KZN water supply looks promising, but conservation is a must – Umgeni Water
1 March 2019
After years of poor rains and dry weather, one of KwaZulu-Natal's main dams is overflowing with water, bulk water supplier Umgeni Water said on Friday.
Excellent rains in the Mgeni system in the Drakensberg region and ongoing water transfers from Mearns Weir resulted in the vital Midmar Dam spilling on Thursday for the first time in 2019.
Rainfall received in the catchments from November 2018 to the present amounted to 1 666mm – which is marginally higher than the average for this period.
"The province has entered autumn in a reasonably healthy state of water resources availability," Umgeni Water spokesperson Shami Harichunder declared.