{"id":49309,"date":"2023-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/?guid=9521f3b3e7c764bac5ac5b6978304e69"},"modified":"2023-01-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:00:00","slug":"mchunu-to-recommission-refurbished-durbans-flood-damaged-water-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/mchunu-to-recommission-refurbished-durbans-flood-damaged-water-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Mchunu to recommission refurbished Durban’s flood-damaged water infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu will on Friday, 13 January 2023, officially recommission aqueduct 1 and open reservoir 3 at Umgeni’s Durban Heights Water Treatment Plant.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
According to a media statement, Umgeni Water as the implementing agent, recently refurbished both water infrastructures.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Aqueducts 1 and 2 were severely damaged during the floods that ravaged KwaZulu-Natal last year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In addition, the reservoir was taken offline in 2019 for repairs due to safety issues identified at the water storage structure. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Durban Heights Reservoir 3 is a 350ml reservoir outside the Durban CBD and supplies drinking water to over 500 000 people in Durban and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth aqueducts 1 and 2 were damaged by rock falls on five sites due to torrential rains that caused flooding and massive landslides. Aqueduct 1 is made of steel and has a capacity of 105 Ml\/d, while aqueduct 2, a mainly prestressed concrete pipe transfers 155 Ml\/d.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Aqueduct 1, according to the department, was completed in December 2022, while aqueduct 2 will be commissioned by 10 June 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
According to the department, Mchunu will be joined by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government delegation led by Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube, eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda, and Umgeni Water Board Chairperson Ziphozethu Mathenjwa.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The commission will take place at the Durban Heights Water Treatment Plant from 09:00, while the formal programme will start at 11:00 at the Winchester Venues in Reservoir Hills.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu will on Friday, 13 January 2023, officially recommission aqueduct 1 and open reservoir 3 at Umgeni’s Durban Heights Water Treatment Plant.According to a media statement, Umgeni Water as the implementing agent,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n