Durban Southern Aqueduct water shutdown scheduled until Thursday

Parts of Durban’s Inner West, Central and South regions face a planned water supply interruption from 06:00 on Tuesday, 29 September, until 06:00 on Thursday, 1 October, according to eThekwini Municipality. The 48-hour Southern Aqueduct shutdown is for construction work in Westville.

The city said contractors need to build and connect two major chambers under Work Package 6 of the Southern Aqueduct upgrade. The times are the municipality’s planned window; it had not issued a fresh completion or restoration notice when this report was prepared on Tuesday morning.

Areas on the municipal list

The municipality’s affected-reservoir list includes parts of Westville, Dawncliffe, Klaarwater, Savannah Park, Queensburgh, Northdene, Shallcross, Chatsworth, Umlazi and Folweni. It names Westville Hospital, Pavilion Shopping Centre and Westwood Mall among the sites fed by the Salisbury reservoir. In the south, it lists multiple Umlazi sections and parts of Folweni.

These are examples, not the full street-and-section list. Residents and businesses should consult eThekwini’s official notice for the relevant reservoir and exact localities. Being within the broad regions does not establish that every property has lost supply.

For water queries or fault reports, the city lists its mobile app, WhatsApp 073 1483 477, toll-free 080 311 1111 and [email protected]. The municipality has not given a separate household-level restoration schedule beyond the planned Thursday end time.

SAnews reported on Monday that another section of the R1.2 billion aqueduct project had been commissioned. The city says the current interruption is for a different work package and that further sections remain under construction. The upgrade is intended to improve bulk supply reliability once complete; it does not remove the immediate impact of this planned shutdown.