 August 2026, 16 July 2026, 29 June 2026, 10 June 2026, 1 April 2026, or the last day.
Bulk supply
JW's boards carry no status for Rand Water's stations.
Feeds the Randburg system: stated by JW source ↗System
JW reported 1 of 15 supplies in it short of water.
Fed from Eikenhof Pump Station (Rand Water): stated by JW source ↗Supply
JW reported critically low at 14:20, then supplying fairly at 20:00.
As printed: “14:20 Critically low. Poor pressure to no water is expected.”; “20:00 Supplying fairly. Recovering.”
In the Randburg 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 1 April 2026, JW reported Honeydew Reservoir critically low”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/honeydew-reservoir#fig-chain
The data as a table
| Part | What it is | Feeds | How we know | On 1 April 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eikenhof Pump Station (Rand Water) | Rand Water station | the Randburg system | stated by JW | No JW status for it |
| Randburg system | System | JW's system page | 1 of 15 supplies short of water; 0 with no report | |
| Honeydew Reservoir | Reservoir | JW's page or notice | critically low |
Honeydew Reservoir over time
In 2026 so far, JW reported Honeydew 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 286 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: Honeydew 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
- 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 Honeydew Reservoir short of water on 10 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/honeydew-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 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 17 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 14 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 21 | 31 | 21 | 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 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 21 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 30 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
From April to September 2026 (six months), JW reported Honeydew Reservoir short of water on 9 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 Honeydew Reservoir, from 190 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 Honeydew Reservoir short of water on 9 of 162 reported days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/honeydew-reservoir#fig-days
The data as a table
| Month | Days short of water | Days reported | Days in record | City median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 1 | 26 | 30 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 0 | 21 | 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 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 1 | 21 | 31 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 3 | 30 | 31 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 0 |
On Honeydew Reservoir, half of its last 9 outages were over within 20 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 9 outages on Honeydew 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 (0 of 9).
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 Honeydew Reservoir, half of its last 9 outages were over within 20 hours”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/honeydew-reservoir#fig-base-rate
The data as a table
| Started | Length | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2026 | 25 hours | 25 August 2026 |
| 19 August 2026 | 45 hours | 21 August 2026 |
| 17 July 2026 | 39 hours | 19 July 2026 |
| 16 July 2026 | 18 hours | 17 July 2026 |
| 29 June 2026 | 20 hours | 30 June 2026 |
| 10 June 2026 | 20 hours | 11 June 2026 |
| 1 April 2026 | 6 hours | 1 April 2026 |
| 29 March 2026 | 20 hours | 30 March 2026 |
| 17 June 2025 | 14 hours | 18 June 2025 |
JW's notices gave 7 end times for Honeydew Reservoir. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 7 that have passed
The water came back after the stated time 7 times; half of those times it was back within 5 hours 15 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 12 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 7 end times for Honeydew Reservoir. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 7 that have passed”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/honeydew-reservoir#fig-stated
The data as a table
| Notice | Supply | Reason JW gave | Stated end | First board showing recovery | Against the stated time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2025 | Honeydew Reservoir | Tie-in of new 150mm pipeline to existing 150mm mainline; Tie-in of new 150mm pipeline to existing 150mm mainline (Please note that it may take several hours for the water supply to return to normal) | 22 May 2025 16:00 | 23 May 2025 17:30 | 1 day 1 hour after the stated time |
| 15 July 2025 | Honeydew Reservoir | Tie-in of new 150mm pipeline to existing 150mm mainline | 15 July 2025 16:00 | 15 July 2025 21:15 | 5 hours 15 minutes after the stated time |
| 19 August 2025 | Honeydew Reservoir | Repairs to the PRV Chamber | 19 August 2025 16:00 | 1 February 2026 11:20 | 165 days 19 hours after the stated time |
| 27 November 2025 | Honeydew Reservoir | 28 November 2025 08:00 | 1 February 2026 11:20 | 65 days 3 hours after the stated time | |
| 2 June 2026 | Honeydew Reservoir | To facilitate all fourteen (14) tie- ins, connecting the newly installed 110mm pipelines to the existing 110mm water reticulation network, ensuring successful integration and commissioning of the upgraded infrastructure.; To facilitate all fourteen (14) tie-ins, connecting the newly installed 110mm pipelines to the existing 110mm water reticulation network, ensuring successful integration and commissioning of the upgraded infrastructure. | 2 June 2026 18:00 | 2 June 2026 20:45 | 2 hours 45 minutes after the stated time |
| 18 June 2026 | Honeydew Reservoir | Temporary water supply disruptions are required to facilitate all twenty-four (24) tie-ins connecting the newly installed 110mm pipelines to the existing 110mm water reticulation network, ensuring successful integration and commissioning of the upgraded infrastructure.; Dummy run shutdown for tie-in of new infrastructure for patsing water provision to existing infrastructure. | 18 June 2026 18:00 | 18 June 2026 18:55 | 55 minutes after the stated time |
| 15 September 2026 | Honeydew Reservoir | Repair of a burst on the outlet. | 15 September 2026 16:00 | 15 September 2026 16:45 | 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 190 of the 272 days in the record; the other 82 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 1 day. 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 9 outages JW reported on this supply lasted a median of 20 hours; the longest 45 hours. This is a record of the past, not a forecast.
JW's boards first named Honeydew Reservoir on 3 March 2025 and last on 29 September 2026: 480 statuses on 480 boards, over 286 days. 20 of those statuses announced a scheduled overnight closure, which we count apart, never as an outage.
Month by month
Days JW reported Honeydew 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 | 0 | 18 | |
| April 2025 | 0 | 17 | |
| May 2025 | 0 | 14 | |
| June 2025 | 1 | 26 | |
| July 2025 | 0 | 21 | |
| 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 | 0 | 7 | |
| March 2026 | 1 | 21 | 0 of 18 days |
| April 2026 | 1 | 30 | 0 of 17 days |
| May 2026 | 0 | 31 | Too few reports to compare |
| June 2026 | 2 | 30 | 1 of 26 days |
| July 2026 | 3 | 30 | 0 of 21 days |
| August 2026 | 3 | 21 | Too few reports to compare |
| September 2026 | 0 | 20 | Too few reports to compare |
Recent JW reports
The last 20 statuses JW printed for Honeydew Reservoir, newest first.
JW reported supplying adequately on 29 September 2026 at 20:40. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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 13:18. 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 adequately on 28 September 2026 at 13:59. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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 low on 25 September 2026 at 19:25. The board read “Supplying fairly but low.” 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 low on 25 September 2026 at 13:35. The board read “Supplying fairly but low.” 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 adequately on 23 September 2026 at 18:50. The board read “Supplying adequately”. 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 adequately on 23 September 2026 at 11:30. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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 adequately on 22 September 2026 at 10:55. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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 adequately on 21 September 2026 at 18:36. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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 adequately on 21 September 2026 at 13:50. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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 16:15. 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 10:20. 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 09:25. 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 15:00. 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 09:40. 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 16:45. 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 10:25. 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 adequately on 14 September 2026 at 10:35. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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 adequately on 11 September 2026 at 11:14. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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 Honeydew 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2026, 13:55 | 25 Aug 2026, 14:40 | 25 hours |
| 19 Aug 2026, 12:55 | 21 Aug 2026, 09:29 | 45 hours |
| 17 Jul 2026, 20:45 | 19 Jul 2026, 11:30 | 39 hours |
| 16 Jul 2026, 15:30 | 17 Jul 2026, 09:05 | 18 hours |
| 29 Jun 2026, 20:15 | 30 Jun 2026, 16:45 | 20 hours |
| 10 Jun 2026, 18:42 | 11 Jun 2026, 14:25 | 20 hours |
| 1 Apr 2026, 14:20 | 1 Apr 2026, 20:00 | 6 hours |
| 29 Mar 2026, 18:55 | 30 Mar 2026, 15:10 | 20 hours |
| 17 Jun 2025, 20:30 | 18 Jun 2025, 10:05 | 14 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.