PRESS RELEASES & UW PRESS COVERAGE

November 2010

• INTERVENTION PIPELINE WILL ALLEVIATE WATER SHORTAGE IN MID SOUTH COAST [PDF - 226 KB]
  
  05/11/2010
• Umgeni Water predicts long term drought [PDF - 119 KB]
  
  02/11/2010

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October 2010

• Your water could be restricted soon.pdf [PDF - 104 KB]
  
  29/10/2010
• Water problems in Umzinto set to continue [PDF - 153 KB]
  
  29/10/2010
• Umzinto, is running out of supplies of water [PDF - 87 KB]
  
  29/10/2010
• Umgeni Water fast tracks emergency water supply [PDF - 113 KB]
  
  29/10/2010
• Ugu Water confirms; "we have a problem" [PDF - 136 KB]
  
  29/10/2010
• RAINWATER HARVESTING VITAL [PDF - 77 KB]
  
  29/10/2010
• Water price hike looms [PDF - 153 KB]
  
  28/10/2010
• WATER SUPPLY: [PDF - 67 KB]
  
  25/10/2010
• City lools to desalinated water plant [PDF - 106 KB]
  
  23/10/2010
• PUBLIC NOTICE [PDF - 71 KB]
  
  22/10/2010
• Kubhekelwe izindawo zasemakhaya ngamanzi [PDF - 183 KB]
  
  22/10/2010
• Hope for water [PDF - 48 KB]
  
  22/10/2010
• Growth expands pipeline project [PDF - 113 KB]
  
  22/10/2010
• Liquidity buffer to save districts drowning in debt [PDF - 279 KB]
  
  21/10/2010
• Water tariffs to swell Umgei Water [PDF - 227 KB]
  
  21/10/2010
• Umgeni Water boss Mzimkulu Msiwa warns that tariffs will rocket with capital spending [PDF - 138 KB]
  
  21/10/2010
• Umgeni to hike bulk water tariff [PDF - 214 KB]
  
  21/10/2010
• UGU District Municipality is fully responsille for our Water Crisis [PDF - 182 KB]
  
  15/10/2010

• Hope for water - Sowetan LIVE
  
  22/10/2010
• News: R3bn for umgeni water infrastructure :. Algoa FM
  
  
• Business Report - Opinion/ Analysis - 'Liquidity buffer' to save districts drowning in debt
  
  
• BusinessDay - Umgeni Water means to keep finances sound after recession
  
  
• R3bn for water infrastructure: News24: South Africa: News
  
  
• R3bn for Umgeni water infrastructure: City Press: South Africa: News
  
  
• R3bn for Umgeni water infrastructure
  
  

• New dam to boost water security for PMB and Durban [PDF - 98.4 KB]
  
  21/10/2010
• Umgeni Water means to keep finances sound after recession [PDF - 114 KB]
  
  21/10/2010
• New facilities for local school [PDF - 144 KB]
  
  21/10/2010
• Umgeni Water performing soundly [PDF - 106 KB]
  
  21/10/2010
• Umgeni water is fluid [PDF - 131 KB]
  
  01/10/2010
• Ngcebo Bulk Water Supply [PDF - 183 KB]
  
  01/10/2010

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June 2010

• Civil Engineering Contractor 01 June 2010 page 36 [PDF - 189 KB]
  
  01/06/2010
• Civil Engineering Contractor 01 June 2010 page 37 [PDF - 96 KB]
  
  01/06/2010
• Civil Engineering Contractor 01 June 2010 page 38 [PDF - 223 KB]
  
  01/06/2010
• Civil Engineering Contractor 01 June 2010 page 39 [PDF - 87 KB]
  
  01/06/2010
• Civil Engineering Contractor 01 June 2010 page 40 [PDF - 172 KB]
  
  01/06/2010
• Civil Engineering Contractor 01 June 2010 page 41 [PDF - 221 KB]
  
  01/06/2010

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May 2010

• We're winning water loss war [PDF - 124 KB]
  Berea Mail
  07/05/2010
• Plans to curb water loss [PDF - 98 KB]
  Berea Mail
  07/05/2010

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April 2010

• Umgeni Water and UKZN pool resources in water management [PDF - 123KB]
  Witness
  14/04/2010
• Pipe jacking the N3 [PDF - 549KB]
  Imiesa
  01/04/2010
• Water for Growth & Sustainable Development [PDF - 6,7MB]
   

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March 2010

• Microbiology students celebrate Tata scholarships [PDF - 191KB]
  Mercury
  30/03/2010
• Umgeni Water sells bonds to fund 2011 capex [PDF - 170KB]
  Engineering News
  19/03/2010
• STREAMLINING water purity [PDF - 170KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  19/03/2010
• All Clear for water quality - Durban gets Thumbs up [PDF - 170KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  18/03/2010
• No Water: resident complain as reservior shuts for repairs [PDF - 170KB]
  Mercury (Durban)
  18/03/2010
• Helping hand [PDF - 170KB]
  SOUTH COAST HERALD
  09/03/2010
• Umgeni Water hails bonds success [PDF - 170KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  09/03/2010
• Umgeni Water in R600m sale [PDF - 170KB]
  BUSINESS DAY
  28/01/2010

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February 2010

• Praise for quality of Dusi water [PDF - 170KB]
  EZASEGAGASINI METRO
  26/02/2010

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January 2010

• Hilton motorists up in arms over badly designed speed humps with no warning signage [PDF - 170KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  28/01/2010
• Change of, date likely for Dusi [PDF - 88KB]
  Mercury (Durban)
  25/01/2010
• Civil engineering company wins technical excellence award [PDF - 95KB]
  Engineering news
  15/01/2010
• Paddlers can expect optimum conditions for Dusi [PDF - 154KB]
  Mercury (Sport)
  14/01/2010
• Invasive alien could stop future Dusi Marathons [PDF - 200KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  12/01/2010
• 2010 a year of great expectations [PDF - 347KB]
  North Coast Courier
  8/01/2010
• Water supply corrections [PDF - 76KB]
  Witness Weekend (Durban)
  2/01/2010
• WISA 2010 [PDF - 577KB]
  Ungeni Water
  1/01/2010
• Countdown to WISA 2010 [PDF - 183KB]
  Ungeni Water
  1/01/2010
• Water sewage and effulent [PDF - 248KB]
  Umgeni Water
  1/01/2010

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December 2009

• Late Dusi entries accepted [PDF - 61KB]
  Highway mail
  25/12/2009
• Umgeni Water puts its point of view [PDF - 68KB]
  Mercury (Durban)
  23/12/2009
• Increasing temperatures turn water into poison
  for people and animals [PDF - 181KB]
  Mercury (Durban)
  22/12/2009
• Durban families without water for days [PDF - 57KB]
  Mercury Durban
  19/12/2009
• Families left high and dry without water [PDF - 468KB]
  Mercury Durban
  18/12/2009
• Phoenix residents angered by interruption of water supply [PDF - 117KB]
  Daily news
  18/12/2009
• How safe is your water? [PDF - 238KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  17/12/2009
• Outage hits local water supplies [PDF - 105KB]
  Daily News (Deadline)
  15/12/2009
• Outage hits local water supplies - Page2 [PDF - 154KB]
  Daily News (Late Final)
  15/12/2009
• Pegging of the Spring Grove Dam complete [PDF - 206KB]
  Farmers Weekly
  04/12/2009
• Chairman's Message [PDF - 231KB]
  South African Instrumentation and Control
  01/12/2009
• Chairman's Message...continued [PDF - 96KB]
  South African Instrumentation and Control
  01/12/2009
• Excavator tackles challenging pipe job [PDF - 262KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  01/12/2009

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November 2009

• Mvoti River bank collapses [PDF - 165KB]
  Stanger Weekly
  27/11/2009
• North Coast bulk water pipeline almost complete [PDF - 114KB]
  Stanger Weekly
  27/11/2009
• Umgeni to borrow from debt market [PDF - 134KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  26/11/2009
• Felled trees replaced [PDF - 69.83KB]
  North Coast Courier
  20/11/2009
• Public notice [PDF - 112KB]
  Weekly Gazette
  19/11/2009
• Water pipe bursts in water [PDF - 120KB]
  Stanger Weekly
  13/11/2009
• New pipeline unearths treasures [PDF - 814KB]
  Daily News (Deadline)
  10/11/2009
• Massive investment in water and sewerage upgrades [PDF - 293KB]
  Water Sewage & Effluent
  01/11/2009
• Water on the table [PDF - 361KB]
  Water Sewage & Effluent
  01/11/2009
• Targeting 'blue drop' [PDF - 186KB]
  Water Sewage & Effluent
  01/11/2009
• Proposed raw-water supply system [PDF - 186KB]
  Water Sewage & Effluent
  01/11/2009
• R60-million dam up [PDF - 692KB]
  Water Sewage & Effluent
  01/11/2009
• Doubling pump-station capacity [PDF - 422KB]
  Water Sewage & Effluent
  01/11/2009
• Mtamvuna water scheme [PDF - 191KB]
  Water Sewage & Effluent
  01/11/2009
• Overcoming delays and backlogs [PDF - 533KB]
  Water Sewage & Effluent
  01/11/2009
• New pipe unearths tressures [PDF - 807KB]
  Daily News (Deadline)
  01/11/2009
• KwaZulu-Natal Suppliment [PDF - 769KB]
  Umgeni
  01/11/2009

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October 2009

• Meet Umgeni Water chairman [PDF - 70KB]
  North Coast Courier
  30/10/2009
• Big plans to improve North Coast water supply [PDF - 154KB]
  North Coast Courier
  30/10/2009
• Intense water research continues [PDF - 342KB]
  Daily News (Deadline)
  27/10/2009
• Umgeni must over power hikes [PDF - 88KB]
  Business Report (National)
  23/10/2009
• eThekwini water supply normal [PDF - 106KB]
  Phoenix Tabloid
  27/10/2009
• Bursary recipient reaches for her dreams [PDF - 110KB]
  Witness Weekend, Money
  24/10/2009
• Umgeni creates R527 mln in surplus [PDF - 78KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  23/10/2009
• Water tariff hike to stay below 10% [PDF - 104KB]
  Daily News (Deadline)
  23/10/2009
• Umgeni must overcome power hikes, demand fall in recession [PDF - 92KB]
  Business report (National)
  23/10/2009
• Water back on for festive period [PDF - 65KB]
  Sunday Tribune (Sport Edition)
  18/10/2009
• Resevoir to open for Diwali [PDF - 110KB]
  Daily News
  15/10/2009
• City prepares for water cut [PDF - 62KB]
  Berea Mail
  9/10/2009
• Reservoir to shut down [PDF - 70KB]
  Phoenix & Verulam Sun
  8/10/2009
• Durban residents face water restrictions [PDF - 165KB]
  Weekly Gazette
  8/10/2009
• Ilembe secures R20m to focus on water [PDF - 275KB]
  Stanger Weekly
  2/10/2009
• Umgeni Water Annual Report 2009 [PDF - 81KB]
  Umvoti Light
  1/10/2009
• A fresh look at the Qaukeni Master Water Plan [PDF - 888KB]
  Civil Engineering
  1/10/2009
• Rainwater Harvesting Possibilities [PDF - 1376KB]
  Civil Engineering
  1/10/2009

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September 2009

• Plans to address Ilembe water issues [PDF - 275KB]
  North Coast Courier
  30/09/2009
• Water supply restored [PDF - 105KB]
  Stanger Weekly
  25/09/2009
• Appreciation day: caregivers thanked [PDF - 145KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  25/09/2009
• New dams set to supply Durban and Maritzburg [PDF - 165KB]
  Mercury (Durban)
  10/09/2009

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July 2009

• Naagle aqueduct number 4 [PDF - 326KB]
  Umgeni Water
  30/07/2009
• Umgeni Water priority projects [PDF - 1.8MB]
  Umgeni Water
  20/07/2009
• El Nino warning means SA is ripe for a debate on water [PDF - 327KB]
  Business day (final)
  16/07/2009
• Finalists named for top business awards [PDF - 86KB]
  Mercury (Durban)
  14/07/2009
• Water shortage lasted longer than expected [PDF - 87KB]
  North coast courier
  10/07/2009
• Municipal manager's message [PDF - 228KB]
  Government Publications: KZN provincial government (nil)
  9/07/2009

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June 2009

• PMB water "fine to drink" [PDF - 127KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  3/06/2009
• Umgeni Water [PDF - 1.1MB]
  Umgeni Water
  1/06/2009

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May 2009

• Pipeline projects increase bulk water supply from Midmar dam [PDF - 174KB]
  Engineering news
  15/05/2009
• New pipeline to upgrade Dolphin Coast water supplies [PDF - 117KB]
  North Coast Courier
  15/05/2009
• Water demand set to rise [PDF - 156KB]
  Mercury (Durban)
  13/05/2009

• Concerns over future of dam [PDF - 341KB]
  Mercury (Durban)
  06/05/2009
• Managing the environment [PDF - 532KB]
  Water and sanitation Africa
  01/05/2009
• No water crisis? Not just in our back yard... [PDF - 447KB]
  Water and sanitation Africa
  01/05/2009

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April 2009

• Could you drink recycled sewage [PDF - 204KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  13/04/2009
• Recycling of effluent water raises queries [PDF - 163KB]
  Mercury (Durban)
  6/04/2009
• Water balances [PDF - 257KB]
  Engineering news
  3/04/2009
• Commercial development for Midmar Dam [PDF - 226KB]
  Village Talk
  1/04/2009
• Meeting potable water demands [PDF - 593KB]
  South African Instrumentation and control
  1/04/2009

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March 2009

• Water is safe to drink [PDF - 89KB]
  Witness (Durban)
  30/03/2009
• Water and environmental awareness campaign [PDF - 69KB]
  Stanger Weekly
  27/03/2009
• Stanger Weekly [PDF - 64KB]
  Stanger Weekly
  27/03/2009
• Budget due out today [PDF - 65KB]
  Ezasegagasini Metro
  27/03/2009
• Bafaka isandla ekusekeni izikole [PDF - 161KB]
  Isolezwe (KZN)
  27/03/2009
• National Water Week commemorated [PDF - 71KB]
  Rising Sun (Chatsworth)
  24/03/2009
• Schools water saving competition launched [PDF - 71KB]
  Stanger Weekly
  20/03/2009
• South Coast schools talk about wetlands [PDF - 111KB]
  South Coast Herald
  20/03/2009
• Enviro energy [PDF - 28KB]
  South Coast Herald
  20/03/2009
• Shakaskraal pupils drive to save water [PDF - 122KB]
  North Coast Courier
  20/03/2009
• Bhamjee aims to help improve lives [PDF - 110KB]
  Maritzburg Sun
  17/03/2009
• Head of Provincial Disaster Management visits Ilembe [PDF - 133KB]
  Bugal Regional Lifestyle
  13/03/2009
• Highway Mail [PDF - 52KB]
  Highway Mail
  13/03/2009
• How pure is our water [PDF - 95KB]
  Highway Mail
  13/03/2009

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January 2009

• Plugging the Leak [PDF - 346KB]
  Engineering news
  16/01/2009
• World Water Council visit to UW [PDF - 434KB]
  Mercury
  15/01/2009
• Composites - the way forward? [PDF - 476KB]
  Sustain
  1/01/2009
• Working together saves the environment [PDF - 470KB]
  Sustain
  1/01/2009

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December 2008

• Zinkwazi's water issues under spotlight at ratepayers' AGM [PDF - 123KB]
  North coast courier
  26/12/2008
• Council to replace old pipes [PDF - 101KB]
  Daily News
  12/12/2008
• Water shortage threat to KZN [PDF - 160KB]
  Mercury
  8/12/2008
• KwaZulu-Natal Water Conference [PDF - 138KB]
  Newcastle Sun
  5/12/2008
• Access to clean water at last [PDF - 134KB]
  North coast courier
  5/12/2008
• Water summit to address shortages, backlogs [PDF - 90KB]
  Mercury
  3/12/2008
• Solving our water backlogs [PDF - 77KB]
  Daily News
  2/12/2008

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November 2008

• Umgeni Water looks into recycling waste water [PDF - 96KB]
  Mercury
  18/11/2008

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October 2008

• Tugela dam to supply Maphumulo and rural areas [PDF - 120KB]
  North coast courier
  31/10/2008
• Bazimisele ngamanzi [PDF - 126KB]
  Umafrica
  24/10/2008
• Umgeni to keep hikes down [PDF -182KB]
  Witness
  23/10/2008
• Umgeni Water growth strategy [PDF - 90KB]
  Daily News
  23/10/2008
• Big plans for Inanda upgrade [PDF - 141KB]
  Daily News
  22/10/2008

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September 2008

• Arbor week event [PDF - 94KB]
  Mirror
  17/09/2008
• Pupils tackle environmental issues [PDF - 87KB]
  Daily News
  01/09/2008
• Cash injection for KZN water infrastructure [PDF - 103KB]
  Daily News
  01/09/2008

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August 2008

• FNB business awards honour businesses [PDF - 119KB]
  Witness Weekend
  30/08/2008
• Awards to showcase KZN's top businesses [PDF - 214KB]
  Mercury
  27/08/2008
• No water [PDF - 131KB]
  North coast courier
  22/08/2008
• Water trouble [PDF - 187KB]
  North coast courier
  15/08/2008
• Water restrictions possible for north coast [PDF - 165KB]
  North Coast Courier
  08/08/2008
• Amanzi ethu ahlanzekile futhi awanagciwane [PDF - 95KB]
  Isolezwe (KZN)
  08/08/2008

June 2008

• Pupils off to UN debate [PDF - 123KB]
  Sunday Tribune
  29/06/2008
• Clean up rivers 'or else' [PDF - 485KB]
  Witness
  6/06/2008
• KwaZulu-Natal wants water everywhere, and all of it to drink [PDF - 188KB]
  Sunday Times
  1/06/2008

May 2008

• Budget provides relief for cash strapped residents [PDF - 145KB]
  Public eye
  29/05/2008
• Price of upliftment [PDF - 750KB]
  Daily news
  2/05/2008
• Refurbish, replace or repair? [PDF - 993KB]
  Water and sanitation africa
  1/05/2008
• Datacentrix Cleans up at Umgeni Water [PDF - 345KB]
  Network Times
  1/05/2008
• The Water Institute of Southern Africa [PDF - 605KB]
  Local Government supplier
  1/05/2008

April 2008



• Uyawuthanda unmdeni wakhe lo somabizinisi [PDF - 481KB]
  Ilanga le thekhu
  24/04/2008
• Lights out [PDF - 371KB]
  Post
  18/04/2008
• Water joins critical list [PDF - 150KB]
  Daily News
  17/04/2008
• Sewage leak blamed for pollution [PDF - 197KB]
  Daily News
  17/04/2008
• Latest load-shedding schedule still leaves out certin ares [PDF - 400KB]
  Independent on saturday
  12/04/2008
• Thukela River Basin to get hotter and wetter [PDF - 201KB]
  Farmers weekly
  11/04/2008
• Mega turnaround [PDF - 318KB]
  Financial Mail
  04/04/2008
• Sewage flows into Duzi river [PDF - 333KB]
  Witness
  04/04/2008
• No crisis in water supply [PDF - 334KB]
  Chamber Digest
  01/04/2008

March 2008



• South Coast school files "Eco Schools Flag" [PDF - 241KB]
  Mid South Coast Mail
  28/03/2008
• Fiery Debaters Argue Water Rights [PDF - 152KB]
  Phoenix Tabloid
  25/03/2008
• Solvista hosts Global debate 2008 [PDF - 72KB]
  Rising Sun
  19/03/2008
• Better news on water [PDF - 95KB]
  Mercury focus network
  19/03/2008
• Crocodile Rocks [PDF - 311KB]
  Zulu land observor
  17/03/2008
• Best foot forward for RWFL [PDF - 49KB]
  Berea Mail
  14/03/2008
• Round-the-dam Comrades warmup [PDF - 89KB]
  Maritzburg Sun
  14/03/2008
• Researchers investigate high-rate filters for water treatment [PDF - 1209KB]
  Engineering news
  14/03/2008
• Sazi goes for gold [PDF - 46KB]
  Ladysmith Gazette
  14/03/2008
• Gentle rivers encourage newcomers to join [PDF - 244KB]
  Independent on Saturday
  8/03/2008
• Go hard or go home [PDF - 78KB]
  LMS Magazine
  7/03/2008
• A Gap Analysis of Water Quality Testing Laboratories in South Africa [PDF - 190KB]
  LMS Magazine
  1/03/2008
• Refurbish, repair or replace? [PDF - 1249KB]
  
  1/03/2008

February 2008



• Municipality assures people water is safe to drink [PDF - 99KB]
  The Mirror
  27/02/2008
• There's something fishy in our water [PDF - 211KB]
  Public Eye
  27/02/2008
• A performance indicator [PDF - 278KB]
  Engineering News
  22/02/2008
• District fails to collect R70-m bill [PDF - 79KB]
  Maritzburg Sun
  22/02/2008
• Umgeni water is to set bail consumers out [PDF - 79KB]
  Maritzburg Sun
  22/02/2008
• District close to 'catastrophy' [PDF - 109KB]
  Maritzburg Sun
  22/02/2008
• 'After washing a my face, I felt like a fishmonga' [PDF - 98KB]
  The Times
  20/02/2008
• Umgeni warm up for Comrades [PDF - 239KB]
  Maritzburg Sun
  18/02/2008
• Msunduzi flouts tarrif rules [PDF - 239KB]
  Witness
  18/02/2008
• Mystery of the missing Mt Morland water [PDF - 151KB]
  NorthGlen News
  15/02/2008
• Government to spend millions on water projects [PDF - 146KB]
  Coastal weekly
  15/02/2008
• No water for three days [PDF - 157KB]
  Rising Sun
  12/02/2008
• Come in, the water's is fine! [PDF - 169KB]
  Maritzburg Sun
  8/02/2008
• Towards Cleaner production [PDF - 1564KB]
  Urban Green File
  01/02/2008
• Loadshedding spinoff hits Sisonke water [PDF - 98KB]
  East Griqualand Fever
  01/02/2008

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December 2007



• 'Power hikes to affect water prices' [PDF - 10KB]
  The Star
  21/11/2007