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Kensington B Tower

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

Latest JW report

JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 20:40. 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.

Suburbs it supplies

JW links 6 suburbs to Kensington B Tower. Most also draw on other supplies.

Bryanbrink, Bryanston, Bryanston West, Daniel Brinkpark, Kensington B, Lyme Park.

Up the supply chain

On 16 July 2026, JW reported Kensington B Tower critically low

Where the water comes from, top to bottom, and what JW reported for each part on 16 July 2026. A suburb draws on every supply listed at once; JW does not say which street each one reaches.

Showing 16 July 2026. Other days: 16 July 2026, 21 March 2026, 11 April 2025, 11 March 2025, or the last day.

Bulk supply

Eikenhof Pump Station (Rand Water)

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

Feeds the Randburg system: stated by JW source ↗

System

Randburg system

JW reported 4 of 15 supplies in it short of water; 1 had no report.

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

Supply

Kensington B Tower

JW reported critically low at 15:30, then supplying adequately at 21:28.

As printed: “15:30 Critically low. Poor pressure to no water is expected.”; “21:28 Supplying adequately”

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 16 July 2026, JW reported Kensington B Tower critically low”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/kensington-b-tower#fig-chain

The data as a table
PartWhat it isFeedsHow we knowOn 16 July 2026
Eikenhof Pump Station (Rand Water)Rand Water stationthe Randburg systemstated by JWNo JW status for it
Randburg systemSystemJW's system page4 of 15 supplies short of water; 1 with no report
Kensington B TowerTowerJW's page or noticecritically low

Kensington B Tower over time

In 2026 so far, JW reported Kensington B Tower short of water on 6 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 253 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: Kensington B Tower: no report from 23 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: critically low12 Mar: critically low13 Mar: critically low14 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 report3
Apr1 Apr: supplying adequately2 Apr: supplying adequately3 Apr: supplying adequately4 Apr: supplying adequately5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 Apr: supplying adequately8 Apr: no report9 Apr: supplying adequately10 Apr: supplying adequately11 Apr: critically low12 Apr: no report13 Apr: no report14 Apr: no report15 Apr: no report16 Apr: no report17 Apr: supplying adequately18 Apr: supplying adequately19 Apr: supplying adequately20 Apr: supplying adequately21 Apr: supplying adequately22 Apr: supplying adequately23 Apr: supplying adequately24 Apr: supplying adequately25 Apr: supplying adequately26 Apr: supplying adequately27 Apr: supplying adequately28 Apr: supplying adequately29 Apr: supplying adequately30 Apr: supplying adequately1
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: supplying adequately14 May: supplying adequately15 May: supplying adequately16 May: no report17 May: no report18 May: no report19 May: no report20 May: no report21 May: overnight closure22 May: no report23 May: supplying adequately24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: supplying adequately27 May: supplying adequately28 May: no report29 May: no report30 May: no report31 May: no report0
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: no report3 Jun: no report4 Jun: no report5 Jun: no report6 Jun: no report7 Jun: no report8 Jun: no report9 Jun: no report10 Jun: no report11 Jun: no report12 Jun: no report13 Jun: no report14 Jun: no report15 Jun: no report16 Jun: no report17 Jun: no report18 Jun: no report19 Jun: no report20 Jun: no report21 Jun: no report22 Jun: no report23 Jun: supplying fairly24 Jun: no report25 Jun: no report26 Jun: no report27 Jun: no report28 Jun: no report29 Jun: no report30 Jun: no report0
Jul1 Jul: no report2 Jul: no report3 Jul: no report4 Jul: no report5 Jul: no report6 Jul: no report7 Jul: no report8 Jul: no report9 Jul: no report10 Jul: no report11 Jul: no report12 Jul: no report13 Jul: supplying adequately14 Jul: supplying adequately15 Jul: no report16 Jul: no report17 Jul: overnight closure18 Jul: supplying adequately19 Jul: no report20 Jul: no report21 Jul: overnight closure22 Jul: supplying adequately23 Jul: no report24 Jul: no report25 Jul: no report26 Jul: no report27 Jul: no report28 Jul: no report29 Jul: no report30 Jul: no report31 Jul: no report0
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb1 Feb: supplying adequately2 Feb: supplying adequately3 Feb: supplying adequately4 Feb: supplying adequately5 Feb: no report6 Feb: no report7 Feb: supplying adequately8 Feb: supplying adequately9 Feb: supplying adequately10 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: low12 Mar: low13 Mar: supplying adequately14 Mar: low15 Mar: supplying adequately16 Mar: supplying adequately17 Mar: low18 Mar: low19 Mar: low20 Mar: supplying fairly21 Mar: critically low22 Mar: poor pressure to no water23 Mar: poor pressure to no water24 Mar: supplying adequately25 Mar: supplying adequately26 Mar: supplying adequately27 Mar: supplying adequately28 Mar: supplying adequately29 Mar: supplying adequately30 Mar: supplying fairly31 Mar: supplying fairly3
Apr1 Apr: supplying fairly2 Apr: supplying fairly3 Apr: supplying fairly4 Apr: supplying adequately5 Apr: supplying adequately6 Apr: supplying adequately7 Apr: supplying adequately8 Apr: supplying adequately9 Apr: supplying adequately10 Apr: supplying adequately11 Apr: supplying adequately12 Apr: supplying adequately13 Apr: supplying adequately14 Apr: supplying adequately15 Apr: supplying adequately16 Apr: supplying adequately17 Apr: supplying adequately18 Apr: supplying adequately19 Apr: supplying adequately20 Apr: supplying adequately21 Apr: supplying adequately22 Apr: supplying adequately23 Apr: supplying adequately24 Apr: supplying adequately25 Apr: supplying adequately26 Apr: supplying adequately27 Apr: supplying adequately28 Apr: supplying adequately29 Apr: supplying adequately30 Apr: supplying adequately0
May1 May: supplying adequately2 May: supplying adequately3 May: supplying adequately4 May: supplying adequately5 May: supplying adequately6 May: supplying adequately7 May: supplying adequately8 May: supplying adequately9 May: supplying adequately10 May: supplying adequately11 May: overnight closure12 May: supplying adequately13 May: supplying adequately14 May: supplying adequately15 May: supplying adequately16 May: supplying adequately17 May: supplying adequately18 May: supplying adequately19 May: supplying adequately20 May: supplying adequately21 May: supplying adequately22 May: supplying adequately23 May: supplying adequately24 May: supplying adequately25 May: overnight closure26 May: supplying adequately27 May: supplying adequately28 May: supplying adequately29 May: supplying adequately30 May: low31 May: supplying adequately0
Jun1 Jun: supplying adequately2 Jun: supplying adequately3 Jun: supplying adequately4 Jun: supplying adequately5 Jun: supplying adequately6 Jun: supplying adequately7 Jun: supplying adequately8 Jun: supplying adequately9 Jun: supplying adequately10 Jun: supplying fairly11 Jun: supplying adequately12 Jun: supplying adequately13 Jun: supplying adequately14 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 adequately24 Jun: supplying adequately25 Jun: supplying adequately26 Jun: supplying adequately27 Jun: supplying adequately28 Jun: supplying adequately29 Jun: supplying adequately30 Jun: supplying adequately0
Jul1 Jul: supplying adequately2 Jul: no report3 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: supplying adequately12 Jul: supplying adequately13 Jul: supplying adequately14 Jul: supplying adequately15 Jul: supplying adequately16 Jul: critically low17 Jul: critically low18 Jul: critically low19 Jul: supplying adequately20 Jul: supplying adequately21 Jul: supplying adequately22 Jul: supplying adequately23 Jul: supplying adequately24 Jul: supplying adequately25 Jul: supplying adequately26 Jul: supplying adequately27 Jul: supplying adequately28 Jul: supplying adequately29 Jul: supplying adequately30 Jul: supplying adequately31 Jul: supplying adequately3
Aug1 Aug: no report2 Aug: no report3 Aug: supplying adequately4 Aug: supplying adequately5 Aug: supplying adequately6 Aug: supplying adequately7 Aug: supplying adequately8 Aug: supplying adequately9 Aug: no report10 Aug: no report11 Aug: supplying adequately12 Aug: supplying adequately13 Aug: supplying adequately14 Aug: supplying adequately15 Aug: no report16 Aug: no report17 Aug: supplying adequately18 Aug: supplying adequately19 Aug: supplying adequately20 Aug: supplying adequately21 Aug: supplying adequately22 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: supplying fairly0
Sep1 Sep: supplying fairly2 Sep: supplying fairly3 Sep: supplying fairly4 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 fairly0
  • 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 Kensington B Tower short of water on 6 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/kensington-b-tower#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 202518291500030
April 202522302100010
May 202516311500001
June 2025130100000
July 2025631400002
August 2025031000000
September 2025030000000
October 2025031000000
November 2025030000000
December 2025031000000
January 2026031000000
February 2026728700000
March 202621311260210
April 202630303000000
May 202631312810002
June 202630303000000
July 202630312700030
August 202621312100000
September 202620292000000

From April to September 2026 (six months), JW reported Kensington B Tower short of water on 3 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: 6 days short of water for Kensington B Tower, from 190 days with a report. The median supply in the city: 4 days.

102030Mar 2025: 3 days short of water, 3 critically low; reported 18 of 29 days2025MApr 2025: 1 day short of water, 1 critically low; reported 22 of 30 daysAMay 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 16 of 31 daysMJun 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 1 of 30 daysJJul 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 6 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 7 of 28 daysFMar 2026: 3 days short of water, 1 critically low; reported 21 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: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 30 of 30 daysJJul 2026: 3 days short of water, 3 critically low; reported 30 of 31 daysJAug 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 21 of 31 daysASep 2026: 0 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 Kensington B Tower short of water on 3 of 162 reported days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/kensington-b-tower#fig-days

The data as a table
MonthDays short of waterDays reportedDays in recordCity median
March 2025318290
April 2025122300
May 2025016310
June 202501300
July 202506310
August 2025gap031
September 2025gap030
October 2025gap031
November 2025gap030
December 2025gap031
January 2026gap031
February 202607280
March 2026321310
April 2026030300
May 2026031310
June 2026030300
July 2026330311
August 2026021310
September 2026020290

On Kensington B Tower, half of its last 4 outages were over within 14 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 4 outages on Kensington B Tower. 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 4).

012daysFrom 16 July 2026: 6 hoursFrom 17 July 2026: 14 hoursFrom 18 July 2026: 14 hoursFrom 21 March 2026: 46 hourslongest 46 hourshalf within 14 hoursHalf of its last 4 outages were over within 14 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 Kensington B Tower, half of its last 4 outages were over within 14 hours”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/kensington-b-tower#fig-base-rate

The data as a table
StartedLengthEnded
18 July 202614 hours19 July 2026
17 July 202614 hours18 July 2026
16 July 20266 hours16 July 2026
21 March 202646 hours23 March 2026

In words

2026 so far: JW reported it at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low” on 6 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 4 days. JW published a report for it on 63 of the 304 days in the record; the other 241 days have no report, and we do not count them as normal. The median supply in the city had 1 such day.

The last 4 outages JW reported on this supply lasted a median of 14 hours; the longest 46 hours. This is a record of the past, not a forecast.

JW's boards first named Kensington B Tower on 3 March 2025 and last on 29 September 2026: 394 statuses on 394 boards, over 253 days. 20 of those statuses announced a scheduled overnight closure, which we count apart, never as an outage.

Month by month

Days JW reported Kensington B Tower 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 2025318
April 2025122
May 2025016
June 202501
July 202506
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 202607
March 20263213 of 18 days
April 20260301 of 22 days
May 20260310 of 16 days
June 2026030Too few reports to compare
July 2026330Too few reports to compare
August 2026021Too few reports to compare
September 2026020Too few reports to compare

Recent JW reports

The last 20 statuses JW printed for Kensington B Tower, newest first.

JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 20:40. 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 13:18. 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 fairly on 28 September 2026 at 13:59. 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 19:25. 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 13:35. 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 18:50. 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 11:30. 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 10:55. 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 18:36. 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 13:50. 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 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 adequately on 18 September 2026 at 10:20. The board read “Supplying adequately.” 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 fairly on 14 September 2026 at 10:35. 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 11:14. 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 ↗

Past outages

Each row is one outage: a stretch of time JW reported Kensington B Tower 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
18 Jul 2026, 21:1019 Jul 2026, 11:3014 hours
17 Jul 2026, 20:4518 Jul 2026, 10:4514 hours
16 Jul 2026, 15:3016 Jul 2026, 21:286 hours
21 Mar 2026, 21:2523 Mar 2026, 19:5046 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.