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Thursday, 23 March 2023
The Fleetwood Substation was shutdown today (Thursday, 23 March 2023) for Eskom to conduct essential maintenance work. Eight hours have been allocated for the work, which means it is scheduled to be completed by 16h00.
The shutdown has affected potable water production at the Midmar Water Treatment Plant. As consequence, water supply to Point M has been affected. Point M supplies Umbumbulu and eThekwini Metro’s Western Aqueduct which, in turn, supplies the Outer West area. Supply to Camperdown, Eston and Mid-Illovo, all within in uMgungundlovu, large parts of Msunduzi, Vulindlela, Mpophomeni, Howick West, Howick and Hilton has also been affected.
At the weekend there were some challenges in reticulation systems, which resulted in storage reservoirs dropping sharply. However, Eskom was unable to reschedule the shutdown of the Fleetwood Substation due to the critical and urgent nature of the work. Delay in executing the required work could have resulted in catastrophic failure, which generally takes six days to seven days to recover.
uMngeni-uThukela Water apologises for the inconvenience that has been caused by interruption in water supply to the affected areas and provides an assurance that Eskom will do everything possible to complete the work within the allocated timeframe.
Issued by the Corporate Stakeholder Management Unit Office of the Chief Executive, uMngeni-uThukela Water
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