uMWP-1 - Raw Water - Water Conveyance Infrastructure

Construction of a 34 km long tunnel and a pipeline to the proposed Langa Balancing Dam in the Baynesfield area, as part of the Umkhomazi Water Project Phase 1 in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal. The first phase of the uMWP would also comprise the construction of a new dam at Smithfield, a multi-level intake tower and pump station, a water transfer pipeline (possibly with associated tunnels) to Langa Balancing Dam on the uMlazi River (in-stream) in the Baynesfield area, a water treatment works and a gravity pipeline to a distribution reservoir at Umlaas Road. From here, water would be distributed under gravity to eThekwini and low-lying areas of Pietermaritzburg. Total estimated project value: R16.5 billion. Estimated GPS Coordinates: -29.7589708, 30.303179