Construction of Almac reservoir to bring relief
The City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) said it invested millions of rands into building water reservoirs to alleviate water shortage similar to those experienced over the last two years and soon enough, Alrapark and MacKenzieville residents will also find relief.
“Most parts of the region were hit by water shortages for weeks up to months at a time, due to technical difficulties,” municipal spokesperson Themba Gadebe said and added that the municipality has developed a water management plan to cater for such events.
Good news for local residents, as this includes Alrapark and MacKenzieville. The construction of the 5 000m³ Almac Reservoir is a result of the Aqua Leap Asset Management programme, which was initiated by CoE.
According to DA councillor Wollaston Labuschagne, the capacity of the existing reservoir is 1 500m³ and the aim of the project is to improve the storage capacity from the curren 12 hours, to a total of 36 hours. Almac Reservoir was chosen as a project to improve the supply zone for both Alrapark and MacKenzieville and to further supply the MacKenzieville RDP housing area. Once completed, the reservoir will boast a design with due delligence. Construction of the Almac Resevoir alongside the R51 (Balfour Road) is expected to start within the next few weeks and the duration of the project is estimated at around 10 months.
The stakeholders in the project will include the CoE, office of the MMC, the local ward councillor, projects division, planning, operations, the local community, DKG Engineers, project managers as the consulting enigineers, LSMA Engineers as programme managers and Asatico Construction as the contractor.
The community liaison officer is Bernard Hills and Local Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) are urged to hand in their business profiles with him on site.
