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STATEMENT: 12-Hour Shutdown of Hazelmere Water Treatment Works Beginning on Friday, 21 October 2022
Essential maintenance and repairs will be conducted at the Hazelmere Water Treatment Works from Friday, 21 October 2022, until Saturday, 22 October 2022. The work will involve removal of malfunctioning raw water meters and raw water isolation valves that are on the raw water inlet pipeline and replacing them with new raw water meters and isolation valves. In preparation for removal and replacement of these parts, the pipe will first have to be isolated and scoured.
Twelve (12) hours have been allocated for the entire work, which will begin at 19h00 on Friday and completion is due by 07h00 the following day. Normal potable water (drinking water) production at and supply from the plant will resume after work has been completed.
In order for the work to be undertaken, the Hazelmere Water Treatment Works will have to be shut down, which means that no raw water will be transferred to the plant for treatment and no potable water will be produced for supply to eThekwini Metro, iLembe District Municipality and Siza Water.
Reservoirs that receive water from the plant will be topped up in the hours preceding start of work.
During the shutdown, the following areas are expected to affected by no water supply or reduced water pressure:
La Mercy
Ballito (through interruption of supply to the Avondale Reservoir)
Umhlali
Waterloo
Verulam
Ndwedwe
uMngeni-uThukela Water provides an assurance that every effort will be made to complete the work within the allocated period. An apology is also issued for any inconvenience that may be caused.
Issued by the Corporate Stakeholder Management Unit Office of the Chief Executive, uMngeni-uThukela Water
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