Johannesburg Water is aware of a pipe leak on Jan Smuts
Johannesburg Water spokesperson, Nombuso Shabalala, explained, 'It does seem that there is water seeping through. A team will be assigned to go to the site and excavate so that they can conduct investigations into where the water is coming from, as there is also a stormwater pipeline at that same site.'
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Shabalala added that it could either be another water pipe leak or it could be a stormwater pipe that was leaking. The cause would be determined once the team has excavated and assessed the leak.
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