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T
he upgrade will now comply
with the Department of Water
Affairs (DWA) Green Drop stan-
dards for the discharge of quality
effluent and prevent pollution into
the nearby Mooi River.
“The upgrade will meet existing
and projected demand and eliminate
bucket sanitation,” says Victor de Wet
from consulting engineers, Gibb.
The company was appointed
to oversee Phase 1 and 2 of the
Maclear Wastewater Treatment,
which involves the collector sewer
from Greenfields (Phase 1) and the
first phase of the construction of the
MaclearWastewater TreatmentWorks
(WWTW).
Phase 3 will commence in June
2015. This includes the construction
of the main sewerage pump station
and the rehabilitation of the old
sewerage ponds.
“We applied all the latest design
and system technologies at Maclear,
taking cognisance of the availability
of equipment, expertise and services
available from suppliers. GIBB pro-
vided operational and maintenance
guidance and the setting up of the
process as well as the training of
operators for the Maclear WWTWand
plant operators in the surrounding
area,” said de Wet.
Phase 3 comprises completing and
extending the capacity of the exist-
ing 700 kℓ/day to its full capacity of
1400 kℓ/day. This involves construc-
tion of a second reactor and second-
ary settling tank, a chlorine contact
tank and related mechanical and
electrical work.
The new Maclear Town bulk sew-
erage pump station will receive the
town’s wastewater together with the
upgraded Fourie Street reticulation.
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Maclear sanitation upgrade
The Maclear Bulk Sanitation Upgrade in the Joe Gqabi District
Municipality in the Eastern Cape will improve and upgrade the town’s
bulk sewerage.
Infrastructure & Mixed Use
throughout Africa, corruption needs
to be dealt with country by country
and democratic governance must be
encouraged, opportunities lie in the
continent’s young, well-informed
and rapidly more urbanised people.
Enhanced electrification is also open-
ing up opportunity and scope. “This
continent is redefining itself through
its real estate,” Yach said.
“Standardised valuation practices
around Africa will increase transpar-
ency,” said Amelia Beattie, CIO of
Stanlib and President of the South
Africa Property Owners Association,
adding that she had seen interest
in South Africa and Africa increasing
‘significantly’ over the past two to
three years. The capital is out there.
Our biggest challenge is to find
investable opportunities to put the
money in. “The international market
is looking for amuchmore significant
investment base. We should learn
as an industry to work together and
to bring these opportunities to the
world.”
In response, RICS CEO Sean Tomp-
kins confirmed that “RICS is a natural
collaborator to make this happen”.
For further information, contact
TC Chetty, RICS Country Manager for
South Africa on 031 764 4645.
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