Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, is today expected to conduct an oversight visit to uMngeni-Uthukela Water’s Lower uMkhomazi Bulk Water Supply Scheme in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

The KwaZulu-Natal project is supported by Infrastructure South Africa and has been gazetted as Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) 19.

The uMkhomazi Water Scheme Project, worth more than R20 billion, will meet the water supply needs for approximately 50 000 households on the South Coast within the eThekwini and Ugu District Municipalities.

The project includes the construction of a new dam with a wall height within the uMkhomazi River.

The associated infrastructure will also include a 32km raw water conveyance tunnel and a 5km pipeline to the uMlaza River.

Source : South African Government News Agency