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Last Johannesburg Water (JW) report: Tue 28 Apr 2026, 19:15. Water from Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir.

Braamfischerville 1: short of water on 0 days this year.

From 8 days with a JW report. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4.

Braamfischerville 1Water as normal
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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: 0 days short of water for Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir, from 8 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 Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir short of water on 0 days

3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, 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
  • 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 Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir short of water on 0 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/soteba#fig-year

The data as a table
MonthDays reportedDays in recordAdequate or fairPoor pressure in places, or lowWarning: no water may occurPoor pressure to no waterCritically lowOvernight closure
March 2025029000000
April 2025030000000
May 2025031000000
June 2025030000000
July 2025031000000
August 2025031000000
September 2025030000000
October 2025031000000
November 2025030000000
December 2025031000000
January 2026031000000
February 2026228200000
March 2026231200000
April 2026430400000
May 2026031000000
June 2026030000000
July 2026031000000
August 2026031000000
September 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 28 April 2026; the site last read JW's website on 1 October. Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir had water as normal. JW did not report it short of water this year.

Latest JW report

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 ↗

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Where Soteba gets its water

JW links Soteba to one supply, Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir.

SupplySystemHow JW links it to Soteba
Braamfischerville 1 ReservoirSowetoJohannesburg Water's lists name this area as Meadowlands Ext.11, Meadowlands Ext.12. Source 1 ↗

Outages

JW reported no outage on this supply since March 2025. Every outage, with how long it lasted: Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir.

JW's end dates

JW posted 2 notices with an end date that list a suburb or system Soteba's supply feeds. 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 1 end time that has passed. Each end date against what happened: Braamfischerville 1 Reservoir.

Under strain

In 2026 so far, Soteba had 0 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. When a supply runs low, the reservoirs and towers around it 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.