Status updates on water, sewerage infrastructure

businesses, on the provincial road,” Vithi said. The estimated time for completion is November 2024.

Alexandria sewerage upgrade

The refurbishment of Alexandria’s sewage ponds is in the budget for the coming financial year.

Ongoing water outages and shortages Port Alfred:

Parts of Nemato go without water for long periods. Vithi said this was due to the existing reservoir no longer having the capacity to serve rapidly expanding formal and informal development in the area.

The solution was reclaiming water through the two RO plants (1ML and 2ML), and eventually the QFS reclamation plant; and improving delivery to the higherlying areas of Nemato through the Thornhill water tower.

“We just have to bite the bullet and do what we’ve been appointed to do,” Vithi said.

Boesmansriviermond

TOTT has published Ndlambe Municipality’s statement regarding the Bushmans reverse RO plant on our website: https://bit.ly/ BushmansROstatus.

The plant was to be handed over by Amatola Water to Ndlambe Municipality as per a council resolution; however, Vithi said: “It’s not as easy as that.”

Before ownership could be transferred, it had to be established who owned it in the first place.

The plant was a ministerial project and an opinion from the department of water and sanitation would determine what happened next.

Amatola Water remains the implementing agent until the transfer process is concluded.

Section 5 of the plant has had issues, Vithi said. “They were waiting for parts from Joburg to repair it.”

Amatola Water’s CEO and director of operations would be visiting the plant this week to ensure progress on restoring the supply.

“The bottom line is that production does not equal the demand,” VIthi said.

“And production of water will not increase any time soon: we need to secure funds to refurbish the plant before it operates fully.”

Alexandria

The water challenges here are ageing infrastructure.

The reticulation has not been refurbished or changed for the past 30 years. There is also limited supply through boreholes and natural springs.

Bathurst

The water treatment plant has been refurbished.

“There is as small line to complete before we commission it,” Vithi said.

That final stage will cost R5m. The municipality has applied for this under the Water Infrastructure Services Grant.

“If that business plan is approved, the refurbishment should be completed by June 2025,” Vithi said.

You can find out what projects are in the pipeline by reading the Projects Register in the 2023/24 IDP: