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: 3 days short of water for Corriemoor Reservoir, from 162 days with a report; 3 days for Northcliff Tower, from 58. 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 Valeriedene's 2 supplies short of water on 6 days
3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 367 days with a JW report.
Corriemoor Reservoir
In 2026 so far: 3 days short of water, from 162 days with a JW report.
11531short
2025
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Feb 2026
2026
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul1
Aug1
Sep1
Northcliff Tower
In 2026 so far: 3 days short of water, from 58 days with a JW report.
11531short
2025
Mar0
Apr2
May0
Jun0
Jul0
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Mar 2026
2026
Apr1
MayNo JW boards, May to Jun
Jul2
Aug0
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 Valeriedene's 2 supplies short of water on 6 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/valeriedene#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
Corriemoor Reservoir
March 2025
18
29
18
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
April 2025
22
30
22
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
May 2025
15
31
14
0
0
0
0
1
Corriemoor Reservoir
June 2025
21
30
21
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
July 2025
8
31
6
0
0
0
0
2
Corriemoor Reservoir
August 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
September 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
October 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
November 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
December 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
January 2026
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
February 2026
0
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
March 2026
4
31
4
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
April 2026
26
30
26
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
May 2026
31
31
29
0
0
0
0
2
Corriemoor Reservoir
June 2026
30
30
30
0
0
0
0
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
July 2026
30
31
26
3
0
0
1
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
August 2026
21
31
20
0
0
0
1
0
Corriemoor Reservoir
September 2026
20
29
19
0
0
0
1
0
Northcliff Tower
March 2025
18
29
18
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
April 2025
13
30
11
0
0
0
2
0
Northcliff Tower
May 2025
12
31
12
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
June 2025
18
30
18
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
July 2025
2
31
2
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
August 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
September 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
October 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
November 2025
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
December 2025
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
January 2026
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
February 2026
0
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
March 2026
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
April 2026
4
30
3
0
0
0
1
0
Northcliff Tower
May 2026
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
June 2026
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
July 2026
12
31
10
0
0
1
1
0
Northcliff Tower
August 2026
22
31
21
1
0
0
0
0
Northcliff Tower
September 2026
20
29
20
0
0
0
0
0
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. Corriemoor Reservoir and Northcliff Tower had water as normal. JW reported Corriemoor Reservoir and Northcliff Tower short of water on 3 and 3 days this year. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4 such days. On Corriemoor Reservoir, half of its last 3 outages were over within 19 hours; the longest since March 2025 lasted 25 hours.
On JW's list of towers, June 2024, as Valeriedene. Source 1 ↗
Outages
JW reported 6 outages on Valeriedene's supplies since March 2025. The longest lasted at least 2.5 days. Every outage, with how long it lasted: Corriemoor Reservoir and Northcliff Tower.
JW's end dates
JW posted 1 notice with an end date that list a suburb or system Valeriedene'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 1 end time that has passed. Each end date against what happened: Corriemoor Reservoir and Northcliff Tower.
Under strain
In 2026 so far, Valeriedene had 9 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. Valeriedene 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.