{"id":53231,"date":"2023-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/?guid=e1ac01b4f7be84967bc8580303beac6a"},"modified":"2023-01-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:00:00","slug":"minister-senzo-mchunu-opens-refurbished-aqueduct-1-and-reservoir-3-in-kwazulu-natal-13-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/minister-senzo-mchunu-opens-refurbished-aqueduct-1-and-reservoir-3-in-kwazulu-natal-13-jan\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Senzo Mchunu opens refurbished Aqueduct 1 and Reservoir 3 in KwaZulu-Natal, 13 Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu will on Friday, 13 January 2023, officially recommission Aqueduct 1 and open Reservoir 3 at Umgeni&#8217;s Durban Heights Water Treatment Plant, in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>The afore-mentioned water infrastructures were recently refurbished by uMgeni Water, as the Implementing Agent. The Aqueduct 1 and 2 were severely damaged due the floods that took place in the province last year. The reservoir was taken off-line in 2019 for repairs after safety issues were identified at the water storage structure.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Mchunu will be joined by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial government delegation, led by Premier Ms Nomusa Dube-Ncube, eThekwini mayoral delegation, led by Mayor Cllr Mxolisi Kaunda, and Umgeni Water Board delegation, led by Chairperson Ms Ziphozethu Mathenjwa.<\/p>\n<p>Durban Heights Reservoir 3 is a 350ML reservoir situated just outside the Durban CBD and supplies potable water to over five hundred thousand people in Durban and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>Both 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 (PCP) transfers 155 Ml\/d.<\/p>\n<p>Aqueduct 1 was completed in December 2022 and Aqueduct 2 will be commissioned by 10 June 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: Government of South Africa<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu will on Friday, 13 January 2023, officially recommission Aqueduct 1 and open Reservoir 3 at Umgeni&#8217;s Durban Heights Water Treatment Plant, in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal.The afore-m&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minister Senzo Mchunu opens refurbished Aqueduct 1 and Reservoir 3 in KwaZulu-Natal, 13 Jan - 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