Dry La Niña: A Mid-Summer Rainfall update in uMngeni-uThukela Water’s Operational Area
By Mlungisi Shabalala, 27 February 2026 In October 2025, the onset of the rainfall season in KwaZulu-Natal (i.e. uMngeni-uThukela Water’s operational area), the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) predicted the likelihood for the development of a La Niña cycle during the 2025/26 summer season. La Niña cycles are associated with cool and […]
MEDIA AND PUBLIC STATEMENT: HEAVY RAINS PROMPT WATER RELEASE FROM MVUTSHANE DAM
Thursday, 23 January 2025 The recent heavy rains have significantly pushed up water levels in the Mvutshane Dam in Maphumulo under the ILembe District. The water levels at the dam have reached the 75% mark which exceeds the stipulated safe operating limits which require the Mvutshane Dam to be maintained at between 70% and 80 […]
PUBLIC AND MEDIA NOTICE – UPDATE – INTERRUPTION OF RAW WATER SUPPLY TO NOMLACU WATERWORKS DUE TO BACKUP GENERATOR FAILURE
Tuesday, 10 December 2024 The raw water supply to the Nomlacu Water Treatment Works was restored by the evening of 9 December 2024. Operations at the Treatment Works had been temporarily interrupted due to a failure of the backup generators that supply power to the Ludeke Dam Raw Water Pump Station. The backup generators are […]