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ENGINUITY
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Bosch Stemele Repairs And Renovates
Mthatha Police Complex
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Saving Water In Drought-Stricken Butterworth
Bosch Stemele’s East London Office was appointed to assist
the Amathole District Municipality (ADM) to implement
water conservation and demand management initiatives in
Butterworth, Eastern Cape.
The region’s ongoing drought saw many supply dams running
dry resulting in expensive and unsustainable drought response
measures such as carting water. To reduce the impacts of the
current and future droughts, Bosch Stemele’s brief was to look
at interventions to ensure water is used sustainably. The scope
of services included a desktop study and visual assessments,
including verifying existing infrastructure.
The project began with data collection for “as builts” of
infrastructure and visual assessment including detecting leaks and
other problems. After identifying problem areas, Bosch Stemele
undertook a high level water balance including night flow analysis
and pressure logging so that s