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Last Johannesburg Water (JW) report: Thu 28 May 2026, 12:10. Water from Waterval Reservoir.

Waterval: short of water on 0 days this year.

From 18 days with a JW report. A typical reservoir or tower in the city had 4.

WatervalWater 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 Waterval Reservoir, from 18 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 Waterval Reservoir short of water on 0 days

3 March 2025 to 29 September 2026, from 18 days with a JW report.

2025
MarNo JW boards, Mar 2025 to Feb 2026
2026
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: no report21 Mar: no report22 Mar: no report23 Mar: no report24 Mar: no report25 Mar: no report26 Mar: no report27 Mar: supplying adequately28 Mar: supplying adequately29 Mar: supplying adequately30 Mar: supplying fairly31 Mar: supplying adequately0
Apr1 Apr: supplying adequately2 Apr: supplying adequately3 Apr: no report4 Apr: no report5 Apr: no report6 Apr: no report7 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: supplying adequately22 Apr: no report23 Apr: no report24 Apr: no report25 Apr: supplying adequately26 Apr: supplying adequately27 Apr: no report28 Apr: supplying adequately29 Apr: supplying adequately30 Apr: no report0
May1 May: no report2 May: no report3 May: no report4 May: no report5 May: supplying adequately6 May: supplying adequately7 May: supplying adequately8 May: no report9 May: no report10 May: no report11 May: no report12 May: no report13 May: no report14 May: no report15 May: no report16 May: no report17 May: no report18 May: no report19 May: no report20 May: supplying adequately21 May: no report22 May: no report23 May: no report24 May: no report25 May: no report26 May: no report27 May: supplying adequately28 May: supplying adequately29 May: no report30 May: no report31 May: no report0
JunNo JW boards, Jun 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 Waterval Reservoir short of water on 0 days”. Data release 2026-09-29-318d9dca. https://watersearch.co.za/suburb/whiteridge#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 2026028000000
March 2026531500000
April 2026730700000
May 2026631600000
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 May 2026; the site last read JW's website on 1 October. Waterval Reservoir had water as normal. JW did not report it short of water this year.

Latest JW report

No JW report since 28 May 2026. Waterval Reservoir, 28 May 2026: water as normal at 12:10 (JW: “Supplying adequately”).
JW put it on its website 5 June 2026 at 12:15. JW's post ↗ · JW's image of the board ↗

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Where Whiteridge gets its water

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

SupplySystemHow JW links it to Whiteridge
Waterval ReservoirRandburgNamed in a JW statement, May 2022, as Whiteridge. Source 1 ↗

Outages

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

JW's end dates

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

Under strain

In 2026 so far, Whiteridge 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.