Rand Water will be hosting the Minister of Water and Sanitation - Honourable Senzo Mchunu on Thursday, the 19th of May 2022, to showcase the flagship project currently under construction. This project, when complete, will augment Rand Water’s supply volumes and enhance operational flexibility for maintenance purposes. The Minister will be taken to the following strategic projects:
Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Works – Station 5 System (600 Mℓ/d Upgrade)
The Zuikerbosch Station 5A is a newly constructed Water Purification Plant, located within the Rand Water Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant in Vereeniging. The Plant comprises of the following Work elements:
- Raw Water Abstraction from the Zuikerbosch Forebay through a pipeline.
- Spiral flocculators and associated chemical dosing plants (Lime, Silica and Organic coagulant) – for coagulation & flocculation.
- Horizontal flow sedimentation tanks with desludging bridges - for settling and removal of precipitates/dirty particles.
- Carbonation – pH Correction and/or stabilisation with Carbon Dioxide
- Rapid gravity sand filters – for removal of suspended matter
- Disinfection with Chlorine - for elimination of pathogenic organisms
- Engine room – for pumping potable water to consumers
- Outgoing pipelines connecting to the distribution network
The Station 5A will purify additional 600 Million litres per day which will augment the Zuikerbosch Water Supply capacity to the Palmiet and Mapleton Booster Stations. These Booster Stations feed the greater eastern and northern parts of the Gauteng Province.
The details of the Minister’s visit to Rand Water and Media Briefing are as follows:
Date: 19 May 2022
Venue: Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant (Three Rivers East)
GRPS Coordinates: S26’41.520
E28’00.061
Rand Water Zuikerbosch (Three Rivers East)
Time: 09h00 for 09h30
All media are invited.
For more information, contact Sputnik Ratau, Spokesperson for the Department of Water and Sanitation on 082 874 2942 / rataus@dws.gov.za or Kamogelo Mogotsi, Spokesperson to Minister Mchunu on 076 523 0085 / mogotsik@dws.gov.za
