Work on the Eikenhof pump station began on Monday, and by Tuesday, residents supplied by the Waterval reservoir began to complain about water outages. (Papi Morake/Gallo Images)
Residents in the north and west of Johannesburg are starting to report water trickling in after maintenance work at the Eikenhof pump station concluded on Thursday.
The Rand Water pump station transports 600 million litres of water to Johannesburg through the Meredale, Weltevreden, Waterval and Krugersdorp reservoirs.
Work on Eikenhof began on Monday, and by Tuesday, residents supplied by the Waterval reservoir began to complain about water outages.
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