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: 5 days short of water for Bryanston Reservoir, from 189 days with a report; 0 days for Marlboro Reservoir, from 189. 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 Paulshof's 2 supplies short of water on 5 days
3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 560 days with a JW report.
Marlboro Reservoir
In 2026 so far: 0 days short of water, from 189 days with a JW report.
11531short
2025
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul3
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Bryanston Reservoir
In 2026 so far: 5 days short of water, from 189 days with a JW report.
11531short
2025
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul5
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May0
Jun1
Jul0
Aug1
Sep0
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 Paulshof's 2 supplies short of water on 5 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/paulshof#fig-year
The data as a table
Supply
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
Marlboro Reservoir
March 2025
18
29
18
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
April 2025
13
30
13
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
May 2025
11
31
11
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
June 2025
28
30
28
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
July 2025
23
31
16
3
0
1
2
1
Marlboro Reservoir
August 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
September 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
October 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
November 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
December 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
January 2026
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
February 2026
7
28
7
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
March 2026
21
31
19
2
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
April 2026
30
30
30
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
May 2026
31
31
29
2
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
June 2026
30
30
30
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
July 2026
30
31
30
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
August 2026
20
31
20
0
0
0
0
0
Marlboro Reservoir
September 2026
20
29
20
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
March 2025
18
29
18
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
April 2025
9
30
9
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
May 2025
11
31
11
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
June 2025
28
30
28
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
July 2025
23
31
14
4
0
4
1
0
Bryanston Reservoir
August 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
September 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
October 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
November 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
December 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
January 2026
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
February 2026
7
28
7
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
March 2026
21
31
20
0
0
0
0
1
Bryanston Reservoir
April 2026
30
30
25
1
0
2
1
1
Bryanston Reservoir
May 2026
31
31
29
2
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
June 2026
30
30
28
1
0
1
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
July 2026
30
31
30
0
0
0
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
August 2026
20
31
18
1
0
1
0
0
Bryanston Reservoir
September 2026
20
29
19
0
0
0
0
1
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. Bryanston Reservoir and Marlboro Reservoir were supplying fairly or better. This year Bryanston Reservoir was short of water on 5 of the 189 days JW reported it. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4 such days. On Bryanston Reservoir, half of its last 8 outages lasted at least 21 hours; the longest since March 2025 lasted at least 36 hours. No JW notice we have read names Bryanston Reservoir. None of the 9 passed end dates on its page was met.
JW reported 10 outages on Paulshof's supplies since March 2025. The longest lasted at least 36 hours. Every outage, with how long it lasted: Bryanston Reservoir and Marlboro Reservoir.
JW's end dates
JW posted 24 notices with an end date that list a suburb or system Paulshof'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 24 end times that have passed. Each end date against what happened: Bryanston Reservoir and Marlboro Reservoir.
Under strain
In 2026 so far, Paulshof had 10 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. Paulshof 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:
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.