Johannesburg Water says it has made contingency plans as the city prepares for widespread water outages while maintenance and repairs are done to pipes.Spokesperson Eleanor Mavimbela said the city would be supplying water tanks across suburbs affected by the water outages. "Maintenance will be carried out by Rand Water and is expected to start around 8am‚" she said.The water outages are expected to last about 33 hours, until 5pm on Wednesday. "We have made contingency plans and there will be water tanks in affected areas."Suburbs expected to be affected by the maintenance include Bryanston extensions 3 and 5‚ Linden‚ Fontainebleau‚ Northcliff‚ Langlaagte‚ Randburg‚ Robinhills and Robindale. Mavimbela said residents can get a full list of areas affected by the outages and the areas where water tanks will be placed on their website. The list is below.Water tanks can be found in these areas:Langlaagte Area• In Windsor, corner Beatrice St and Dukes Ave• In Cresta, corner Republic Rd and...
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