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Burst pipe causes water shortages A pipe on the main line from Yeoville reservoir has burst, causing water shortages in the city's eastern suburbs. However, Joburg Water is busy fixing the problem. April 3, 2006 By Emmanuel Mulaudzi A WATER pipe on the main line from the Yeoville reservoir burst in the early hours of this morning, affecting the city's eastern suburbs. The reservoir is at the corner of Currey and Von Beek streets in Doornfontein, in the east of the city. The affected suburbs are Yeoville, Hillbrow, Berea, Bertrams, Kensington, Doornfontein, Cyrildene, Joubert Park, Observatory, Jeppestown and surrounding areas. However, the 0,9m pipe is not the only one to have burst recently. On Saturday night, 1 April, a water pipe burst in Mooi and Anderson streets, causing water shortages in downtown Joburg on Sunday. That pipe has been repaired. Regarding the Yeoville problem, Joburg Water's communications and marketing manager, Jameel Chand, said, "Our team is busy fixing the problem and we hope that everything will be solved in the afternoon." He also urged people to use water sparingly. "Johannesburg Water wishes to apologise to the residents in affected areas and undertakes to have the interruption resolved as soon as possible," reads a statement from the City's water utility. For more information, contact Johannesburg Water's 24-hour help line on 011 688 1500. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za