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: 9 days short of water for Diepsloot Reservoir, from 189 days with a report; 5 days for Bryanston 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 Riverglen's 2 supplies short of water on 14 days
3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 561 days with a JW report.
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
Diepsloot Reservoir
In 2026 so far: 9 days short of water, from 189 days with a JW report.
11531short
2025
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb3
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun3
Jul0
Aug0
Sep2
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 Riverglen's 2 supplies short of water on 14 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/riverglen#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
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
Diepsloot Reservoir
March 2025
18
29
18
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
April 2025
12
30
12
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
May 2025
12
31
12
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
June 2025
28
30
28
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
July 2025
24
31
24
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
August 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
September 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
October 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
November 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
December 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
January 2026
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
February 2026
7
28
3
1
0
1
2
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
March 2026
20
31
20
0
0
0
0
0
Diepsloot Reservoir
April 2026
30
30
29
0
0
0
0
1
Diepsloot Reservoir
May 2026
30
31
23
0
0
0
1
6
Diepsloot Reservoir
June 2026
30
30
24
0
1
2
1
2
Diepsloot Reservoir
July 2026
31
31
29
1
0
0
0
1
Diepsloot Reservoir
August 2026
21
31
20
0
0
0
0
1
Diepsloot Reservoir
September 2026
20
29
17
0
0
2
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 Diepsloot Reservoir were supplying fairly or better. This year Diepsloot Reservoir was short of water on 9 of the 189 days JW reported it. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4 such days. On Diepsloot Reservoir, half of its last 7 outages lasted at least 23 hours; the longest since March 2025 lasted 3.3 days. No JW notice we have read names Diepsloot Reservoir.
Diepsloot Reservoir, 29 September 2026: water as normal at 13:00 (JW: “Supplying adequately”), then closed overnight on purpose at 20:55 (JW: “Outlet closed overnight 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 ↗
JW reported 15 outages on Riverglen's supplies since March 2025. The longest lasted 3.3 days. Every outage, with how long it lasted: Bryanston Reservoir and Diepsloot Reservoir.
JW's end dates
JW posted 12 notices with an end date that list a suburb or system Riverglen'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 9 end times that have passed. Each end date against what happened: Bryanston Reservoir and Diepsloot Reservoir.
Under strain
In 2026 so far, Riverglen had 18 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. Riverglen 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.