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Last Johannesburg Water (JW) report: Tue 29 Sep 2026, 21:00. Water from Helderkruin Tower.

Helderkruin: short of water on 8 days this year.

From 189 days with a JW report. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4.

HelderkruinWater 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: 8 days short of water for Helderkruin Tower, from 189 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 Helderkruin Tower short of water on 8 days

3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 296 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 fairly18 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: supplying adequately2 Apr: supplying adequately3 Apr: supplying adequately4 Apr: supplying adequately5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 Apr: supplying adequately8 Apr: no report9 Apr: supplying adequately10 Apr: supplying adequately11 Apr: supplying adequately12 Apr: no report13 Apr: no report14 Apr: no report15 Apr: no report16 Apr: no report17 Apr: supplying adequately18 Apr: supplying adequately19 Apr: supplying adequately20 Apr: supplying adequately21 Apr: supplying adequately22 Apr: supplying fairly23 Apr: critically low24 Apr: supplying adequately25 Apr: supplying adequately26 Apr: supplying adequately27 Apr: supplying adequately28 Apr: supplying adequately29 Apr: supplying adequately30 Apr: supplying adequately1
May1 May: supplying adequately2 May: supplying adequately3 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: supplying adequately14 May: supplying adequately15 May: supplying adequately16 May: no report17 May: no report18 May: no report19 May: no report20 May: no report21 May: poor pressure to no water22 May: no report23 May: supplying adequately24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: supplying adequately27 May: supplying adequately28 May: no report29 May: no report30 May: no report31 May: no report1
Jun1 Jun: no report2 Jun: no report3 Jun: supplying adequately4 Jun: supplying adequately5 Jun: supplying adequately6 Jun: supplying adequately7 Jun: supplying adequately8 Jun: supplying adequately9 Jun: supplying adequately10 Jun: supplying adequately11 Jun: supplying adequately12 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: supplying adequately24 Jun: low25 Jun: supplying adequately26 Jun: supplying adequately27 Jun: supplying adequately28 Jun: supplying adequately29 Jun: supplying adequately30 Jun: supplying adequately0
Jul1 Jul: critically low2 Jul: critically low3 Jul: critically low4 Jul: critically low5 Jul: supplying adequately6 Jul: supplying adequately7 Jul: supplying adequately8 Jul: supplying adequately9 Jul: supplying adequately10 Jul: supplying fairly11 Jul: supplying fairly12 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: no report24 Jul: supplying adequately25 Jul: no report26 Jul: no report27 Jul: no report28 Jul: no report29 Jul: no report30 Jul: no report31 Jul: no report4
AugNo JW boards, Aug 2025 to Jan 2026
2026
Feb1 Feb: supplying adequately2 Feb: supplying adequately3 Feb: supplying fairly4 Feb: supplying adequately5 Feb: no report6 Feb: no report7 Feb: supplying adequately8 Feb: supplying adequately9 Feb: supplying adequately10 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: supplying adequately12 Mar: supplying adequately13 Mar: supplying adequately14 Mar: supplying adequately15 Mar: supplying adequately16 Mar: supplying adequately17 Mar: supplying adequately18 Mar: supplying adequately19 Mar: supplying adequately20 Mar: supplying adequately21 Mar: supplying adequately22 Mar: supplying adequately23 Mar: supplying adequately24 Mar: supplying adequately25 Mar: supplying adequately26 Mar: supplying adequately27 Mar: critically low28 Mar: supplying adequately29 Mar: supplying adequately30 Mar: supplying adequately31 Mar: supplying adequately1
Apr1 Apr: supplying adequately2 Apr: supplying fairly3 Apr: supplying adequately4 Apr: supplying adequately5 Apr: supplying adequately6 Apr: supplying adequately7 Apr: supplying adequately8 Apr: supplying adequately9 Apr: supplying fairly10 Apr: supplying adequately11 Apr: supplying adequately12 Apr: supplying adequately13 Apr: supplying adequately14 Apr: supplying adequately15 Apr: supplying adequately16 Apr: supplying adequately17 Apr: supplying adequately18 Apr: supplying adequately19 Apr: supplying adequately20 Apr: supplying adequately21 Apr: supplying adequately22 Apr: supplying adequately23 Apr: supplying adequately24 Apr: supplying adequately25 Apr: supplying adequately26 Apr: supplying adequately27 Apr: supplying adequately28 Apr: supplying adequately29 Apr: supplying adequately30 Apr: supplying adequately0
May1 May: supplying adequately2 May: supplying adequately3 May: supplying adequately4 May: supplying adequately5 May: supplying adequately6 May: supplying adequately7 May: overnight closure8 May: supplying adequately9 May: supplying adequately10 May: supplying adequately11 May: supplying adequately12 May: supplying adequately13 May: supplying adequately14 May: overnight closure15 May: supplying adequately16 May: supplying adequately17 May: supplying adequately18 May: supplying adequately19 May: supplying adequately20 May: supplying adequately21 May: supplying adequately22 May: supplying adequately23 May: supplying adequately24 May: supplying adequately25 May: supplying adequately26 May: supplying adequately27 May: supplying adequately28 May: supplying adequately29 May: supplying adequately30 May: supplying fairly31 May: supplying fairly0
Jun1 Jun: supplying adequately2 Jun: supplying adequately3 Jun: supplying adequately4 Jun: supplying adequately5 Jun: supplying adequately6 Jun: supplying adequately7 Jun: supplying adequately8 Jun: supplying adequately9 Jun: supplying adequately10 Jun: supplying adequately11 Jun: supplying adequately12 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: supplying adequately24 Jun: supplying adequately25 Jun: supplying adequately26 Jun: supplying adequately27 Jun: supplying adequately28 Jun: supplying adequately29 Jun: supplying adequately30 Jun: supplying adequately0
Jul1 Jul: supplying adequately2 Jul: supplying adequately3 Jul: supplying adequately4 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: critically low18 Jul: critically low19 Jul: critically low20 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 adequately3
Aug1 Aug: no report2 Aug: no report3 Aug: supplying adequately4 Aug: supplying adequately5 Aug: supplying adequately6 Aug: supplying adequately7 Aug: supplying adequately8 Aug: supplying adequately9 Aug: no report10 Aug: no report11 Aug: supplying adequately12 Aug: supplying adequately13 Aug: supplying adequately14 Aug: supplying adequately15 Aug: no report16 Aug: no report17 Aug: supplying adequately18 Aug: supplying adequately19 Aug: no report20 Aug: supplying adequately21 Aug: supplying adequately22 Aug: no report23 Aug: no report24 Aug: supplying adequately25 Aug: poor pressure to no water26 Aug: no report27 Aug: supplying fairly28 Aug: supplying fairly29 Aug: no report30 Aug: no report31 Aug: supplying adequately1
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: poor pressure to no water15 Sep: critically low16 Sep: critically low17 Sep: supplying fairly18 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 adequately3
  • 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 Helderkruin Tower short of water on 8 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/westgate#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 202518291800000
April 202522302100010
May 202516311500100
June 202528302710000
July 202523311900040
August 2025031000000
September 2025030000000
October 2025031000000
November 2025030000000
December 2025031000000
January 2026031000000
February 2026728700000
March 202621312000010
April 202630303000000
May 202631312900002
June 202630303000000
July 202631312800030
August 202619311800100
September 202620291700120

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. Helderkruin Tower had water as normal. This year Helderkruin Tower was short of water on 8 of the 189 days JW reported it. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4 such days. On Helderkruin Tower, half of its last 8 outages lasted at least 36 hours; the longest since March 2025 lasted 2.2 days. No JW notice we have read names Helderkruin Tower.

Latest JW report

Helderkruin Tower, 29 September 2026: water as normal at 21:00 (JW: “Supplying adequately”).
JW put it on its website 1 October 2026 at 13:40. JW's page for this board ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

Also on OurPower ↗.

Where Westgate gets its water

JW names at least this supply for Westgate. Its zone tables and lists do not name Westgate, so there may be others.

SupplySystemHow JW links it to Westgate
Helderkruin TowerRoodepoortNamed in a JW statement, October 2022, as Westgate. Source 1 ↗

Outages

JW reported 8 outages on Westgate's supply since March 2025. The longest lasted 2.2 days. Every outage, with how long it lasted: Helderkruin Tower.

JW's end dates

No JW notice we have read stated an end time for this supply. Each end date against what happened: Helderkruin Tower.

Under strain

In 2026 so far, Westgate had 8 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.