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Last Johannesburg Water (JW) report: Tue 29 Sep 2026, 21:05

Linksfield: short of water on 4 days this year.

From 102 days with a JW report. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4.

At JW's last report: Water as normal

JW has not reported Parktown 1 Reservoir this year.

JW lists Orchards 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: 4 days short of water for Linksfield Reservoir, from 102 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 at least one of Orchards's 2 supplies short of water on 4 days

3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 142 days with a JW report.

Linksfield Reservoir

In 2026 so far: 4 days short of water, from 102 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: no report2 Apr: no report3 Apr: supplying adequately4 Apr: no report5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 Apr: no report8 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: supplying adequately0
May1 May: supplying adequately2 May: no report3 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: 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: no report30 May: no report31 May: no report0
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: no report3 Jun: supplying fairly4 Jun: supplying fairly5 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: no report24 Jun: no report25 Jun: no report26 Jun: no report27 Jun: no report28 Jun: no report29 Jun: no report30 Jun: no report0
JulNo JW boards, Jul 2025 to Apr 2026
2026
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: overnight closure31 May: supplying fairly0
Jun1 Jun: critically low2 Jun: supplying adequately3 Jun: supplying fairly4 Jun: supplying adequately5 Jun: supplying adequately6 Jun: supplying fairly7 Jun: supplying adequately8 Jun: supplying adequately9 Jun: supplying adequately10 Jun: supplying adequately11 Jun: poor pressure to no water12 Jun: supplying adequately13 Jun: supplying adequately14 Jun: supplying adequately15 Jun: supplying adequately16 Jun: supplying adequately17 Jun: supplying adequately18 Jun: supplying adequately19 Jun: supplying adequately20 Jun: supplying adequately21 Jun: supplying adequately22 Jun: supplying adequately23 Jun: poor pressure to no water24 Jun: supplying adequately25 Jun: supplying adequately26 Jun: poor pressure to no water27 Jun: supplying adequately28 Jun: supplying adequately29 Jun: supplying adequately30 Jun: supplying adequately4
Jul1 Jul: supplying adequately2 Jul: supplying adequately3 Jul: no report4 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 adequately17 Jul: supplying adequately18 Jul: supplying adequately19 Jul: supplying adequately20 Jul: supplying adequately21 Jul: supplying adequately22 Jul: supplying adequately23 Jul: supplying adequately24 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: supplying fairly8 Aug: supplying adequately9 Aug: no report10 Aug: no report11 Aug: no report12 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 adequately21 Aug: supplying adequately22 Aug: no report23 Aug: no report24 Aug: supplying adequately25 Aug: supplying adequately26 Aug: supplying adequately27 Aug: supplying adequately28 Aug: supplying fairly29 Aug: no report30 Aug: no report31 Aug: supplying adequately0
Sep1 Sep: supplying adequately2 Sep: supplying adequately3 Sep: supplying adequately4 Sep: supplying adequately5 Sep: no report6 Sep: no report7 Sep: supplying adequately8 Sep: supplying adequately9 Sep: supplying adequately10 Sep: supplying adequately11 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

Parktown 1 Reservoir

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 Orchards's 2 supplies short of water on 4 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/orchards#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
Linksfield ReservoirMarch 202518291800000
Linksfield ReservoirApril 2025930900000
Linksfield ReservoirMay 202510311000000
Linksfield ReservoirJune 2025330300000
Linksfield ReservoirJuly 2025031000000
Linksfield ReservoirAugust 2025031000000
Linksfield ReservoirSeptember 2025030000000
Linksfield ReservoirOctober 2025031000000
Linksfield ReservoirNovember 2025030000000
Linksfield ReservoirDecember 2025031000000
Linksfield ReservoirJanuary 2026031000000
Linksfield ReservoirFebruary 2026028000000
Linksfield ReservoirMarch 2026031000000
Linksfield ReservoirApril 2026030000000
Linksfield ReservoirMay 2026231100001
Linksfield ReservoirJune 202630302600310
Linksfield ReservoirJuly 202630313000000
Linksfield ReservoirAugust 202620312000000
Linksfield ReservoirSeptember 202620292000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirMarch 2025029000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirApril 2025030000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirMay 2025031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirJune 2025030000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirJuly 2025031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirAugust 2025031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirSeptember 2025030000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirOctober 2025031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirNovember 2025030000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirDecember 2025031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirJanuary 2026031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirFebruary 2026028000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirMarch 2026031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirApril 2026030000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirMay 2026031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirJune 2026030000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirJuly 2026031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirAugust 2026031000000
Parktown 1 ReservoirSeptember 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. Linksfield Reservoir had water as normal. Orchards gets its water from two reservoirs. JW reported Linksfield Reservoir short of water on 4 days this year. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4 such days. JW has not reported Parktown 1 Reservoir this year. On Linksfield Reservoir, half of its last 4 outages were over within 12 hours; the longest since March 2025 lasted 24 hours.

Latest JW report

Linksfield Reservoir, 29 September 2026: water as normal at 13:20 (JW: “Supplying adequately”), then closed overnight on purpose at 21:05 (JW: “Outlet closed overnight to build capacity”).
JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:40. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

Parktown 1 Reservoir: JW has not reported it on any status board we have read.

Also on OurPower ↗.

Where Orchards gets its water

Orchards draws on two supplies at once: Linksfield Reservoir and Parktown 1 Reservoir. JW does not say which street each one reaches.

SupplySystemHow JW links it to Orchards
Linksfield ReservoirListed on JW's pages, as Orchards. Source 1 ↗
Parktown 1 ReservoirListed on JW's pages, as Orchards. Source 1 ↗

Outages

JW reported 4 outages on Orchards's supplies since March 2025. The longest lasted 24 hours. Every outage, with how long it lasted: Linksfield Reservoir and Parktown 1 Reservoir.

JW's end dates

No JW notice we have read stated an end time for these supplies. Each end date against what happened: Linksfield Reservoir and Parktown 1 Reservoir.

Under strain

In 2026 so far, Orchards had 4 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. Orchards 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.