Mogale City Local Municipality through its Infrastructure Services Department is delivering on its mandate to accelerate infrastructure development and create jobs, demonstrating its resilience in a tough economic environment.
The city has embarked on extensive infrastructure development projects to provide quality service delivery for all in Mogale City. The labour intensive initiatives include the construction of Chief Mogale bulk sewer and water project.
The two projects have a combined construction value of R38 million and the construction duration of 41 weeks starting from February 2015 to January 2016. These projects have created 49 temporary jobs.
Chief Mogale bulk sewer project has a construction value of R16 140 185.57 and it includes the construction of approximately 900m gravitation line from Chief Mogale Extension to the pump station and 700m pressure line from the pump station crossing Randfontein Road to the manhole that will gravitate to Flip Human Wastewater Treatment Works.
This project also includes the construction of a 7.8 mega liter/day pump station, a 2.1 km water distribution line as well as 1.1 mega liter elevated tank and a booster pump station that will be built at Kagiso Extension 13 reservoir yard.
The 2.1 km water distribution line which is aimed at increasing the efficiency of water supply will start from Kagiso Extension 13 reservoir to Chief Mogale. The project is valued at R21 524 496.30 and has created 31 job opportunities for locals.
According to Water and Sanitation Zonal Technician Daniel Mosomane, the projects are part of the Mogale City’s service delivery initiatives geared at accommodating Mogale City’s growing population.
“Mogale City is growing at a rapid pace and we need to construct new infrastructure and replace old ones to accommodate new developments,” Mosomane said.
“The municipality has embarked on this project to accommodate additional effluent from the newly developed Chief Mogale Extension and future developments.”
“The R16 140 185.57 million Chief Mogale pump station is fitted with two pumps and each pump is capable of delivering 45l/s which is equivalent to 3, 9 mega liters per day. The two pumps will deliver 7, 8 mega liters of waste per day.
“The pump station will receive waste from outfall sewer lines that will be pumped uphill to the next manhole; this waste will then flow to the wastewater treatment works. This 40 week long project has created 18 temporary jobs and is expected to complete in December.”