Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Due to inclement weather in parts of KwaZulu-Natal over the past few days, the recommissioning of the 53 Pipeline has been delayed.
The pipeline was scheduled to be recommissioned on Thursday, 27 February 2025. It is anticipated that, weather permitting, the pipeline will be recommissioned back into operation on Saturday, 1 March 2025.
The pipeline, which supplies bulk water to the uMngungundlovu District and parts of the outer west of the eThekwini Municipality, was shut down in late January 2025 to allow the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) to undertake upgrades of the N3.
This necessitated the displacement of approximately 200m of the pipeline. While SANRAL’s work was in progress, uMngeni-uThukela Water also undertook repairs to sections of the pipeline that had leaks. This has since been completed.
In order to expedite the process and make up for lost time on the outstanding work by SANRAL, uMngeni-uThukela Water has since deployed its technical team to assist the SANRAL contractor on site.
We apologise to the public and stakeholders affected by the delay in the completion of the work.
Issued by: Corporate Stakeholder Management Unit, Office of the Chief Executive, uMngeni- uThukela Water
