‘Water outlets to the north temporarily closed to build sufficient water levels at reservoirs’ - eThekwini Municipality

The eThekwini Municipality announced on Thursday that low levels at reservoir 2 at uMngeni-uThukela’s Durban Heights Treatments Works has caused water outages or inconsistent water supply in the northern parts of the city.

The City said it wants to re-emphasise its call to homeowners and businesses to cut their water consumption because present demand far outstrips supply.

In a statement, the City said: “Depletion of bulk water is due to excessive demand from consumers. Reservoir 2 supplies areas in the north...