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Mapetla

Last Johannesburg Water (JW) report: Tue 29 Sep 2026, 20:15

Both of Mapetla's supplies: short of water on 0 and 3 days this year.

From 103 and 189 days with a JW report. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4.

At JW's last report: Water as normal (1) Supplying fairly (1)

JW lists Mapetla under both supplies and does not say which streets each one reaches.

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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: 3 days short of water for Jabulani Reservoir, from 189 days with a report; 0 days for Chiawelo Reservoir, from 103. 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 at least one of Mapetla's 2 supplies short of water on 3 days

3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 431 days with a JW report.

Chiawelo Reservoir

In 2026 so far: 0 days short of water, from 103 days with a JW report.

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: supplying adequately12 Mar: supplying adequately13 Mar: supplying adequately14 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 adequately2 Apr: supplying adequately3 Apr: supplying adequately4 Apr: no report5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 Apr: supplying adequately8 Apr: no report9 Apr: supplying adequately10 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: no report27 Apr: no report28 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 adequately16 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
JunNo JW boards, Jun 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb1 Feb: supplying fairly2 Feb: supplying fairly3 Feb: supplying fairly4 Feb: no report5 Feb: no report6 Feb: no report7 Feb: no report8 Feb: no report9 Feb: no report10 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
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: no report30 May: supplying fairly31 May: no report0
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: supplying fairly3 Jun: supplying fairly4 Jun: supplying fairly5 Jun: supplying fairly6 Jun: no report7 Jun: supplying fairly8 Jun: supplying fairly9 Jun: supplying adequately10 Jun: supplying adequately11 Jun: supplying adequately12 Jun: supplying adequately13 Jun: supplying adequately14 Jun: supplying adequately15 Jun: supplying fairly16 Jun: supplying fairly17 Jun: supplying fairly18 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: 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 adequately12 Jul: supplying adequately13 Jul: supplying adequately14 Jul: supplying adequately15 Jul: supplying adequately16 Jul: supplying fairly17 Jul: poor pressure in places18 Jul: poor pressure in places19 Jul: supplying fairly20 Jul: supplying fairly21 Jul: supplying fairly22 Jul: supplying fairly23 Jul: supplying fairly24 Jul: supplying adequately25 Jul: supplying adequately26 Jul: supplying adequately27 Jul: supplying adequately28 Jul: supplying adequately29 Jul: supplying adequately30 Jul: supplying adequately31 Jul: supplying adequately0
Aug1 Aug: no report2 Aug: no report3 Aug: supplying adequately4 Aug: supplying adequately5 Aug: supplying adequately6 Aug: supplying adequately7 Aug: low8 Aug: low9 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 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 adequately12 Sep: no report13 Sep: no report14 Sep: supplying adequately15 Sep: supplying adequately16 Sep: supplying adequately17 Sep: supplying adequately18 Sep: supplying adequately19 Sep: no report20 Sep: no report21 Sep: supplying adequately22 Sep: supplying adequately23 Sep: supplying adequately24 Sep: no report25 Sep: supplying adequately26 Sep: no report27 Sep: no report28 Sep: supplying adequately29 Sep: supplying adequately0

Jabulani Reservoir

In 2026 so far: 3 days short of water, from 189 days with a JW report.

2025
Mar3 Mar: not on the scale4 Mar: no report5 Mar: not on the scale6 Mar: not on the scale7 Mar: not on the scale8 Mar: not on the scale9 Mar: not on the scale10 Mar: no report11 Mar: not on the scale12 Mar: not on the scale13 Mar: not on the scale14 Mar: not on the scale15 Mar: no report16 Mar: no report17 Mar: not on the scale18 Mar: not on the scale19 Mar: not on the scale20 Mar: not on the scale21 Mar: no report22 Mar: no report23 Mar: no report24 Mar: not on the scale25 Mar: not on the scale26 Mar: not on the scale27 Mar: not on the scale28 Mar: no report29 Mar: no report30 Mar: no report31 Mar: no report0
Apr1 Apr: not on the scale2 Apr: not on the scale3 Apr: not on the scale4 Apr: no report5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 Apr: not on the scale8 Apr: no report9 Apr: not on the scale10 Apr: not on the scale11 Apr: not on the scale12 Apr: no report13 Apr: no report14 Apr: no report15 Apr: no report16 Apr: no report17 Apr: not on the scale18 Apr: not on the scale19 Apr: no report20 Apr: no report21 Apr: no report22 Apr: not on the scale23 Apr: no report24 Apr: no report25 Apr: not on the scale26 Apr: no report27 Apr: no report28 Apr: not on the scale29 Apr: not on the scale30 Apr: no report0
May1 May: not on the scale2 May: not on the scale3 May: not on the scale4 May: no report5 May: not on the scale6 May: not on the scale7 May: no report8 May: no report9 May: not on the scale10 May: not on the scale11 May: not on the scale12 May: not on the scale13 May: no report14 May: no report15 May: not on the scale16 May: no report17 May: no report18 May: no report19 May: no report20 May: no report21 May: no report22 May: no report23 May: not on the scale24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: not on the scale27 May: no report28 May: no report29 May: supplying fairly30 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 fairly17 Jun: supplying fairly18 Jun: supplying fairly19 Jun: supplying fairly20 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 fairly29 Jun: supplying fairly30 Jun: supplying fairly0
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: 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: supplying fairly8 Feb: supplying fairly9 Feb: supplying fairly10 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 fairly24 Mar: supplying fairly25 Mar: supplying fairly26 Mar: supplying fairly27 Mar: supplying fairly28 Mar: warning: no water may occur29 Mar: warning: no water may occur30 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 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: 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 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: poor pressure to no water7 Jun: poor pressure to no water8 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 fairly17 Jun: supplying fairly18 Jun: supplying fairly19 Jun: supplying fairly20 Jun: supplying fairly21 Jun: supplying fairly22 Jun: supplying fairly23 Jun: supplying fairly24 Jun: supplying fairly25 Jun: supplying fairly26 Jun: warning: no water may occur27 Jun: supplying fairly28 Jun: supplying fairly29 Jun: supplying fairly30 Jun: supplying fairly2
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: supplying fairly12 Jul: supplying fairly13 Jul: supplying fairly14 Jul: supplying fairly15 Jul: supplying fairly16 Jul: critically low17 Jul: poor pressure in places18 Jul: poor pressure in places19 Jul: poor pressure in places20 Jul: supplying fairly21 Jul: supplying fairly22 Jul: supplying fairly23 Jul: supplying fairly24 Jul: supplying fairly25 Jul: supplying fairly26 Jul: supplying fairly27 Jul: supplying fairly28 Jul: supplying fairly29 Jul: supplying fairly30 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
  • not on the scale
  • 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 at least one of Mapetla's 2 supplies short of water on 3 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/mapetla#fig-year

The data as a table
SupplyMonthDays reportedDays in recordAdequate or fairPoor pressure in places, or lowWarning: no water may occurPoor pressure to no waterCritically lowOvernight closure
Chiawelo ReservoirMarch 202518291800000
Chiawelo ReservoirApril 202513301300000
Chiawelo ReservoirMay 202512311200000
Chiawelo ReservoirJune 2025030000000
Chiawelo ReservoirJuly 2025031000000
Chiawelo ReservoirAugust 2025031000000
Chiawelo ReservoirSeptember 2025030000000
Chiawelo ReservoirOctober 2025031000000
Chiawelo ReservoirNovember 2025030000000
Chiawelo ReservoirDecember 2025031000000
Chiawelo ReservoirJanuary 2026031000000
Chiawelo ReservoirFebruary 2026328300000
Chiawelo ReservoirMarch 2026031000000
Chiawelo ReservoirApril 2026030000000
Chiawelo ReservoirMay 2026131100000
Chiawelo ReservoirJune 202628302800000
Chiawelo ReservoirJuly 202631312920000
Chiawelo ReservoirAugust 202620311820000
Chiawelo ReservoirSeptember 202620292000000
Jabulani ReservoirMarch 20251829000000
Jabulani ReservoirApril 20251330000000
Jabulani ReservoirMay 20251331100000
Jabulani ReservoirJune 202528302800000
Jabulani ReservoirJuly 202524312400000
Jabulani ReservoirAugust 2025031000000
Jabulani ReservoirSeptember 2025030000000
Jabulani ReservoirOctober 2025031000000
Jabulani ReservoirNovember 2025030000000
Jabulani ReservoirDecember 2025031000000
Jabulani ReservoirJanuary 2026031000000
Jabulani ReservoirFebruary 2026728700000
Jabulani ReservoirMarch 202620311802000
Jabulani ReservoirApril 202630303000000
Jabulani ReservoirMay 202631313100000
Jabulani ReservoirJune 202630302701200
Jabulani ReservoirJuly 202631312730010
Jabulani ReservoirAugust 202620312000000
Jabulani ReservoirSeptember 202620292000000

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. Chiawelo Reservoir and Jabulani Reservoir were supplying fairly or better. JW reported Chiawelo Reservoir and Jabulani Reservoir short of water on 0 and 3 days this year. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4 such days. On Jabulani Reservoir, its last 2 outages lasted 25 hours and 6 hours; the longest since March 2025 lasted 25 hours.

Latest JW report

Jabulani Reservoir, 29 September 2026: supplying fairly at 20:15, on bypass (JW: “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 ↗

Chiawelo Reservoir, 29 September 2026: water as normal at 20:15 (JW: “Supplying adequately”).
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 Mapetla gets its water

Mapetla draws on two supplies at once: Chiawelo Reservoir and Jabulani Reservoir. JW does not say which street each one reaches.

SupplySystemHow JW links it to Mapetla
Chiawelo ReservoirSowetoListed on JW's pages, as Mapetla Ext.1. Source 1 ↗
Jabulani ReservoirSowetoListed on JW's pages, as Mapetla, Mapetla Ext.1. Source 1 ↗ Source 2 ↗

Outages

JW reported 2 outages on Mapetla's supplies since March 2025. The longest lasted 25 hours. Every outage, with how long it lasted: Chiawelo Reservoir and Jabulani Reservoir.

JW's end dates

JW posted 8 notices with an end date that list a suburb or system Mapetla's supplies feed. 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 11 end times that have passed. Each end date against what happened: Chiawelo Reservoir and Jabulani Reservoir.

Under strain

In 2026 so far, Mapetla had 8 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. Mapetla draws on all its supplies at once, and when one runs low the others 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.