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Meadowlands

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

Braamfischerville 1 and Meadowlands Reservoir: short of water on 0 and 15 days this year.

From 8 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 has not reported Meadowlands Tower this year.

JW lists Meadowlands under all three 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: 15 days short of water for Meadowlands Reservoir, from 189 days with a report; 0 days for Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir, from 8. 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 Meadowlands's 3 supplies short of water on 15 days

3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 292 days with a JW report.

Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir

In 2026 so far: 0 days short of water, from 8 days with a JW report.

2025
MarNo JW boards, Mar 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb1 Feb: supplying fairly2 Feb: no report3 Feb: no report4 Feb: supplying fairly5 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
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: no report12 Mar: no report13 Mar: no report14 Mar: no report15 Mar: no report16 Mar: no report17 Mar: no report18 Mar: no report19 Mar: no report20 Mar: supplying adequately21 Mar: no report22 Mar: supplying adequately23 Mar: no report24 Mar: no report25 Mar: no report26 Mar: no report27 Mar: no report28 Mar: no report29 Mar: no report30 Mar: no report31 Mar: no report0
Apr1 Apr: no report2 Apr: no report3 Apr: no report4 Apr: no report5 Apr: no report6 Apr: supplying adequately7 Apr: no report8 Apr: no report9 Apr: no report10 Apr: no report11 Apr: no report12 Apr: no report13 Apr: no report14 Apr: no report15 Apr: no report16 Apr: no report17 Apr: no report18 Apr: no report19 Apr: no report20 Apr: no report21 Apr: no report22 Apr: no report23 Apr: no report24 Apr: no report25 Apr: supplying adequately26 Apr: supplying adequately27 Apr: no report28 Apr: supplying adequately29 Apr: no report30 Apr: no report0
MayNo JW boards, May to Sep

Meadowlands Reservoir

In 2026 so far: 15 days short of water, from 189 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: supplying adequately5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 Apr: supplying adequately8 Apr: no report9 Apr: supplying adequately10 Apr: no report11 Apr: supplying adequately12 Apr: no report13 Apr: no report14 Apr: no report15 Apr: no report16 Apr: no report17 Apr: supplying adequately18 Apr: no report19 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: supplying adequately15 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 adequately24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: supplying adequately27 May: no report28 May: no report29 May: supplying fairly30 May: no report31 May: no report0
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: no report3 Jun: poor pressure to no water4 Jun: poor pressure in places5 Jun: poor pressure in places6 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 fairly1
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: poor pressure in places25 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: poor pressure in places3 Feb: poor pressure to no water4 Feb: poor pressure in places5 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 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: poor pressure in places12 Mar: no report13 Mar: poor pressure in places14 Mar: poor pressure in places15 Mar: poor pressure in places16 Mar: poor pressure in places17 Mar: poor pressure in places18 Mar: poor pressure in places19 Mar: poor pressure in places20 Mar: poor pressure in places21 Mar: poor pressure in places22 Mar: poor pressure in places23 Mar: poor pressure in places24 Mar: poor pressure in places25 Mar: poor pressure in places26 Mar: poor pressure in places27 Mar: poor pressure in places28 Mar: poor pressure in places29 Mar: poor pressure in places30 Mar: poor pressure in places31 Mar: poor pressure in places0
Apr1 Apr: poor pressure in places2 Apr: poor pressure in places3 Apr: poor pressure in places4 Apr: poor pressure in places5 Apr: poor pressure in places6 Apr: poor pressure in places7 Apr: poor pressure in places8 Apr: poor pressure in places9 Apr: poor pressure in places10 Apr: poor pressure in places11 Apr: poor pressure in places12 Apr: poor pressure in places13 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: overnight closure22 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 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: poor pressure in places30 May: poor pressure in places31 May: supplying fairly0
Jun1 Jun: poor pressure in places2 Jun: poor pressure in places3 Jun: poor pressure in places4 Jun: supplying fairly5 Jun: low6 Jun: supplying fairly7 Jun: supplying fairly8 Jun: supplying fairly9 Jun: supplying fairly10 Jun: poor pressure to no water11 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: overnight closure24 Jun: supplying fairly25 Jun: supplying adequately26 Jun: supplying adequately27 Jun: supplying fairly28 Jun: supplying fairly29 Jun: supplying fairly30 Jun: supplying fairly1
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: low14 Jul: supplying fairly15 Jul: poor pressure to no water16 Jul: critically low17 Jul: critically low18 Jul: critically low19 Jul: critically low20 Jul: poor pressure in places21 Jul: poor pressure in places22 Jul: poor pressure to no water23 Jul: poor pressure in places24 Jul: supplying fairly25 Jul: supplying fairly26 Jul: supplying fairly27 Jul: supplying fairly28 Jul: supplying fairly29 Jul: supplying fairly30 Jul: supplying fairly31 Jul: supplying fairly6
Aug1 Aug: no report2 Aug: no report3 Aug: supplying fairly4 Aug: supplying fairly5 Aug: poor pressure to no water6 Aug: supplying fairly7 Aug: supplying fairly8 Aug: supplying fairly9 Aug: no report10 Aug: no report11 Aug: supplying fairly12 Aug: poor pressure to no water13 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: overnight closure26 Aug: poor pressure to no water27 Aug: poor pressure to no water28 Aug: no report29 Aug: no report30 Aug: no report31 Aug: supplying fairly4
Sep1 Sep: supplying fairly2 Sep: poor pressure to no water3 Sep: supplying fairly4 Sep: supplying fairly5 Sep: no report6 Sep: no report7 Sep: supplying fairly8 Sep: supplying fairly9 Sep: poor pressure to no water10 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: poor pressure to no water24 Sep: no report25 Sep: supplying fairly26 Sep: no report27 Sep: no report28 Sep: supplying fairly29 Sep: supplying fairly3

Meadowlands Tower

MarNo JW boards, Mar 2025 to Sep 2026
  • 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 at least one of Meadowlands's 3 supplies short of water on 15 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/meadowlands#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
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirMarch 2025029000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirApril 2025030000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirMay 2025031000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirJune 2025030000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirJuly 2025031000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirAugust 2025031000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirSeptember 2025030000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirOctober 2025031000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirNovember 2025030000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirDecember 2025031000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirJanuary 2026031000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirFebruary 2026228200000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirMarch 2026231200000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirApril 2026430400000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirMay 2026031000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirJune 2026030000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirJuly 2026031000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirAugust 2026031000000
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirSeptember 2026029000000
Meadowlands ReservoirMarch 202518291800000
Meadowlands ReservoirApril 202512301200000
Meadowlands ReservoirMay 202513311300000
Meadowlands ReservoirJune 202528302520100
Meadowlands ReservoirJuly 202524312310000
Meadowlands ReservoirAugust 2025031000000
Meadowlands ReservoirSeptember 2025030000000
Meadowlands ReservoirOctober 2025031000000
Meadowlands ReservoirNovember 2025030000000
Meadowlands ReservoirDecember 2025031000000
Meadowlands ReservoirJanuary 2026031000000
Meadowlands ReservoirFebruary 2026728150100
Meadowlands ReservoirMarch 202620310200000
Meadowlands ReservoirApril 2026303017120001
Meadowlands ReservoirMay 202631312920000
Meadowlands ReservoirJune 202630302440101
Meadowlands ReservoirJuly 202631312140240
Meadowlands ReservoirAugust 202620311500401
Meadowlands ReservoirSeptember 202620291700300
Meadowlands TowerMarch 2025029000000
Meadowlands TowerApril 2025030000000
Meadowlands TowerMay 2025031000000
Meadowlands TowerJune 2025030000000
Meadowlands TowerJuly 2025031000000
Meadowlands TowerAugust 2025031000000
Meadowlands TowerSeptember 2025030000000
Meadowlands TowerOctober 2025031000000
Meadowlands TowerNovember 2025030000000
Meadowlands TowerDecember 2025031000000
Meadowlands TowerJanuary 2026031000000
Meadowlands TowerFebruary 2026028000000
Meadowlands TowerMarch 2026031000000
Meadowlands TowerApril 2026030000000
Meadowlands TowerMay 2026031000000
Meadowlands TowerJune 2026030000000
Meadowlands TowerJuly 2026031000000
Meadowlands TowerAugust 2026031000000
Meadowlands TowerSeptember 2026029000000

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. Meadowlands Reservoir was supplying fairly. JW's last report of Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir is from 28 April 2026. Meadowlands gets its water from two reservoirs and a tower. This year Meadowlands Reservoir was short of water on 15 of the 189 days JW reported it. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4 such days. On Meadowlands Reservoir, half of its last 10 outages were over within 9 hours; the longest since March 2025 lasted 39 hours. No JW notice we have read names Meadowlands Reservoir. None of the 5 passed end dates on its page was met.

Latest JW report

Meadowlands Reservoir, 29 September 2026: supplying fairly at 13:20 (JW: “Supplying fairly”), then closed overnight on purpose at 20:15 (JW: “Outlet closed as part of Water Demand Management”).
JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:40. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

No JW report since 28 April 2026. Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir, 28 April 2026: water as normal at 19:15 (JW: “Supplying adequately”).
JW put it on its website 5 May 2026 at 11:27. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

Meadowlands Tower: JW has not reported it on any status board we have read.

Also on OurPower ↗.

Where Meadowlands gets its water

Meadowlands draws on three supplies at once: Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir, Meadowlands Reservoir and Meadowlands Tower. JW does not say which street each one reaches.

SupplySystemHow JW links it to Meadowlands
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirSowetoListed on JW's pages, as Meadowlands Ext.11, Meadowlands Ext.12. Source 1 ↗
Meadowlands ReservoirSowetoListed on JW's pages, as Meadowlands. Source 1 ↗ Source 2 ↗
Meadowlands TowerNamed in a JW notice, as Meadowlands. Source 1 ↗

Outages

JW reported 14 outages on Meadowlands's supplies since March 2025. The longest lasted 39 hours. Every outage, with how long it lasted: Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir, Meadowlands Reservoir and Meadowlands Tower.

JW's end dates

JW posted 7 notices with an end date that list a suburb or system Meadowlands'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 6 end times that have passed. Each end date against what happened: Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir, Meadowlands Reservoir and Meadowlands Tower.

Under strain

In 2026 so far, Meadowlands had 17 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. Meadowlands 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.