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Bosch
Stemele
and
Umgeni
Water
To Supply
Water To
100 000
People
Umgeni Water’s Mhlabatshane Bulk Water Supply
Scheme in the Ugu District Municipality will eventually
supply 100 000 people with potable water. The R200m
multi-disciplinary project includes all aspects of Bosch
Stemele’s engineering capability and will be completed
through five separate contracts.
Project Director, Raj Ramchuran says, “The project will bring
this sparsely populated, deep rural community, a new dam and
ultimately 60ℓ of clean drinking water per person per day.” The
community currently has access to 12 to 15ℓ per day and it is
normally from informal sources.
The project includes the construction of the new dam, access roads,
a pump house, water supply pipelines, a water treatment works and
reservoirs. Mechanical, electrical and instrumentation works will also be
carried out.
The planning phase ran from 2007 to 2009 with construction beginning in
early 2010. Ramchuran says, “The project is well under way and scheduled for
completion and commissioning by December 2012.”
Contact: Raj Ramchuran - [email protected]
An aerial view of the new dam site situated deep within the Ugu District Municipality
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