{"id":2118,"date":"2026-01-29T14:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:40:05","slug":"diepsloot-water-supply-restored-following-burst-pipe-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2118","title":{"rendered":"Diepsloot Water Supply Restored Following Burst Pipe Repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Residents of <strong>Diepsloot<\/strong> can expect a gradual return of normal water supply after Johannesburg Water completed emergency maintenance on a <strong>burst 400mm AC pipe<\/strong> in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unplanned maintenance, which affected <strong>all streets in Diepsloot<\/strong>, began on <strong>28 January 2026<\/strong> and was completed the same day at approximately <strong>23:30<\/strong>. During the disruption, residents experienced <strong>low pressure to no water<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure continuity of water supply during the repairs, Johannesburg Water deployed <strong>stationary tankers at schools and clinics<\/strong> and <strong>roaming trucks<\/strong> throughout the community. These measures helped mitigate the impact on residents while the pipe was being replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The completion of the repairs is expected to result in <strong>improved service delivery, reduced water losses, and more reliable water supply<\/strong> for Diepsloot residents. Water will be <strong>gradually restored<\/strong> to prevent further bursts while the system stabilizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johannesburg Water thanked the community for their patience and cooperation during the emergency maintenance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Diepsloot can expect a gradual return of normal water supply after Johannesburg Water completed emergency maintenance on a burst 400mm AC pipe in the area. The unplanned maintenance,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,114,209,272],"class_list":["post-2118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news","tag-diepsloot-news","tag-johannesburg-water","tag-service-delivery","tag-tankers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions\/2119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}