Magalies Water will install a portable water treatment plant that will result in the residents of Hammanskraal having piped drinking water by March next year, said the director general of the department of water and sanitation.
So far, there have been 173 reported cases of cholera, which has killed 24 people — 23 from Hammanskraal and one person from Parys in Ngwathe municipality in Free State.is R4 billion and will be completed by 2026.Rooiwal is polluting the Apies River, which flows into the Leeukraal Dam, from which water is abstracted at the City of Tshwane’s Temba water treatment works.
“We have formed a financial team between us to work together with the Development Bank of Southern Africa to develop a financing plan, which identifies the optimal financing structuring for the project,” he said. The department and the city had started the process of appointing the DBSA as the implementing agent for the project.
Phillips said this package plant will be implemented in stages with 10 megalitres a day capacity being installed at a time to get up to the required capacity.
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