Super El Niño – should we be worried?
By Mlungisi Shabalala, 20 May 2026 The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is currently in a neutral state. However, a warming trend has been observed in the sea surface temperatures (SST) in the Central Pacific Ocean over the last few months and climate models suggest that SST will continue to rise rapidly towards the winter […]
KZN Process Controller Day 2026
uMngeni-uThukela Water in partnership with WISA will be hosting the KZN Process Controller Day on the 18-19 May 2026 at the Durban ICC. The two day event brings a full programme of empowerment, recognises the critical role played by process controllers in ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality water and effective wastewater treatment and celebrates […]
MEDIA AND PUBLIC STATEMENT: Boreholes Bring Water Relief, Job Opportunities for Msinga Communities
Boreholes Bring Water Relief, Job Opportunities for Msinga Communities Monday, 04 May 2026 uMngeni-uThukela Water has successfully delivered nine borehole schemes in uMsinga, under the uMzinyathi District, thereby creating 50 local jobs and providing thousands of residents with improved access to potable water. Each borehole installation includes a storage capacity of approximately 40,000 litres, marking […]
Media and Public Notice: Update on damaged valve impacting raw water supply to Durban Heights Treatment Works.
Thursday, 12 March 2026 The site of the valve which was damaged yesterday, 11 March 2026 at the Nagle Dam, and which has affected the supply of raw water to the Durban Heights Water Works for treatment, has now been isolated to allow repair operations to proceed safely. A diving team is currently on site […]
MEDIA RELEASE: uMngeni-uThukela Water comes on board as a Dusi sponsor
With a bumper 75th edition of the Dusi Canoe Marathon expected in 2026, uMngeni-uThukela Water (UUW) has committed to the event as one of the headline sponsors ahead of the event from 19-21 February. The Dusi Canoe Marathon is the country’s premier canoeing race and is a proudly KwaZulu-Natal based event which plays an important […]
PUBLIC NOTICE: Water supply to the uGu District restored following completion of repairs to Mthwalume Water abstraction system
Tuesday, 23 December 2025 uMngeni-uThukela Water has resumed the supply of water to the uMzumbe and uMdoni Local Municipalities under the Ugu District following the successful completion of repairs to the Mthwalume Raw Water Abstraction System. The abstraction system was damaged by heavy rainfall experienced over the weekend, which washed away the temporary weir used […]
PUBLIC NOTICE: STORM DAMAGE TO MTHWALUME WATER TREATMENT WORKS AFFECTS WATER SUPPLY TO PARTS OF THE UGU DISTRICT
Monday, 22 December 2025 The heavy rainfall experienced over the weekend has caused damage to uMngeni-uThukela Water’s Mthwalume Raw Water Abstraction System, which supplies water to the uMzumbe and uMdoni Local Municipalities under the Ugu District. The temporary weir used to abstract water from the Mthwalume River was washed away during the storm. As a […]
An overview of post-El Niño Rainfall in uMngeni-uThukela Water’s Operational Area
By Mlungisi Shabalala, 03 December 2025 The 2024/25 rainfall season followed the 2023/24 El Niño cycle. In Southern Africa, El Niño cycles are associated with hot and dry climatic conditions. The 2023/24 El Niño cycle, which ended in June 2024, had minimal impacts on water resources availability in UUW’s operational area. However, the effects of […]
UUW GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAMME 2026 – 2029
uMngeni-uThukela Water offers a thirty six (36) months training programmes under the below mentioned fields. Applicants are invited who are currently residing in KwaZulu-Natal province so as to gain practical work experience in the following operations in the organisation. Graduate Training Programme will be offered in the following fields: FIELD NUMBER REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATION LOCATION […]
Enterprise and Supplier Development Database-Social Facilitation
uMngeni-uThukela Water is establishing an Enterprise and Supplier Development database for Social Facilitation service providers who will support infrastructure projects. Enterprises will participate in the enterprise and supplier Development programmes for 3 years. ESD Database Form – Social Facilitation