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Last Johannesburg Water (JW) report: Tue 29 Sep 2026, 20:30. Water from Aeroton Tower.

Aeroton Tower: short of water on 7 days this year.

From 185 days with a JW report. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4.

Aeroton TowerWeak in places

At 20:30 JW wrote: “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor supply may occur.”

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Your street may differ: each report covers a reservoir or tower and the area it feeds, and higher streets lose water first. What JW's words mean

Day by day

In 2026 so far: 7 days short of water for Aeroton Tower, from 185 days with a report. A typical supply in the city, the median one (half had fewer), had 4 days.

Each square is a day, as JW reported it for a supply: a reservoir or tower that JW reports on. The number at the right is the month's days short of water.

In 2026 so far, JW reported Aeroton Tower short of water on 7 days

3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 236 days with a JW report.

2025
Mar3 Mar: supplying adequately4 Mar: no report5 Mar: supplying fairly6 Mar: supplying adequately7 Mar: supplying fairly8 Mar: supplying fairly9 Mar: supplying fairly10 Mar: no report11 Mar: supplying fairly12 Mar: supplying adequately13 Mar: supplying fairly14 Mar: supplying adequately15 Mar: no report16 Mar: no report17 Mar: supplying adequately18 Mar: supplying adequately19 Mar: supplying adequately20 Mar: supplying adequately21 Mar: no report22 Mar: no report23 Mar: no report24 Mar: supplying adequately25 Mar: supplying adequately26 Mar: supplying adequately27 Mar: supplying adequately28 Mar: no report29 Mar: no report30 Mar: no report31 Mar: no report0
Apr1 Apr: supplying fairly2 Apr: supplying adequately3 Apr: supplying adequately4 Apr: no report5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 Apr: supplying adequately8 Apr: no report9 Apr: supplying fairly10 Apr: supplying adequately11 Apr: supplying adequately12 Apr: no report13 Apr: no report14 Apr: no report15 Apr: no report16 Apr: no report17 Apr: supplying adequately18 Apr: supplying adequately19 Apr: no report20 Apr: no report21 Apr: no report22 Apr: supplying adequately23 Apr: no report24 Apr: no report25 Apr: supplying adequately26 Apr: supplying adequately27 Apr: supplying adequately28 Apr: supplying adequately29 Apr: supplying adequately30 Apr: no report0
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: no report14 May: no report15 May: supplying fairly16 May: no report17 May: no report18 May: no report19 May: no report20 May: no report21 May: no report22 May: no report23 May: supplying adequately24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: supplying adequately27 May: no report28 May: no report29 May: no report30 May: no report31 May: no report0
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: no report3 Jun: supplying adequately4 Jun: supplying adequately5 Jun: supplying adequately6 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: no report14 Jul: supplying fairly15 Jul: supplying adequately16 Jul: no report17 Jul: no report18 Jul: no report19 Jul: no report20 Jul: no report21 Jul: no report22 Jul: no report23 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: poor pressure to no water2 Feb: supplying fairly3 Feb: supplying fairly4 Feb: supplying fairly5 Feb: no report6 Feb: no report7 Feb: supplying fairly8 Feb: no report9 Feb: 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 report1
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: low14 Mar: low15 Mar: supplying fairly16 Mar: supplying fairly17 Mar: supplying adequately18 Mar: supplying adequately19 Mar: supplying fairly20 Mar: supplying fairly21 Mar: supplying fairly22 Mar: supplying fairly23 Mar: supplying fairly24 Mar: supplying fairly25 Mar: supplying fairly26 Mar: supplying fairly27 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: no report6 Apr: supplying fairly7 Apr: supplying fairly8 Apr: supplying fairly9 Apr: supplying fairly10 Apr: supplying fairly11 Apr: supplying fairly12 Apr: supplying fairly13 Apr: supplying fairly14 Apr: supplying fairly15 Apr: supplying fairly16 Apr: supplying fairly17 Apr: supplying fairly18 Apr: supplying fairly19 Apr: supplying fairly20 Apr: supplying fairly21 Apr: supplying fairly22 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 fairly0
May1 May: supplying fairly2 May: supplying fairly3 May: supplying fairly4 May: supplying fairly5 May: poor pressure to no water6 May: supplying fairly7 May: supplying fairly8 May: supplying fairly9 May: supplying fairly10 May: supplying fairly11 May: supplying fairly12 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: poor pressure in places31 May: poor pressure in places1
Jun1 Jun: poor pressure in places2 Jun: poor pressure in places3 Jun: poor pressure in places4 Jun: poor pressure in places5 Jun: poor pressure in places6 Jun: poor pressure in places7 Jun: poor pressure in places8 Jun: poor pressure in places9 Jun: poor pressure in places10 Jun: poor pressure in places11 Jun: poor pressure in places12 Jun: poor pressure in places13 Jun: poor pressure in places14 Jun: poor pressure in places15 Jun: poor pressure in places16 Jun: poor pressure in places17 Jun: poor pressure in places18 Jun: poor pressure in places19 Jun: poor pressure in places20 Jun: poor pressure in places21 Jun: poor pressure in places22 Jun: poor pressure in places23 Jun: poor pressure in places24 Jun: poor pressure in places25 Jun: poor pressure in places26 Jun: poor pressure in places27 Jun: poor pressure in places28 Jun: poor pressure in places29 Jun: poor pressure in places30 Jun: no report0
Jul1 Jul: poor pressure in places2 Jul: poor pressure in places3 Jul: poor pressure in places4 Jul: no report5 Jul: poor pressure in places6 Jul: poor pressure in places7 Jul: poor pressure in places8 Jul: poor pressure in places9 Jul: poor pressure in places10 Jul: poor pressure in places11 Jul: poor pressure in places12 Jul: poor pressure in places13 Jul: poor pressure in places14 Jul: poor pressure in places15 Jul: poor pressure in places16 Jul: poor pressure in places17 Jul: poor pressure in places18 Jul: critically low19 Jul: critically low20 Jul: critically low21 Jul: critically low22 Jul: critically low23 Jul: poor pressure in places24 Jul: warning: no water may occur25 Jul: warning: no water may occur26 Jul: no report27 Jul: warning: no water may occur28 Jul: warning: no water may occur29 Jul: poor pressure in places30 Jul: poor pressure in places31 Jul: poor pressure in places5
Aug1 Aug: no report2 Aug: poor pressure in places3 Aug: poor pressure in places4 Aug: poor pressure in places5 Aug: poor pressure in places6 Aug: poor pressure in places7 Aug: poor pressure in places8 Aug: warning: no water may occur9 Aug: no report10 Aug: no report11 Aug: poor pressure in places12 Aug: poor pressure in places13 Aug: poor pressure in places14 Aug: poor pressure in places15 Aug: no report16 Aug: no report17 Aug: poor pressure in places18 Aug: poor pressure in places19 Aug: poor pressure in places20 Aug: poor pressure in places21 Aug: poor pressure in places22 Aug: no report23 Aug: no report24 Aug: poor pressure in places25 Aug: poor pressure in places26 Aug: poor pressure in places27 Aug: poor pressure in places28 Aug: poor pressure in places29 Aug: no report30 Aug: no report31 Aug: poor pressure in places0
Sep1 Sep: poor pressure in places2 Sep: poor pressure in places3 Sep: warning: no water may occur4 Sep: poor pressure in places5 Sep: no report6 Sep: no report7 Sep: poor pressure in places8 Sep: poor pressure in places9 Sep: poor pressure in places10 Sep: poor pressure in places11 Sep: poor pressure in places12 Sep: no report13 Sep: no report14 Sep: poor pressure in places15 Sep: warning: no water may occur16 Sep: warning: no water may occur17 Sep: poor pressure in places18 Sep: warning: no water may occur19 Sep: no report20 Sep: no report21 Sep: warning: no water may occur22 Sep: poor pressure in places23 Sep: poor pressure in places24 Sep: no report25 Sep: poor pressure in places26 Sep: no report27 Sep: no report28 Sep: poor pressure in places29 Sep: poor pressure in places0
  • 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 Aeroton Tower short of water on 7 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/aeroton#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 202518291800000
April 202515301500000
May 202512311200000
June 2025430400000
July 2025231200000
August 2025031000000
September 2025030000000
October 2025031000000
November 2025030000000
December 2025031000000
January 2026031000000
February 2026628410100
March 202620311820000
April 202629302900000
May 202630312720100
June 202629300290000
July 202629310204050
August 202622310211000
September 202620290155000

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”, as happening or expected (expected most often means higher streets). A warning that it may occur does not count.

In short

The latest JW report on this site is from 29 September 2026; the site last read JW's website on 1 October. Aeroton Tower had water, weak in some places. This year Aeroton Tower was short of water on 7 of the 185 days JW reported it. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4 such days. On Aeroton Tower, half of its last 7 outages were over within 11 hours; the longest since March 2025 lasted 25 hours. No JW notice we have read names Aeroton Tower.

Latest JW report

Aeroton Tower, 29 September 2026: water, weak in some places at 20:30, on bypass, the worst status in this report (JW: “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor supply may occur”).
JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:40. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

“On bypass” is JW's term. When JW repaired Hursthill 2 Reservoir from December 2025, it put the reservoir on bypass so that teams could work safely inside, and customers still received water; the news reports said this could bring periods of low pressure or no water (EWN ↗, The Citizen ↗). A reservoir or tower on bypass does not count as back when this page checks JW's end dates.

Also on OurPower ↗.

Where Aeroton gets its water

JW names at least this supply for Aeroton. Its zone tables and lists do not name Aeroton, so there may be others.

SupplySystemHow JW links it to Aeroton
Aeroton TowerCentral, SowetoNamed in a JW statement, October 2022, as Aeroton. Source 1 ↗

Outages

JW reported 7 outages on Aeroton's supply since March 2025. The longest lasted 25 hours. Every outage, with how long it lasted: Aeroton Tower.

JW's end dates

No JW notice we have read stated an end time for this supply. Each end date against what happened: Aeroton Tower.

Under strain

In 2026 so far, Aeroton had 20 days under strain: days when JW reported any of its supplies low or worse, or warned that higher-lying areas may lose water. This is a wider count than days short of water.

The network is linked. When a supply runs low, the reservoirs and towers around it carry more. At such times JW's boards sometimes warn of “poor pressure to no water in higher-lying areas”: under strain, higher streets lose water first. JW does not say which streets those are.

What JW's boards cannot tell you

JW's boards report reservoirs and towers, so some things are not in this record:

Source: JW's System Update boards and notices, read by us. The full list, and how this record is made.