City's plan to block illegal water connections and boost supply

TWO suburbs within the eThekwini Municipality have been found to have illegally connected to the water supply, which was one of the issues the city was dealing with, including beefing up security around infrastructure.

- ZAINUL DAWOOD

The areas identified by the municipality as "off the system" were Trenance Park 3 and Luganda in Umlazi.

The municipality was concerned that the Trenance Park 3 (near Verulam) system was a major problem due to the increase in illegal connections and rapid development in the area.

The city plans to redesign infrastructure to meet current needs, considering changes in communities and infrastructure performance.

Richard Mngoma, deputy head of operations at the eThekwini Water and Sanitation Unit, presented the state of water supply report at the Executive Committee meeting yesterday.