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Bosch Stemele salvages Amathole region’s Ibika Centane Water Supply Scheme
The Amathole District Municipality appointed Bosch Stemele
as their new service provider in October 2013, and was given
the mandate to salvage the Ibika-Centane Water Supply
Scheme.
A number of challenges were encountered after the original
design and the already constructed infrastructure was
re-evaluated by Bosch Stemele. Innovative solutions by
the Bosch team, such as changing a gravity line into a
pumping main due to the existing reservoirs not being in the
ideal position, resulted in the existing infrastructure being
commissioned. Other challenges which had to be overcome
were incorrect pipe classes and sizes, as well as numerous
social and administrative issues.
Command Reservoir
The Ibika-Centane Water Supply Scheme will roll out in three
phases. Phase one and two have now been completed and
phase three, the Bulk Water Supply and Village Reticulation,
is to commence in 2015 and is predicted to stretch over a 36
month window period.
The community of 6,515 households, accommodating some
32,570 residents, will enjoy a two-fold benefit from the project.
Not only is the project making safe potable water readily
available to all villages in the area, but it is also creating muchneeded employment to the area’s residents.
André Naude - [email protected]
Compaction of trench with stamper
Bosch Munitech partners
with DSW to assist Tanzania
in Solid Waste Management
Bosch Munitech, in partnership with Durban Solid Waste
(DSW), recently concluded a training programme presented
to 30 solid waste management practitioners from Tanzania.
The training programme formed part of the Tanzania
Strategic Cities Project (TSCP), run from the Prime Ministers
office.
The goal of the TSCP initiative is the creation of a facilitative
environment for the improvement of solid waste management
infrastructure and the strengthening of institutional capacity in
respect of solid waste management operations in Tanzania.
Bosch Munitech’s, Geoff Purnell explains landfill design in Tanzania.
In September 2014, a team comprising Bosch Munitech and
DSW Waste Management specialists, arrived in Tanzania
to commence with Phase 1 of the 16 month project. Phase 1
comprised a status quo assessment and gap analysis, which
identified the key training needs in the 7 cities. The outcome of
the gap analysis was used to develop the training curriculum
and materials for Phase 2, classroom training in Arusha,
Tanzania, followed