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Orange Farm Reservoir

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

Latest JW report

JW reported a scheduled overnight closure on 29 September 2026 at 20:10. The board read “Outlet closed overnight.” 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
50,500 kilolitres
Demand
35,000 kilolitres a day
Storage
35 hours
JW's page
Orange Farm Reservoir ↗

Suburbs it supplies

JW links 4 suburbs to Orange Farm Reservoir. Most also draw on other supplies.

Drieziek, Lakeside, Orange Farm, Stretford.

Up the supply chain

On 11 June 2026, JW reported Orange Farm Reservoir critically low

Where the water comes from, top to bottom, and what JW reported for each part on 11 June 2026. A suburb draws on every supply listed at once; JW does not say which street each one reaches.

Showing 11 June 2026. Other days: 18 July 2026, 12 July 2026, 27 June 2026, 11 June 2026, 20 April 2026, 27 March 2026, or the last day.

Bulk supply

Daleside Booster Station

JW's boards carry no status for pump stations.

Feeds Orange Farm Reservoir: stated by JW source ↗
Zwartkopjes Pump Station (Rand Water)

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

Feeds Daleside Booster Station: stated by JW source ↗

System

Deep South system

JW reported 3 of 7 supplies in it short of water; 1 had no report.

Supply

Orange Farm Reservoir

JW reported critically low.

As printed: “13:45 Critically low. Poor pressure to no water is expected.”; “21:03 Critically low. Poor pressure to no water is expected.”

In the Deep South system: listed on a JW page source ↗ Fed from Daleside Booster Station: 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 11 June 2026, JW reported Orange Farm Reservoir critically low”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/orange-farm-reservoir#fig-chain

The data as a table
PartWhat it isFeedsHow we knowOn 11 June 2026
Daleside Booster StationPump stationOrange Farm Reservoirstated by JWNo JW status for it
Zwartkopjes Pump Station (Rand Water)Rand Water stationDaleside Booster Stationstated by JWNo JW status for it
Deep South systemSystemJW's system page3 of 7 supplies short of water; 1 with no report
Orange Farm ReservoirReservoirJW's page or noticecritically low

Orange Farm Reservoir over time

In 2026 so far, JW reported Orange Farm Reservoir short of water on 21 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: Orange Farm Reservoir: no report from 25 July 2025 to 31 January 2026.

2025
Mar3 Mar: supplying adequately4 Mar: no report5 Mar: supplying adequately6 Mar: supplying fairly7 Mar: supplying adequately8 Mar: supplying fairly9 Mar: supplying fairly10 Mar: no report11 Mar: critically low12 Mar: supplying adequately13 Mar: critically low14 Mar: supplying adequately15 Mar: no report16 Mar: no report17 Mar: supplying fairly18 Mar: supplying fairly19 Mar: supplying fairly20 Mar: supplying fairly21 Mar: no report22 Mar: no report23 Mar: no report24 Mar: supplying fairly25 Mar: supplying fairly26 Mar: supplying fairly27 Mar: supplying fairly28 Mar: no report29 Mar: no report30 Mar: no report31 Mar: no report2
Apr1 Apr: supplying fairly2 Apr: supplying adequately3 Apr: supplying adequately4 Apr: supplying fairly5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 Apr: supplying fairly8 Apr: no report9 Apr: critically low10 Apr: no report11 Apr: supplying adequately12 Apr: no report13 Apr: no report14 Apr: no report15 Apr: no report16 Apr: no report17 Apr: supplying fairly18 Apr: no report19 Apr: no report20 Apr: no report21 Apr: no report22 Apr: supplying fairly23 Apr: no report24 Apr: no report25 Apr: supplying fairly26 Apr: no report27 Apr: no report28 Apr: supplying fairly29 Apr: supplying fairly30 Apr: no report1
May1 May: supplying fairly2 May: supplying fairly3 May: supplying fairly4 May: no report5 May: supplying fairly6 May: supplying fairly7 May: no report8 May: no report9 May: supplying fairly10 May: supplying fairly11 May: supplying fairly12 May: supplying fairly13 May: no report14 May: supplying fairly15 May: no report16 May: no report17 May: no report18 May: no report19 May: no report20 May: no report21 May: no report22 May: no report23 May: supplying fairly24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: critically low27 May: no report28 May: no report29 May: no report30 May: no report31 May: no report1
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: no report3 Jun: poor pressure to no water4 Jun: critically low5 Jun: no report6 Jun: supplying fairly7 Jun: supplying fairly8 Jun: supplying fairly9 Jun: supplying fairly10 Jun: supplying fairly11 Jun: supplying fairly12 Jun: supplying fairly13 Jun: critically low14 Jun: no report15 Jun: supplying fairly16 Jun: supplying fairly17 Jun: supplying fairly18 Jun: supplying fairly19 Jun: supplying fairly20 Jun: supplying fairly21 Jun: critically low22 Jun: low23 Jun: low24 Jun: critically low25 Jun: critically low26 Jun: critically low27 Jun: low28 Jun: supplying fairly29 Jun: supplying fairly30 Jun: supplying fairly7
Jul1 Jul: supplying fairly2 Jul: supplying fairly3 Jul: supplying fairly4 Jul: supplying fairly5 Jul: supplying fairly6 Jul: supplying fairly7 Jul: supplying fairly8 Jul: supplying fairly9 Jul: supplying fairly10 Jul: supplying fairly11 Jul: critically low12 Jul: critically low13 Jul: critically low14 Jul: low15 Jul: critically low16 Jul: critically low17 Jul: critically low18 Jul: critically low19 Jul: critically low20 Jul: supplying fairly21 Jul: supplying fairly22 Jul: supplying fairly23 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 report8
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb1 Feb: supplying fairly2 Feb: supplying fairly3 Feb: supplying fairly4 Feb: overnight closure5 Feb: no report6 Feb: no report7 Feb: poor pressure to no water8 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 report2
Mar1 Mar: no report2 Mar: no report3 Mar: no report4 Mar: no report5 Mar: supplying fairly6 Mar: no report7 Mar: no report8 Mar: supplying fairly9 Mar: no report10 Mar: no report11 Mar: critically low12 Mar: critically low13 Mar: critically low14 Mar: critically low15 Mar: critically low16 Mar: critically low17 Mar: critically low18 Mar: critically low19 Mar: critically low20 Mar: supplying fairly21 Mar: supplying fairly22 Mar: supplying fairly23 Mar: supplying fairly24 Mar: supplying fairly25 Mar: overnight closure26 Mar: supplying fairly27 Mar: poor pressure to no water28 Mar: supplying fairly29 Mar: supplying fairly30 Mar: supplying fairly31 Mar: supplying fairly10
Apr1 Apr: supplying fairly2 Apr: supplying fairly3 Apr: supplying fairly4 Apr: poor pressure in places5 Apr: poor pressure in places6 Apr: supplying fairly7 Apr: overnight closure8 Apr: supplying fairly9 Apr: supplying fairly10 Apr: supplying fairly11 Apr: supplying fairly12 Apr: supplying fairly13 Apr: supplying fairly14 Apr: supplying fairly15 Apr: low16 Apr: overnight closure17 Apr: supplying fairly18 Apr: supplying fairly19 Apr: supplying fairly20 Apr: poor pressure to no water21 Apr: overnight closure22 Apr: supplying fairly23 Apr: supplying fairly24 Apr: supplying fairly25 Apr: supplying fairly26 Apr: supplying fairly27 Apr: supplying fairly28 Apr: supplying fairly29 Apr: supplying fairly30 Apr: supplying fairly1
May1 May: supplying fairly2 May: supplying fairly3 May: supplying fairly4 May: supplying fairly5 May: overnight closure6 May: overnight closure7 May: overnight closure8 May: overnight closure9 May: overnight closure10 May: supplying fairly11 May: overnight closure12 May: no report13 May: supplying fairly14 May: supplying fairly15 May: supplying fairly16 May: supplying fairly17 May: supplying fairly18 May: supplying fairly19 May: supplying fairly20 May: supplying fairly21 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 fairly30 May: supplying fairly31 May: supplying fairly0
Jun1 Jun: supplying fairly2 Jun: supplying fairly3 Jun: supplying fairly4 Jun: supplying fairly5 Jun: supplying fairly6 Jun: supplying fairly7 Jun: supplying fairly8 Jun: supplying fairly9 Jun: supplying fairly10 Jun: low11 Jun: critically low12 Jun: critically low13 Jun: low14 Jun: low15 Jun: low16 Jun: supplying fairly17 Jun: supplying fairly18 Jun: overnight closure19 Jun: supplying fairly20 Jun: supplying fairly21 Jun: supplying fairly22 Jun: supplying fairly23 Jun: supplying fairly24 Jun: supplying fairly25 Jun: supplying fairly26 Jun: low27 Jun: critically low28 Jun: low29 Jun: overnight closure30 Jun: overnight closure3
Jul1 Jul: overnight closure2 Jul: supplying fairly3 Jul: low4 Jul: overnight closure5 Jul: supplying fairly6 Jul: supplying fairly7 Jul: supplying fairly8 Jul: supplying fairly9 Jul: supplying fairly10 Jul: supplying fairly11 Jul: supplying fairly12 Jul: critically low13 Jul: critically low14 Jul: critically low15 Jul: overnight closure16 Jul: overnight closure17 Jul: low18 Jul: critically low19 Jul: critically low20 Jul: supplying fairly21 Jul: supplying fairly22 Jul: supplying fairly23 Jul: overnight closure24 Jul: supplying fairly25 Jul: low26 Jul: supplying fairly27 Jul: supplying fairly28 Jul: supplying fairly29 Jul: supplying fairly30 Jul: supplying fairly31 Jul: supplying fairly5
Aug1 Aug: no report2 Aug: supplying fairly3 Aug: low4 Aug: low5 Aug: supplying fairly6 Aug: supplying fairly7 Aug: supplying fairly8 Aug: overnight closure9 Aug: no report10 Aug: no report11 Aug: low12 Aug: low13 Aug: supplying fairly14 Aug: supplying fairly15 Aug: no report16 Aug: no report17 Aug: supplying fairly18 Aug: supplying fairly19 Aug: overnight closure20 Aug: overnight closure21 Aug: supplying fairly22 Aug: no report23 Aug: no report24 Aug: low25 Aug: overnight closure26 Aug: supplying fairly27 Aug: supplying fairly28 Aug: supplying fairly29 Aug: no report30 Aug: no report31 Aug: supplying fairly0
Sep1 Sep: low2 Sep: low3 Sep: low4 Sep: supplying fairly5 Sep: no report6 Sep: no report7 Sep: supplying fairly8 Sep: supplying fairly9 Sep: supplying fairly10 Sep: overnight closure11 Sep: supplying fairly12 Sep: no report13 Sep: low14 Sep: supplying fairly15 Sep: supplying fairly16 Sep: supplying fairly17 Sep: supplying fairly18 Sep: supplying fairly19 Sep: no report20 Sep: no report21 Sep: overnight closure22 Sep: low23 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 Orange Farm Reservoir short of water on 21 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/orange-farm-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 202518291600020
April 202512301100010
May 202512311100010
June 202526301630160
July 202524311510080
August 2025031000000
September 2025030000000
October 2025031000000
November 2025030000000
December 2025031000000
January 2026031000000
February 2026728310111
March 202623311200191
April 202630302330103
May 202630312400006
June 202630301860033
July 202631311830055
August 202622311350004
September 202621291450002

From April to September 2026 (six months), JW reported Orange Farm Reservoir short of water on 9 of 164 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: 21 days short of water for Orange Farm Reservoir, from 194 days with a report. The median supply in the city: 4 days.

102030Mar 2025: 2 days short of water, 2 critically low; reported 18 of 29 days2025MApr 2025: 1 day short of water, 1 critically low; reported 12 of 30 daysAMay 2025: 1 day short of water, 1 critically low; reported 12 of 31 daysMJun 2025: 7 days short of water, 6 critically low; reported 26 of 30 daysJJul 2025: 8 days short of water, 8 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: 2 days short of water, 1 critically low; reported 7 of 28 daysFMar 2026: 10 days short of water, 9 critically low; reported 23 of 31 daysMApr 2026: 1 day short of water, 0 critically low; reported 30 of 30 daysAMay 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 30 of 31 daysMJun 2026: 3 days short of water, 3 critically low; reported 30 of 30 daysJJul 2026: 5 days short of water, 5 critically low; reported 31 of 31 daysJAug 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 22 of 31 daysASep 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 21 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 Orange Farm Reservoir short of water on 9 of 164 reported days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/orange-farm-reservoir#fig-days

The data as a table
MonthDays short of waterDays reportedDays in recordCity median
March 2025218290
April 2025112300
May 2025112310
June 2025726300
July 2025824310
August 2025gap031
September 2025gap030
October 2025gap031
November 2025gap030
December 2025gap031
January 2026gap031
February 202627280
March 20261023310
April 2026130300
May 2026030310
June 2026330300
July 2026531311
August 2026022310
September 2026021290

On Orange Farm Reservoir, half of its last 10 outages were over within 16 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 Orange Farm 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 10).

012daysFrom 14 July 2026: 4 hoursFrom 20 April 2026: 6 hoursFrom 27 June 2026: 7 hoursFrom 27 March 2026: 10 hoursFrom 18 March 2026: 16 hoursFrom 19 March 2026: 16 hoursFrom 12 June 2026: 16 hoursFrom 11 June 2026: 21 hoursFrom 12 July 2026: 24 hoursFrom 18 July 2026: 33 hourslongest 33 hourshalf within 16 hoursHalf of its last 10 outages were over within 16 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 Orange Farm Reservoir, half of its last 10 outages were over within 16 hours”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/orange-farm-reservoir#fig-base-rate

The data as a table
StartedLengthEnded
18 July 202633 hours19 July 2026
14 July 20264 hours14 July 2026
12 July 202624 hours13 July 2026
27 June 20267 hours27 June 2026
12 June 202616 hours13 June 2026
11 June 202621 hours12 June 2026
20 April 20266 hours20 April 2026
27 March 202610 hours27 March 2026
19 March 202616 hours20 March 2026
18 March 202616 hours19 March 2026

JW's notices gave 5 end times for Orange Farm Reservoir. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 4 that have passed

The water came back after the stated time 4 times; half of those times it was back within 88 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 10 notices.

Jul 2025Jan 2026Jul 2026last board 29 Sep 2026Stated end 7 May 2025 16:00; recovered 10 May 2025 14:00Stated end 7 May 2025: 3 days lateStated end 13 Aug 2025 00:00; recovered 1 Feb 2026 10:40Stated end 13 Aug 2025 00:00: 172 days lateStated end 13 Aug 2025 16:00; recovered 1 Feb 2026 10:40Stated end 13 Aug 2025 16:00: 172 days lateStated end 5 May 2026 18:00; recovered 10 May 2026 12:25Stated end 5 May 2026: 5 days lateStated end 13 Oct 2026 18:00; the stated end is still aheadStated end 13 Oct 2026: still ahead

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 5 end times for Orange Farm Reservoir. By the stated time, JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 4 that have passed”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/orange-farm-reservoir#fig-stated

The data as a table
NoticeSupplyReason JW gaveStated endFirst board showing recoveryAgainst the stated time
7 May 2025Orange Farm ReservoirRelocate a 300mm diameter pipeline7 May 2025 16:0010 May 2025 14:002 days 22 hours after the stated time
13 August 2025Orange Farm ReservoirRelocation of existing 300mm pipeline in Palm Drive13 August 2025 00:001 February 2026 10:40172 days 10 hours after the stated time
13 August 2025Orange Farm ReservoirRelocation of existing 300mm pipeline in Palm Drive13 August 2025 16:001 February 2026 10:40171 days 18 hours after the stated time
5 May 2026Orange Farm Reservoir2 x 300mm diameter PRVs maintenance5 May 2026 18:0010 May 2026 12:254 days 18 hours after the stated time
13 October 2026Orange Farm ReservoirDummy run for tie-in of new infrastructure for the relocation of existing services.13 October 2026 18:00the stated end is still ahead

In words

2026 so far: JW reported it at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low” on 21 days. JW published a report for it on 194 of the 272 days in the record; the other 78 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 19 days. JW published a report for it on 92 of the 304 days in the record; the other 212 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 16 hours; the longest 33 hours. This is a record of the past, not a forecast.

JW's boards first named Orange Farm Reservoir on 3 March 2025 and last on 29 September 2026: 484 statuses on 484 boards, over 286 days. 197 of those statuses announced a scheduled overnight closure, which we count apart, never as an outage.

Month by month

Days JW reported Orange Farm 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 2025218
April 2025112
May 2025112
June 2025726
July 2025824
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 202627
March 202610232 of 18 days
April 2026130Too few reports to compare
May 2026030Too few reports to compare
June 20263307 of 26 days
July 20265318 of 24 days
August 2026022Too few reports to compare
September 2026021Too few reports to compare

Recent JW reports

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

JW reported a scheduled overnight closure on 29 September 2026 at 20:10. The board read “Outlet closed overnight.” 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. Declining.” 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 14:20. 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 a scheduled overnight closure on 25 September 2026 at 19:35. The board read “Outlet closed water demand management intervention in progress.” 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 13:05. The board read “Supplying fairly. Declining”. 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 18:30. 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 11:40. The board read “Supplying fairly. Declining.” 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 low on 22 September 2026 at 11:15. The board read “Supplying fairly but low.” 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 scheduled overnight closure on 21 September 2026 at 19:15. The board read “Outlet closed overnight”. 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 18 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 18 September 2026 at 18:10. The board read “Supplying fairly. Overnight closure”. 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 09:35. 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 15:30. The board read “Supplying fairly. Overnight closure.” 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 09:35. 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. 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 09:50. 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. Overnight closure”. 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 10:15. 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 10:45. The board read “Supplying fairly. Declining.” 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 13 September 2026. JW reported low on 13 September 2026 at 13:35. The board read “Supplying fairly but low.” 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 11 September 2026. JW reported a scheduled overnight closure on 11 September 2026 at 20:30. The board read “Outlet closed overnight.” 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 Orange Farm 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
18 Jul 2026, 09:5519 Jul 2026, 18:3033 hours
14 Jul 2026, 14:5514 Jul 2026, 19:154 hours
12 Jul 2026, 19:2013 Jul 2026, 19:0324 hours
27 Jun 2026, 12:2527 Jun 2026, 19:107 hours
12 Jun 2026, 19:0013 Jun 2026, 11:0016 hours
11 Jun 2026, 13:4512 Jun 2026, 10:3021 hours
20 Apr 2026, 13:5520 Apr 2026, 19:256 hours
27 Mar 2026, 11:3527 Mar 2026, 21:1510 hours
19 Mar 2026, 19:4520 Mar 2026, 11:3516 hours
18 Mar 2026, 20:0019 Mar 2026, 11:3516 hours
17 Mar 2026, 21:0518 Mar 2026, 14:5018 hours
16 Mar 2026, 18:2517 Mar 2026, 15:3021 hours
14 Mar 2026, 19:3516 Mar 2026, 14:0743 hours
11 Mar 2026, 21:0014 Mar 2026, 09:352.5 days
9 Feb 2026, 16:40No reported endat least 4 hours
7 Feb 2026, 08:527 Feb 2026, 20:4512 hours
19 Jul 2025, 20:4520 Jul 2025, 10:3014 hours
18 Jul 2025, 19:0519 Jul 2025, 09:5515 hours
17 Jul 2025, 21:4018 Jul 2025, 11:3014 hours
15 Jul 2025, 21:0017 Jul 2025, 10:2037 hours
13 Jul 2025, 17:3514 Jul 2025, 14:5021 hours
12 Jul 2025, 17:1513 Jul 2025, 12:3019 hours
11 Jul 2025, 16:3012 Jul 2025, 09:4517 hours
26 Jun 2025, 19:0527 Jun 2025, 09:1014 hours
25 Jun 2025, 18:3026 Jun 2025, 09:4515 hours
24 Jun 2025, 18:2025 Jun 2025, 11:2017 hours
21 Jun 2025, 20:4022 Jun 2025, 08:2512 hours
13 Jun 2025, 21:2013 Jun 2025, 21:45under an hour
4 Jun 2025, 19:00No reported endat least 36 hours
3 Jun 2025, 20:004 Jun 2025, 11:4516 hours
26 May 2025, 21:45No reported endat least 36 hours
9 Apr 2025, 14:45No reported endat least 36 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.