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NEWS CHRIS HANI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY R250m Tsomo River Water Abstraction and Water Treatment Works nears completion
Villagers of Intsika Yethu Local Municipality from wards 3, 6, 8 and parts of wards 1 and 13; including Engcobo Local Municipality in wards 1 and 2 as well as eight (8) wards under Mnquma Local Municipality, will soon benefit from a multi-million rand Tsomo river water Abstraction and Water Treatment Works that is nearing completion. The project which commenced in 2016 is aimed at resolving water challenges in the Amathole and Chris Hani District Municipalities. Over 40 000 thousand households in the identified areas are expected to benefit, with 8650 households currently served by the plant.
Executive Mayor: Cllr. Wongama Gela
The R215m water abstraction and treatment project has created job opportunities since its implementation with locally based Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) utilized for the construction of the buildings, roadworks, paving, gabions, and reinforcing steel fixing. Material for the
project was also sourced from locallybased suppliers – residing within the Chris Hani District Municipality area of jurisdiction. Over one thousand six hundred and ninety (1690) job opportunities for local people were created during the construction of the plant with recruitment of youth and women in the majority.
This is a regional and cross border bulk water supply project sourcing water from an abstraction weir on the Tsomo River, in Tsomo town. The plan is to provide bulk water to areas in two local municipalities within the Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) and one Local Municipality falling under Amathole District Municipality (ADM). The total capacity of the abstraction works and water treatment works is 25 mega litres per day. Chris Hani District Municipality will be applying for an increase to 42 megalitres a day to accommodate the Amathole District Municipality project which will be connected to the plant. The Water Treatment Works will supply bulk purified water to 47632 households from areas of Intsika Yethu such as Tsomo town, Ngcobo and Mnquma. Beneficiaries from these identified areas will be served through numerous different projects. Some of these projects have already
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