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Zondi Tower

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

Latest JW report

JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 20:15. The board read “0n bypass. 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 4 suburbs to Zondi Tower. Most also draw on other supplies.

Dobsonville, Jabulani, Mofolo North, Zondi.

Up the supply chain

On 29 September 2026, JW reported Zondi Tower supplying fairly

Where the water comes from, top to bottom, and what JW reported for each part on 29 September 2026. A suburb draws on every supply listed at once; JW does not say which street each one reaches.

Showing 29 September 2026, the last day in the record. Other days: 16 July 2026, 10 June 2026.

Bulk supply

Eikenhof Pump Station (Rand Water)

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

Feeds the Soweto system: stated by JW source ↗

System

Soweto system

JW reported 2 of 19 supplies in it short of water; 6 had no report.

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

Supply

Zondi Tower

JW reported supplying fairly, on bypass.

As printed: “13:20 On bypass. Supplying fairly.”; “20:15 0n bypass. Supplying fairly.”

In the Soweto system: listed on a JW page source ↗

JW's reported status of the reservoir or tower, not measured water at taps. Boards from March 2025.

Source: Johannesburg Water's System Update boards and notices, read by us. How this record is made.

Cite this figure

watersearch (2026). “On 29 September 2026, JW reported Zondi Tower supplying fairly”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/zondi-tower#fig-chain

The data as a table
PartWhat it isFeedsHow we knowOn 29 September 2026
Eikenhof Pump Station (Rand Water)Rand Water stationthe Soweto systemstated by JWNo JW status for it
Soweto systemSystemJW's system page2 of 19 supplies short of water; 6 with no report
Zondi TowerTowerJW's page or noticesupplying fairly

Zondi Tower over time

In 2026 so far, JW reported Zondi Tower short of water on 8 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 242 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: Zondi Tower: no report from 3 March 2025 to 28 May 2025; Zondi Tower: no report from 25 July 2025 to 31 January 2026.

2025
MarNo JW boards, Mar to Apr
May1 May: no report2 May: no report3 May: no report4 May: no report5 May: no report6 May: no report7 May: no report8 May: no report9 May: no report10 May: no report11 May: no report12 May: no report13 May: no report14 May: no report15 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: no report24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: no report27 May: no report28 May: no report29 May: supplying adequately30 May: no report31 May: no report0
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: no report3 Jun: supplying fairly4 Jun: supplying fairly5 Jun: supplying fairly6 Jun: supplying fairly7 Jun: supplying fairly8 Jun: supplying fairly9 Jun: supplying fairly10 Jun: supplying fairly11 Jun: supplying fairly12 Jun: supplying fairly13 Jun: supplying fairly14 Jun: supplying fairly15 Jun: supplying fairly16 Jun: supplying adequately17 Jun: supplying adequately18 Jun: supplying adequately19 Jun: supplying adequately20 Jun: supplying fairly21 Jun: supplying fairly22 Jun: supplying fairly23 Jun: supplying fairly24 Jun: supplying fairly25 Jun: supplying fairly26 Jun: supplying fairly27 Jun: supplying fairly28 Jun: supplying adequately29 Jun: supplying adequately30 Jun: supplying adequately0
Jul1 Jul: supplying fairly2 Jul: supplying adequately3 Jul: supplying adequately4 Jul: supplying adequately5 Jul: supplying adequately6 Jul: supplying adequately7 Jul: supplying adequately8 Jul: supplying adequately9 Jul: supplying adequately10 Jul: supplying adequately11 Jul: supplying fairly12 Jul: supplying fairly13 Jul: supplying fairly14 Jul: supplying fairly15 Jul: supplying fairly16 Jul: supplying fairly17 Jul: supplying fairly18 Jul: supplying fairly19 Jul: supplying fairly20 Jul: supplying fairly21 Jul: supplying fairly22 Jul: 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 report0
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: poor pressure in places8 Feb: poor pressure in places9 Feb: poor pressure in places10 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: supplying fairly14 Mar: supplying fairly15 Mar: supplying fairly16 Mar: supplying fairly17 Mar: supplying fairly18 Mar: supplying fairly19 Mar: supplying fairly20 Mar: supplying fairly21 Mar: supplying fairly22 Mar: supplying fairly23 Mar: supplying adequately24 Mar: supplying adequately25 Mar: supplying adequately26 Mar: supplying adequately27 Mar: supplying fairly28 Mar: supplying fairly29 Mar: supplying fairly30 Mar: supplying fairly31 Mar: supplying fairly0
Apr1 Apr: supplying fairly2 Apr: supplying fairly3 Apr: supplying fairly4 Apr: supplying fairly5 Apr: supplying fairly6 Apr: supplying fairly7 Apr: supplying fairly8 Apr: supplying fairly9 Apr: supplying fairly10 Apr: supplying fairly11 Apr: supplying fairly12 Apr: supplying fairly13 Apr: supplying 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 fairly5 May: supplying fairly6 May: supplying fairly7 May: supplying fairly8 May: supplying fairly9 May: supplying fairly10 May: supplying fairly11 May: supplying fairly12 May: supplying fairly13 May: supplying fairly14 May: supplying fairly15 May: supplying fairly16 May: supplying adequately17 May: supplying adequately18 May: supplying fairly19 May: supplying adequately20 May: supplying adequately21 May: supplying adequately22 May: supplying adequately23 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: poor pressure to no water11 Jun: poor pressure to no water12 Jun: poor pressure to no water13 Jun: poor pressure to no water14 Jun: poor pressure to no water15 Jun: poor pressure to no water16 Jun: poor pressure to no water17 Jun: supplying fairly18 Jun: supplying fairly19 Jun: supplying fairly20 Jun: supplying fairly21 Jun: supplying fairly22 Jun: supplying adequately23 Jun: supplying adequately24 Jun: supplying fairly25 Jun: supplying adequately26 Jun: supplying adequately27 Jun: supplying adequately28 Jun: supplying adequately29 Jun: supplying adequately30 Jun: supplying adequately7
Jul1 Jul: supplying adequately2 Jul: supplying adequately3 Jul: supplying adequately4 Jul: supplying adequately5 Jul: supplying adequately6 Jul: supplying adequately7 Jul: supplying adequately8 Jul: supplying adequately9 Jul: supplying adequately10 Jul: supplying fairly11 Jul: supplying fairly12 Jul: supplying fairly13 Jul: supplying fairly14 Jul: supplying fairly15 Jul: supplying fairly16 Jul: critically low17 Jul: poor pressure in places18 Jul: supplying fairly19 Jul: supplying fairly20 Jul: supplying fairly21 Jul: supplying fairly22 Jul: supplying fairly23 Jul: supplying fairly24 Jul: supplying fairly25 Jul: supplying fairly26 Jul: supplying fairly27 Jul: supplying adequately28 Jul: supplying adequately29 Jul: supplying adequately30 Jul: supplying fairly31 Jul: supplying fairly1
Aug1 Aug: no report2 Aug: no report3 Aug: supplying fairly4 Aug: supplying fairly5 Aug: supplying fairly6 Aug: supplying fairly7 Aug: supplying fairly8 Aug: supplying fairly9 Aug: no report10 Aug: no report11 Aug: supplying fairly12 Aug: supplying fairly13 Aug: 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: no report29 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 Zondi Tower short of water on 8 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/zondi-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 2025029000000
April 2025030000000
May 2025131100000
June 202528302800000
July 202524312400000
August 2025031000000
September 2025030000000
October 2025031000000
November 2025030000000
December 2025031000000
January 2026031000000
February 2026728430000
March 202620312000000
April 202630303000000
May 202631313100000
June 202630302300700
July 202631312910010
August 202620312000000
September 202620292000000

From April to September 2026 (six months), JW reported Zondi Tower short of water on 8 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: 8 days short of water for Zondi Tower, from 189 days with a report. The median supply in the city: 4 days.

102030Mar 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 0 of 29 daysgap2025MApr 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 0 of 30 daysgapAMay 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 1 of 31 daysMJun 2025: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 28 of 30 daysJJul 2025: 0 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 7 of 28 daysFMar 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 20 of 31 daysMApr 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 30 of 30 daysAMay 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 31 of 31 daysMJun 2026: 7 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 30 of 30 daysJJul 2026: 1 day short of water, 1 critically low; reported 31 of 31 daysJAug 2026: 0 days short of water, 0 critically low; reported 20 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 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 Zondi Tower short of water on 8 of 162 reported days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/zondi-tower#fig-days

The data as a table
MonthDays short of waterDays reportedDays in recordCity median
March 2025gap0290
April 2025gap0300
May 202501310
June 2025028300
July 2025024310
August 2025gap031
September 2025gap030
October 2025gap031
November 2025gap030
December 2025gap031
January 2026gap031
February 202607280
March 2026020310
April 2026030300
May 2026031310
June 2026730300
July 2026131311
August 2026020310
September 2026020290

On Zondi Tower, its last 2 outages lasted 6.9 days and 17 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 2 outages on Zondi 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 2).

01234567daysFrom 16 July 2026: 17 hoursFrom 10 June 2026: 6.9 dayslongest 6.9 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). “On Zondi Tower, its last 2 outages lasted 6.9 days and 17 hours”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/reservoir/zondi-tower#fig-base-rate

The data as a table
StartedLengthEnded
16 July 202617 hours17 July 2026
10 June 20266.9 days17 June 2026

In words

2026 so far: JW reported it at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low” on 8 days. JW published a report for it on 189 of the 272 days in the record; the other 83 days have no report, and we do not count them as normal. The median supply in the city had 4 such days.

2025: JW reported it at “poor pressure to no water” or “critically low” on 0 days. JW published a report for it on 53 of the 304 days in the record; the other 251 days have no report, and we do not count them as normal. The median supply in the city had 1 such day.

The last 2 outages JW reported on this supply lasted a median of 3.8 days; the longest 6.9 days. This is a record of the past, not a forecast.

JW's boards first named Zondi Tower on 29 May 2025 and last on 29 September 2026: 438 statuses on 438 boards, over 242 days. 2 of those statuses announced a scheduled overnight closure, which we count apart, never as an outage.

Month by month

Days JW reported Zondi 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 2025No JW report this month
April 2025No JW report this month
May 202501
June 2025028
July 2025024
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 2026020Too few reports to compare
April 2026030Too few reports to compare
May 2026031Too few reports to compare
June 20267300 of 28 days
July 20261310 of 24 days
August 2026020Too few reports to compare
September 2026020Too few reports to compare

Recent JW reports

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

JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 20:15. The board read “0n bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:40. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

JW reported supplying fairly on 29 September 2026 at 13:20. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:41. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

JW reported supplying fairly on 28 September 2026 at 14:10. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:42. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 25 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 25 September 2026 at 19:40. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 28 September 2026 at 10:32. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 25 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 25 September 2026 at 13:15. The board read “On bypass. 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 18:35. The board read “On bypass. 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 11:55. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 25 September 2026 at 10:40. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 22 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 22 September 2026 at 11:05. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 22 September 2026 at 15:41. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 21 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 21 September 2026 at 19:00. The board read “0n bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 22 September 2026 at 14:09. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 21 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 21 September 2026 at 14:05. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 22 September 2026 at 14:08. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 18 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 18 September 2026 at 18:45. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly”. JW put it on its website 21 September 2026 at 09:06. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 18 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 18 September 2026 at 09:45. The board read “On bypass. 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 “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 18 September 2026 at 10:41. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 17 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 17 September 2026 at 09:15. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 18 September 2026 at 10:40. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 16 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 16 September 2026 at 15:25. The board read “On bypass. 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 09:45. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 16 September 2026 at 15:52. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 15 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 15 September 2026 at 16:55. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 16 September 2026 at 10:17. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 15 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 15 September 2026 at 10:10. The board read “On bypass. Supplying fairly.” JW put it on its website 16 September 2026 at 10:11. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 14 September 2026. JW reported supplying fairly on 14 September 2026 at 10:07. The board read “On bypass. 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 11:45. The board read “On bypass. 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 Zondi 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
16 Jul 2026, 16:0017 Jul 2026, 08:5517 hours
10 Jun 2026, 14:4017 Jun 2026, 13:056.9 days

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.