Coegakop Borehole Water Treatment Plant progressing well
Published: September 28, 2021<< BACK TO NEWS
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's flagship Coegakop Borehole Water Treatment Plant construction project is progressing well.
This more than R200 million project has already spent more than R100 million on more than 50 percent of the work that has to be done.
Structural construction, which excludes electrification and engineering infrastructure, is 70 percent complete. This project is the biggest borehole water project in the country.
On completion, the plant will produce to the Nelson Mandela Bay water system 12.5 million litres per day, with a maximum production potential of 15 million litres per day.
The Coegakop Water Treatment Plant is one of the water augmentation projects that the City is currently implementing.
It forms part of the medium term augmentation plans the City is implementing to make sure that we avoid dry taps.
Speaking during a site inspection of the project, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Infrastructure and Engineering Thsonono Buyeye said as the City they are proud of this flagship project.
"We pride ourselves in this project. It clearly shows our strong will and proactive approach to deal with the drought in a multipronged way. We have different options we are implementing, varying from improvements to our pumping capacity, water pressure management, fixing of water leaks and overhauling of our water distribution system to cut on water wastage and improve efficiency," said MMC Buyeye.
For the past three years, the City has been faced with severe drought, which has led to some of the areas like KwaNobuhle in Uitenhage and Western Surbubs to experience intermittent water supply.
"In the past three to four years, we were talking about the possibility of our City running out of water, today we are living with that reality. I'm happy that our short and medium term plans are coming into fruition and will rescue us from a potential disaster," he said.
The project is expected to be completed and commissioned by next year in November.
The combined dam levels are currently just above 12 percent. The City continues to call on residents to use water only for essential purposes, as this will contribute to the lifetime of our existing water supply.
According to the South African Weather Service, no significant rain is predicted in the region in the next three months.
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