Munitech delivers turnkey water treatment plant solutions
Munitech has successfully completed the turnkey
installation of two water treatment plants in Delmas,
Mpumalanga.
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he project was originally conceived as part of Munitech’s
appointment to render operational management support to Delmas
Local Municipality. One of the primary challenges in implementing the
project was timing - the period from receipt of order to plant
commissioning was only four months,” says project manager, Cindy
Wells. “Munitech’s risk analysis of the town’s water management systems
showed that the existing infrastructure could not sustainably provide
quality potable water. The raw water source has iron, manganese, turbidity
and microbiological contamination and it was identified that treatment
would be required to make this water safe for the Delmas community.
“Munitech’s water treatment solution is based on the installation of two
treatment plants – an 8 Ml/d plant supplying Delmas town and a 4 Ml/d
plant supplying the community of Botleng. The process design
incorporates green sand and activated carbon filtration.
Side view of 1.3MI/d skid mounted units.
“Delmas Local Municipality and the DWAF provincial office regarded the
water quality situation as an emergency, so the timeframe in which to
design, construct and commission the plants was very tight. The fast
track implementation was made possible by implementing the same
process train in both plants and by taking a modular approach to both
installations. The plants were designed in 1.3 Ml/d skid mounted
modularised units.
“These new plants have been operational for four months and all the
treatment objectives have been achieved. In fact, performance is better
than anticipated and feedback from the community is very positive.”
Aerial view of units.
Contact: Cindy Wells: [email protected]
Bridge City – Z’yakhipha – It’s happening!
The roll-out of Bridge City, the new
‘destination’ for the Inanda, Ntuzuma,
KwaMashu, (INK) and Phoenix areas,
continues to gear up to facilitate the
opening of the anchor 40 000m 2
shopping centre.
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Developments and developed as a joint venture
between Tongaat Hulett Developments and
Ethekwini Municipality, Bridge City is destined to
become the new ‘Gateway’ for the region. The first
phase of the development, the town centre, brings
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to the market some 600 000m of commercial,
retail, and residential opportunities and features the
shopping centre, a regional Magistrate’s court, a
regional referral hospital and an inter-modal transport
facility (train, buses and taxis).
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SBA, as design and implementation engineers for
the civils infrastructure, has recently overseen the
completion of the R38 million Phase 1 infrastructure
contract. This encompassed the construction of the
earthworks platforms, the main spine roads through
the development and the installation of other bulk
services to the initial stages of the development.
The construction of the new shopping centre is
well underway, with a target opening date of
November 2009. This has required that the
surrounding roads be completed by the opening
date.
To meet this requirement, the R12 million Bhejane
Road “road-over-rail” bridge has been designed
and construction is well underway. Phase 2 of the
roads and infrastructure roll out is also ready for
construction. The R35 million contract includes a
14 meter high retaining wall, additional earthworks,
further access roads and remodelling of Besters
intersection to cope with the higher traffic volumes.
A major challenge undertaken by SBA on behalf of
Tongaat Hulett Developments is integrating the
activities and programmes of the numerous
developers and contractors working in a very
restricted environment. This currently includes
separate contractors for the shopping centre
development, the road-over-rail bridge, the Phase
2 roads and infrastructure and the new Bhejane
Road approaches to Bridge City.
The number of developments within the Bridge City
confines is expected to grow, in the short term, to
include the hospital, the Magist Ʌї