Residents in areas supplied by the Durban Heights water treatment plant face water rationing from Monday, which could last up to a year, due to shortages that continue to plague KwaZulu-Natal after extensive flooding in April.
Residents are urged not to stockpile water to avoid collapsing the already constrained system. Stock photo.Residents in areas supplied by the Durban Heights water treatment plant face water rationing from Monday, which could last up to a year, due to shortages that continue to plague KwaZulu-Natal after extensive flooding in April.
“While Umgeni Water continues to make progress in providing full contracted volumes of drinking water to eThekwini, a shortfall remains and will be eradicated when the damaged pipelines are repaired and recommissioned,” the municipality and Umgeni Water said.Two pipelines were damaged in the floods in Wushini, Inanda. These pipelines and two others transport raw water to the Durban Heights water treatment plant. The two undamaged pipelines continue to transfer water to the plant.
Umgeni Water said the Pietermaritzburg high court’s acceptance of a consent order opened the way for repair work on reservoir three at the Durban Heights plant. The two entities appealed for co-operation and support from all stakeholders “to ensure that some water is available to consumers who are supplied by reservoirs fed from the Durban Heights water treatment plant”.
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