30 March 2009
Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry Mrs Lindiwe Hendricks will officially
open the 2,5 billion rand Vaal River Eastern Subsystem Augmentation Project
(VRESAP) also known as the Vaal pipeline on 1 April 2009.
The growing water demands of Sasol and Eskom in the Mpumalanga Highveld
region have necessitated the implementation of the scheme to transfer water via
a 121 kilometre pipeline from the Vaal Dam near the Knoppiesfontein diversion
structure into dams near Secunda. The project will increase the yield of the
region's Vaal River System by 160 million cubic meters per annum.
Media is invited as follows:
Date: 1 April 2009
Time: 10h00
Venue: Vaal Marina (Boschop)
For more information contact:
Linda Page
Cell: 083 460 4482
Themba Khumalo
Cell: 082 802 4342
Issued by: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
30 March 2009
