NEW COSSINS RESERVOIR ADDS 30ML OF WATER SUPPLY FOR THE COMMUNITY OF BOKSBURG

The City of Ekurhuleni commissioned a new 30 Mega Litres reservoir on Friday, 8 December that will add 30 Mega Litres of water to benefit the communities and businesses in Rondebult, Mapleton, Roodekop Industries, and Klippoortjie.

The commissioning was led by MMC for Water, Sanitation, and Energy, Cllr Thembi Msane.

A total of 21,983 residential and business stands will be supplied by the reservoir. The Cossins reservoir zone has the potential to supply an additional 53 606 stands when linked to the Dawn Park supply zone.

This is part of the flagship initiative by the City of Ekurhuleni aimed at providing security of water supply to residents and businesses.

The Scope of work and terms of reference:

This project comprised the construction of a new 30ML reservoir with associated pipe work on site and the upgrading of the supply pipe from a Rand Water connection (RW4529).

The project involved the design and construction of a pre-stressed reinforced concrete reservoir (30 ML Cossins Reservoir) to augment the deficient storage capacity in the specific supply zone. Before the commissioning of the reservoir, the available storage on the site comprised a single 8 ML reservoir supplied from the RW1461 connection via a bulk supply pipeline that ran on the right-hand side of Rondebult Road towards the South.

The scope of the work done can be summarized as follows:

•     Construction of a 30Mℓ reinforced concrete water reservoir with the associated pipework;

•     Construction of concrete chambers complete with the required meters, pipe specials, control, and isolation valves to ensure effective operation of the system.

•        Paved access road; and

•        Clear view fencing.

The project created a total of 43 job opportunities and sub-contracting opportunities to four (4) local SMMEs.