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UMGENI WATER













                                    www.umgeni.co.za























                                            Natal, 43 of which are local municipalities, ten are
       ENABLED AND INNOVATIVE GROWTH
                                            district municipalities and one is a metro.
       Umgeni Water is a state-owned business enterprise that
       was established in 1974 to supply drinking water in bulk   Fourteen of these municipalities are Water Services
       to the municipalities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg   Authorities, as determined by the Water Services Act. Of
       and to consumers in the corridor of these cities. The   these Water Services Authorities, seven are customers
       organisation has grown over the years to become   of Umgeni Water. They are eThekwini Metro, Msunduzi
       the largest bulk potable water provision entity in the   Local Municipality, iLembe District Municipality, Ugu
       Province  of  KwaZulu-Natal and the second-largest   District Municipality, Harry Gwala District Municipality,
       water utility in South Africa.       uMgungundlovu District Municipality and uThukela
                                            District Municipality.
       Umgeni Water, the group, currently has a total of
       1  231 personnel at its various sites. Most of them   Umgeni Water’s involvement in uThukela District now
       are involved in all of the functional areas of Umgeni   means the organisation will cover 44% of the Province
       Water: finance, asset management, planning of   of KwaZulu-Natal, from its original 32%, and the water
       projects, project management, water quality, water   it treats and supplies will ultimately reach 73% of
       resource management and environmental science and   the Province’s population of 11.1 million people, or 29
       management.                          million households.
       Expansion                            Core Functions
       The service area of Umgeni Water was extended   The key activities of Umgeni Water, as defined in the
       in December 2015 to cover the entire Province   Water Services Act (Section 29), are to provide water
       of  KwaZulu-Natal, amounting to 94  359  square   services (bulk potable/drinking water and sanitation
       kilometres.  There  are 54  municipalities in KwaZulu-  services) to water services authorities (municipalities).
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