Austin View
Last Johannesburg Water (JW) report: Tue 29 Sep 2026, 20:55. Water from President Park Tower.
At 20:55 JW wrote: “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur.”
On 3 more days JW printed a warning. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4.
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: 87 days short of water for President Park Tower, from 189 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 President Park Tower short of water on 87 days
3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 241 days with a JW report.
- 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 President Park Tower short of water on 87 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/austin-view#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 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 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 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 30 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| July 2026 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Is anyone fixing it?
No JW notice we have read names President Park Tower.
In short
The latest JW report on this site is from 29 September 2026; the site last read JW's website on 1 October. President Park Tower had water, weak in some places. This year President Park Tower was short of water on 87 of the 189 days JW reported it. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4 such days. On President Park Tower, half of its last 10 outages were over within 21 hours; the longest since March 2025 lasted 40.6 days. No JW notice we have read names President Park Tower. None of the 2 passed end dates on its page was met.
Latest JW report
President Park Tower, 29 September 2026: water, weak in some places at 20:55, on bypass, the worst status in this report (JW: “On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure 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 Austin View gets its water
JW names at least this supply for Austin View. Its zone tables and lists do not name Austin View, so there may be others.
| Supply | System | How JW links it to Austin View |
|---|---|---|
| President Park Tower | Midrand | Named in a JW statement, October 2022, as Austin View. Source 1 ↗ |
Outages
JW reported 20 outages on Austin View's supply since March 2025. The longest lasted 40.6 days. Every outage, with how long it lasted: President Park Tower.
JW's end dates
JW posted 2 notices with an end date that list a suburb or system Austin View's supply feeds. Most name only suburbs, not the reservoir or tower, so the summary at the top uses only a notice that names the supply itself. By the stated time JW's boards showed the water back on none of the 2 end times that have passed. Each end date against what happened: President Park Tower.
Up the supply chain
Austin View's supply is in JW's Midrand system.
On 4 June 2026, JW reported President Park Tower poor pressure to no water
Where the water comes from, top to bottom, and what JW reported for each part on 4 June 2026. A suburb draws on every supply listed at once; JW does not say which street each one reaches.
Showing 4 June 2026. Other days: 20 July 2026, 18 June 2026, 16 June 2026, 8 June 2026, 4 June 2026, 1 June 2026, or the last day.
Bulk supply
JW's boards carry no status for Rand Water's stations.
Feeds the Midrand system: stated by JW source ↗System
JW reported 1 of 10 supplies in it short of water.
Fed from Palmiet Pump Station (Rand Water): stated by JW source ↗Supply
JW reported poor pressure to no water, on bypass.
As printed: “12:50 On bypass. Supplying fairly. Poor pressure may occur.”; “20:40 On bypass and supplying fairly. Poor pressure to no water is expected.”
In the Midrand system: listed on a JW page source ↗ Supplies Austin View: jw_statementSuburb
No JW report for taps. See the supply above: when it is supplying, a tap can still be dry, most often in higher streets.
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 4 June 2026, JW reported President Park Tower poor pressure to no water”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/austin-view#fig-chain
The data as a table
| Part | What it is | Feeds | How we know | On 4 June 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmiet Pump Station (Rand Water) | Rand Water station | the Midrand system | stated by JW | No JW status for it |
| Midrand system | System | JW's system page | 1 of 10 supplies short of water; 0 with no report | |
| President Park Tower | Tower | Austin View | JW's page or notice | poor pressure to no water |
Under strain
In 2026 so far, Austin View had 90 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:
- 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.