Rand Water invests billions to ensure sufficient supply by 2020
From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report.
Sashnee Moodley
Water utility Rand Water will invest more than R17-billion on infrastructure development during its five-year infrastructure development plan, which will end in 2020. David Oliveira has the story.
David Oliveira:
Rand Water Zuikerbosch water treatment plant executive manager Eddie Singo told media during a site visit that the infrastructure plan aims to meet increased demand, which has been growing at a yearly rate of between 4.6% to 4.8%.
He highlighted that the majority of the investments would be made towards improving and renewing pipeline and purification infrastructure. “The purification and pipeline projects are the most important to ensure that our customers receive water.”
Singo explained that during the five-year period, Rand Water would spend about R8.1-billion on pipeline projects, R3.7-billion on purification projects, R2.7-billion on pumping projects, R1.3-billion on reservoir projects and about R1.9-billion on other projects such as increasing electricity supply and control systems.
The projects are divided into infrastructure augmentation and renewal projects.
Rand Water will spend about R1.3-billion on augmentation and about R1.7-billion on renewal projects this year. Next year, about R1.6-billion will be spent on augmentation and about R2.4-billion on renewal. About R1.7-billion, R1.5-billion and R1.6-billion will be spent on augmentation projects during 2018, 2019 and 2020 respectively, while renewal projects will amount to R2.2-billion, R1.8-billion and R1.6-billion during the same years.
Rand Water owns and operates the 3 890 Mℓ/d Zuikerbosch and the 1 200 Mℓ/d Vereeniging water treatment plants, in Vereeniging.
Both facilities receive water from the Lesotho Highlands Project, where the water is treated and then pumped to the Eikenhoff, Mapleton, Palmiet and Zwartkopjes pumpstations, in Johannesburg.
Meanwhile, Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane commissioned several projects at Zuikerbosch in May this year. This resulted in an additional 200 Mℓ/d being added to the water treatment plant and comprised the commissioning of the Filter House 2B project, and new flocculation and sedimentation tanks at Station 3.
Rand Water Zuikerbosch water treatment plant executive manager Eddie Singo:
Sashnee Moodley:
That’s Creamer Media’s Real Economy Report. Join us again next week for more news and insight into South Africa’s real economy.
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