The first phase of Hammanskraal’s water plant is delayed, pushing back the availability of clean drinking water for residents until 2025.
The first phase of Hammanskraal ’s water plant is delayed, leaving residents dependent on tankers for clean water until 2025. Residents of Hammanskraal will not have clean drinking water by the end of the year as the first of the four modules of the package plant was delayed due to unforeseen hard rock ground conditions.
In a joined statement by the Department of Water and Sanitation, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya, and Magalies Water announced the delays in the project to bring clean water to Hammanskraal, adding they will continue to work together to address the water situation in the area. The intervention follows the cholera outbreak in Tshwane in June 2023, which claimed 40 lives and put the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Works in the spotlight and investigations of various departments and authorities.City of Tshwane spokesperson Selby Bokaba said the first of the four modules of the package plant was delayed due to unforeseen hard rock ground conditions but was completed in October 2024. “It will supply 12.5 megalitres of potable water into the City of Tshwane’s reticulation network in Hammanskraal. This will enable piped clean drinking water to be supplied to Mandela Village, Marokolong, Ramotse, Kekana Gardens (Steve Bikoville), and Babelegi Industrial, which are in wards 49, 73, 74, and 75,” he said.Providing water to Hammanskraal a priority – mayor “Once the other modules have been completed, all areas of Hammanskraal will be supplied with piped water from the packaging plant.” “In the meantime, the other areas of Hammanskraal will continue to receive clean drinking water through water tankers. This water, supplied through water tankers, is obtained from other Rand Water and Magalies Water pipelines, is regularly tested, and is safe to drink,” he said. Despite many investigations in the past two years, the source of the contamination of cholera in Hammanskraal has still not been determine
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