Day: 12 March 2020

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Issued by the Corporate Stakeholder Management Unit, Office of the Chief Executive, Pietermaritzburg

Good unseasonal rains expected over the next two months will bring relief to many parched parts of KwaZulu-Natal and also boost dam levels, enhancing assurance of full water supply.

An analysis of rainfall received from March 2019 to February 2020, the current status of water resources in uMngeni-uThukela Water’s vast supply areas and projections of rainfall in March, April and May 2020 (early to late autumn) paints a picture of healthy water resource availability at this stage.

This analysis is contained in a report, titled Status of Water Resources: uMngeni-uThukela Water’s Operational Area, prepared by uMngeni-uThukela Water and it is part of uMngeni-uThukela Water’s information sharing on storage in dams managed by the organisation, volumes of potable water supplied per quarter and water demand projections. An assessment of water resource availability in the Mgeni System – which provides for the water needs of an estimated 6 million consumers in uMgungundlovu, Pietermaritzburg and Durban – indicates that it is currently at an acceptable level.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Issued by the Corporate Stakeholder Management Unit, Office of the Chief Executive, Pietermaritzburg

On Monday, 9th March 2020, as protest action flared in Ladysmith, a WhatsApp message began circulating widely, urging consumers not to drink “water that comes out of your taps this morning because it has been poisoned”.

While the message was vague as it did not identify the nature of the purported “poison”, where or how it had been placed in the water supply system, uMngeni-uThukela Water nevertheless acted swiftly on becoming aware of its existence. In line with water quality testing protocols, uMngeni-uThukela Water Management sent a member of staff on the same day to Ladysmith to take samples of potable water that is produced at the Ezakheni Water Treatment Works (WTW).

This WTW is operated and maintained by uMngeni-uThukela Water, while provision of drinking water directly to consumers is the responsibility of the Water Services Authority, in this instance uThukela District Municipality.

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