uThukela Water held what could possibly be its last AGM on Tuesday, June 24.
According to Dan Naidoo, chairman of the uThukela Water board, the key focus of the past year was the planning and preparation of transferring of water reticulation back to the municipalities as of July 2013.

Facing various obstacles, Mr Naidoo explained how the organisation ensured the required transfer of services and functions were complete in the allocated time frame.
“Proudly, the entity continued to maintain its high quality of water services delivered during the year, and also achieved four Blue Drop awards,” said Mr Naidoo.
Msize Cele, managing director of uThukela Water, added that through the transfer of services, the organisation was now much smaller and could no longer be held responsible to be the main water supplier.
Mr Cele explained that the laboratory services have been retained by the organisation, to ensure the quality of water was maintained.

During his report, Mr Cele added there were still issues which needed to be addressed during the course of 2014.
These issues include Bulk supply agreement, water demand management, a sustainable bulk water tariff, maintenance of assets and cost recovery.
“The maintenance of assets has begun, and the parent municipalities have done a lot to assist,” said Mr Cele.
Acknowledging there was still a lot to be done, Mr Cele was optimistic for the future.
“With the guidance of the board and despite the challenges we faced, there has been an improvement and uThukela Water has done rather well financially.”

Luiz Cunha, acting chief financial officer, explained how uThukela Water had achieved all its targets and objectives that had been set for the 2012/2013 financial year.
“It was a difficult financial year, but we eventually found solutions to the problems and did rather well.”