A major electrical failure at Rand Water’s Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant has triggered a water crisis affecting many residents across Johannesburg, Tshwane, and surrounding areas in Gauteng. Johannesburg Water confirmed on Thursday morning that Rand Water has restored bulk pumping operations, with the Eikenhof Pump Station and Zwartkopjes Pump Station both operating at 100% full load. “Customers may therefore continue to experience: Low water pressure, intermittent water supply and gradual water supply restoration, particularly in high-lying areas,” Joburg Water stated. “This has led to poor to no water supply to a number of Johannesburg Water reservoirs, particularly affecting areas within Midrand, Sandton and parts of Johannesburg Central,” the utility said. Reservoirs remain dangerously lowDespite the stabilisation of bulk pumping, several Johannesburg Water reservoirs remain low or critically low.