JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has promised residents that water supply will be restored within the next seven days.
Some areas have already received water, but many suburbs are still experiencing low pressure or no supply.
But Deputy Water and Sanitation Minister David Mahlobo is not that optimistic.
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He told eNCA that resolving the water crisis completely will take a much longer time.
"In the main there's too much water that's being lost in the entire system of Gauteng and in particular Johannesburg," he said.
"It's going to take long for these problems to be resolved."