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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says its currently implementing refurbishments and upgrades at five water treatment works, and aims to ultimately upgrade all eight facilities providing drinking water to Nelson Mandela Bay to the tune of more than R1 billion.
The Metro says in a statement that this follows the demand for potable water from the population of 1,1 million residents consistently increasing at approximately 6% over the last couple of years.
Infrastructure, Engineering, Electricity and Energy Standing Committee Chairperson Andile Mfunda says they're estimating the cost for the upgrades and refurbishments to be in the region of R1.3 billion and that it will be implemented in a phased approach over the next five years due to funding allocations on the Metro's capital budget.
The water treatment works in question are the Loerie Water Treatment Works, Churchill, Elandsjagt, Nooitgedagt, Linton, Groendal, Springs and the Rocklands Water Treatment Works.
