WATER & SANITATION
PROTECTING A MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE
In water-scarce South Africa, municipalities need to pull out all the stops when it comes to ensuring a steady, clean water supply for residential and commercial needs. This is precisely what the City of Ekurhuleni strives to do.
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EKURHULENI 2021
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he City of Ekurhuleni has long placed a significant focus on ensuring the capacity and quality of its water and sanitation services. As an illustration of this commitment, the City is proceeding with a R7 billion water and sanitation investment programme. This extensive series of projects is meant to upgrade, replace and create new infrastructure. The City has discussed these and related matters with business representatives from the manufacturing, hospitality, water and property development sectors to help get all players on the same page regarding the current and planned water projects,
R513 million
is to be spent on the Aqua Leap water infrastructure project.
R20 million is budgeted for rehabilitation of Boksburg Lake.
water demand management, business tariffs and bulk meters, as well as water quality and industrial effluent. The City has an obligation to create an enabling environment through policies and the provision of an appropriate infrastructure network to assist local businesses to thrive.
WATER SERVICES In order to create this enabling environment and ensure supply to its residents, the City is constructing 29 new reservoirs within the municipal area. These new structures will increase water storage capacity from the current
The City of Ekurhuleni supplies 99.61% good water quality.
The City’s industrial effluent compliance is at 92.12%
