Water Shortages Hit Africa’s Richest City After Power Outages
- Reservoirs across South Africa’s economic hub at low levels
- Some hospitals in Johannesburg are using water tankers
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Parts of Johannesburg are facing water shortages because of increased demand and after power outages last week curbed supplies by the main distributor, in the midst of a heat wave.
Reservoirs across South Africa’s economic hub are either too shallow for water to be pumped to towers, or at critically low levels, Johannesburg Water said in a statement on its Twitter account on Tuesday. Supplies from Rand Water, the region’s main distributor, have been reduced because of electricity blackouts, it said.