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NUWATER SIPHO MADONSELA CEO OF ECSA

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Municipal water treatment goes ‘modular & mobile’

Panel Discussion

Construction, maintenance, and management of utilities

Municipal Focus Ekurhuleni metro – The sky’s the limit

Parks & Public Amenities

Breathing life into our cities

THE BIG INTERVIEW Going beyond compliance and the business of cement, PPC continues to address the social challenges facing South Africa and the communities in which it operates.” Siobhan McCarthy, GM: Communications, PPC ISSN 0257 1978

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ELA SIPH O MAD ONS CEO OF ECSA Fostering good

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Construction, main utilities of and management

Municipal Focus Ekurhuleni metro – The sky’s the limit

Parks & Public Amenities Breathing life into

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The socio-economic climate in South Africa is a challenge for any business but some see it not only as a hurdle to be overcome, but as an obstacle that must be actively removed. PPC is one such business and IMIESA talks to Siobhan McCarthy about PPC’s innovative projects aimed at accomplishing this goal. P14

Call for aggregate standardisation

Constructing a precast paradise

Hydrostatic dumpers stick it

Green Building

The Big Interview

Failure in the Durban 14

Public amenities – breathing life into our cities Healing construction

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Panel Discussion

Metering Measuring green

Water & Wastewater Clarifier upgrades with high-rate ballasted clarification

Roads Improving road maintenance skills 36 The Ganyesa gravel roads upgrade 38

CEMENT & CONCRETE Constructing a precast paradise

Container Terminal

Tackling drug abuse

Skills & Training Excellence through collaboration

Technology & Innovation 61

Putting the power in your hands A striking solution for ABSA’s Project Lumen

An optimum drainage solution

Construction Vehicles, Equipment & Logistics Small hammers big on performance 64 A cost-effective guardrail system

The legend of the compact

Cement & Concrete Solid as a 'roc'

Creating a green heritage

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Parks & Public Spaces

THE BIG INTERVIEW

Examining new roles for concrete

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GREEN BUILDING Creating a green heritage

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EDITOR’S COMMENT

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Positive progression

HEN IS ENOUGH, enough? Lately, we have seen the answer in outbreaks of violence, directed at easy targets, which have become the objects of blame for South Africa’s numerous challenges. Indeed, the national focus often seems to be misdirected, with the xenophobic attacks being preceded by the Cecil John Rhodes UCT statue controversy. Frustration is definitely high; but what is it really all about? Terms like transformation and delivery are well worn but still speak to the urgent need to improve the majority of South African lives. Naturally, the role of municipalities in achieving this is critical – starting with the construction, maintenance, and management of infrastructure and services, through to job opportunity creation, skills, and training. This edition of IMIESA places a special focus on the utilities function of municipalities in South Africa. With directives from national government, the focus now is on empowering South Africa’s secondary cities and district municipalities to yield revenue from their assets. Counteracting the negative issues that have dominated the landscape over the last few months are the innovative solutions that municipalities, their private sector partners, and national government itself have presented. One of the key areas where movement seems to be happening is in the financing and procurement solutions that are overcoming some of the bottlenecks typically seen. These include proposals for nationalising procurement, support for emerging contractors in separating their services from the procurement of materials, and bridging finance from institutions like the Development Bank of Southern Africa. As this publication has illustrated before, there are opportunities for leaders with vision to propose solutions to national government for the delivery of essential infrastructure.

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As editor, I would personally like to thank all the participants in this edition, not only for their presence in the publication, but for the ongoing commitment to keep South Africa functioning and developing. Certainly, determination, grit, and commitment are clearly in evidence. Creating a positive environment in which local government functions is more important than it ever has been and, like our institute, IMESA, IMIESA magazine sees knowledge sharing as indispensable to achieving this. The institute continues to make impressive in-roads in the areas of asset management support to local government, including software suppor t, training, and other tools essential to this core development area. Not only do municipalities stand to benefit from updated and useable asset registers (from which accurate forecasting and budgeting decisions can be made), the potential savings involved in managing asset maintenance and repairs are hugely significant. IMIESA will cover this, again – in more depth – in its June edition. I would once again like to say that I consider it a privilege to work with the institute, and the sector as a whole, and I hope you enjoy the edition thoroughly.

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The official magazine of the Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT • MAINTENANCE • SERVICE DELIVERY

NUWATER SIPHO MADONSELA CEO OF ECSA

Fostering good relationships

Municipal water treatment goes ‘modular & mobile’

Panel Discussion

Construction, maintenance, and management of utilities

Municipal Focus

ussion Panel Disc technology Trenchless

l Focus Municipa City – An Mogale landscape evolving

ns in Innovatio tion: Construcapproaches Innovative tructure to infras

ildingads Bu g ro Parks & Public Ekurhuleni metro – The sky’s the limit

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THE BIG INTERVIEW

Going beyond compliance and the business of cement, PPC continues to address the social challenges facing South Africa and the communities in which it operates.” Siobhan McCarthy, GM: Communications, PPC ISSN 0257 1978

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PRESIDENT’S COMMENT

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Members’ Assembly Duncan Daries, IMESA president

RESIDENT JACOB Zuma’s keynote address to the South African Local Government Association on 25 March 2015 has elicited quite a varied response. The theme of the National Assembly was ‘Celebrating 15 years of Democratic Local Government. Going back to basics to consolidate and deepen a developmental and people-centred local democracy'. In essence, he made a couple of points, which I summarise as follows: • The release of the 2011 Census has confirmed the great strides made in the provision of basic services and this positive trend is reinforced by the latest report on the non-financial census of municipalities released on 2 September 2014. While the lives of millions have improved meaningfully, there are still many who are waiting to see their lives change for the better. They want water, electricity, housing, roads and decent schools near their homes. • Centres of excellence have emerged across the country and, in the spirit of cooperative governance, there is a need to share lessons we have learnt. Municipalities that are functioning effectively, with effective political and administration systems, are characterised by clean administration and zero tolerance to poor performance.

This is the goal of all municipalities, as local government exists to serve the people. • The countr y’s National Development Plan has identified a number of areas for targeted action, such as “clearer separation between the roles of political principals and the administrative heads of municipalities”, as well as the improvement of accountability, oversight and management systems. • Government has responded by making amendments to legislation, improving the professionalism and management of local government. There should be no compromise in ensuring that officials possess the minimum skills. Chief financial officers, engineers and other technical staff should be qualified and skilled at performing their duties. • Effective public administration is not a privilege in a democratic society. It is a fundamental right. Some delegates disapproved the 'back to basics' concept, as it is suggesting there is somethings untoward about the functioning of councils and that it supports the narrative that councils do not know what they were doing. However, Minister Pravin Gordhan countered that the campaign was intended to create a positive narrative about local government.

Others were concerned that local government was being singled out with respect to the skills and experience requirement and they asked whether the same was being expected of national and provincial government.

Professional municipal staff From IMESA’s point of view, we understand the intention of the national government. The request that skilled cadres be deployed from national or provincial government should be taken in the context of knowing the separation of roles between the political principals and the administrative heads of municipalities. We believe that every head within the municipal structure should, first of all, be a professional whose primary role is to provide the administrative and technical input for decisions that will be taken by the political principals. Being politically aligned is an added bonus, not a primary point of departure. The separation of these roles promotes accountability in the provision of local government services. The professional staff component, individuals who subscribe to an ethical code of conduct (e.g. ECSA registered professional engineers/technologists/ technicians), is the catalyst to achieving clean audits, transparent tendering processes and

efficient, cost-effective service delivery. IMESA is fully committed to encouraging this approach and, as a voluntary association of municipal engineering practitioners, offers support in providing opportunities for continued professional development. IMESA will also continue to be of support to engineering practitioners, who presently lack the capacity or specific skills, through networking and engaging with fellow IMESA members via local branch activities and our annual conference. With respect to assisting municipalities in need, IMESA is ideally placed for rolling out asset management training on behalf of MISA, as well as assisting CoGTA in formulating and implementing asset management plans in the Free State. Through this initiative, we also hope to highlight the central role of infrastructure engineers in formulating these plans, as well as the enhanced decisionmaking tools available to inform political principals. Knowledge-sharing is a fundamental part of IMESA’s strategy, and great effort is being put into our web page development to ensure that it is of value to our members as well as the wider community within the municipal environment. To all spheres of government, IMESA continues to extend its hand as a partner in the journey to improved service delivery to our communities.

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COVER STORY

Municipal water treatment

goes ‘modular & mobile’

NUWATER

TS MODULAR AND MOBILE solutions are now also being embraced by the public sector in South Africa with the eMalahleni Local Municipality entering into an agreement with NuWater to provide an advanced membrane-based solution, along with related operations and maintenance services, to treat up to 20 million litres per day of raw feedwater to potable water standard. NuWater’s services will address a critical water treatment capacity constraint within the municipality and will ensure that safe, high-quality drinking water is available to all residents within the municipal area.

Flexible and responsive treatment solutions John Holmes, NuWater’s CEO, believes this project is an important endorsement of his company’s technology, solutions and service culture and shows a changing mindset in the public water and wastewater treatment sectors in South Africa.

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According to Holmes, “In the past, water and wastewater utilities have favoured fixed treatment infrastructure with a large civil engineering component and based on technologies developed decades ago. However, as planning and investment have trailed the pace of urban growth, more flexible and responsive water and wastewater treatment solutions are now critical to help close the rapidly growing gap between demand and supply. "NuWater incorporates some of the most advanced membrane technology into its plants in order to provide highly compact and readily scalable solutions that can be rapidly deployed – and, where necessary, redeployed. This technical flexibility also means that NuWater can offer new commercial models to its customers that better match their financial situation – in short, NuWater can offer solutions that require none of the normal upfront capital investment and, at the same time, do not tie our customers into restrictive long-term service agreements. We

are effectively backing ourselves to deliver a high-quality, affordable solution that will lead to long-term trusted relationships with our customers.” Holmes continues, “What we are doing at NuWater is applying what we have learnt in the private sector, and in particularly the mining sector, to the public or municipal sectors. Mining is a major user of water and producer of wastewater, which, left untreated, can have a major environmental and social impact, as evidenced in the Gauteng area. The challenge for miners is to be able to cost-effectively treat large volumes of water back to safe potable water standards. Unfortunately, a mine’s water treatment requirements change over time and, in many instances, quite rapidly – due to seasonal and climatic changes, or due to changes in the operations of the mine. In order to cost-effectively treat the required volumes of water to the required standards, over the mine’s useful life and beyond, miners need to be able to rapidly increase or reduce treatment capacity and reconfigure the treatment process to address changing

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LEFT UF modules at Anglo American Thermal Coal RIGHT eMalahleni Local Municipality plant render

feedwater chemistry. Therefore, in order to be successful, service providers such as NuWater need to offer both technical and commercial flexibility. This is exactly what we have done for customers such as Anglo American, starting back in 2010.”

Solutions in action With its modular and mobile treatment plant design, NuWater was able to offer Anglo American Thermal Coal’s New Vaal Colliery a short-term (two-year) service agreement to treat up to 20 million litres per day of the mine’s wastewater to potable water standard for a fixed price per cubic metre of water treated. As NuWater retained ownership of the plant and provided all the operations and maintenance services required, Anglo carried no technical or operational risk. This, together with NuWater’s competitive pricing, made for a relatively simple decision for Anglo. There was no upfront capital outlay or need to train personnel. The mine effectively outsourced the treatment of its wastewater to NuWater while retaining the flexibility to engage another service provider, or to build its own plant, should NuWater not perform. Holmes adds, “Without the ability to relocate our plant at the end of the initial contract period, we would not have been able to offer Anglo the terms we did. As it happens, our confidence in our solution and our commitment to providing Anglo with a quality and affordable service have meant that we have had multiple extensions to our contract at New Vaal Colliery, with the most recent being a further three-year extension running through to 2018. This reflects the confidence and trusted relationship we have built with Anglo.” This customer confidence and satisfaction is also being demonstrated by contract extensions with other key customers. At the same time, NuWater is building its plant asset base, meaning that it is able to offer an even faster response to customer requests. According to Holmes, NuWater is building this impressive momentum by focusing on three core aspects in its business: continual improvement of its technology solutions through proprietary product development

and integration of worldclass third-party technologies; an entrenched culture of customer service; and further strengthening of the company’s balance sheet through strategic investors. This brings us back to the project with the eMalahleni Local Municipality. Jeeten Nathoo, NuWater’s CTO, takes the opportunity to explain the technology incorporated in the plant that is being mobilised for delivery to the allocated site in eMalahleni. According to Nathoo, “At up to 20 million litres per day of treatment capacity, the eMalahleni plant will be the largest ultrafiltration plant in Southern Africa. "The plant will also be commissioned in as little as 12 weeks from final contract conditions being met, providing a very quick solution to the current treatment shortfall. In addition, the plant can be redeployed at another location at the end of the ini-

It would appear that the appeal of NuWater’s modular and mobile solutions, and the flexible commercial models these plant designs enable, is not limited to South Africa. In the past 12 months, NuWater has expanded its presence, through local joint-venture partners and investors, to include India, Thailand, UAE and Mexico. This has already resulted in a very promising pipeline of new business in each of these countries, with a number of projects nearing con-

“What we are doing at NuWater is applying what we have learnt in the private sector, and in particular the mining sector, to the public or municipal sectors.” tial three-year contract period, should the contract not be renewed. NuWater retains ownership and responsibility for the plant and its operation at all times, which ensures our interests are fully aligned with those of our customers.

Advanced technology and design “Ultrafiltration, commonly referred to as UF, is a synthetic membrane technology that allows pure water, under pressure, to pass through the membrane while blocking minute suspended particles, including bacteria and viruses, from passing through it. This advanced technology has been proven, in some of the world's most advanced water treatment plants, to produce high-quality potable water. The technology is far more effective than conventional water treatment plants. In addition, it is far more compact than conventional technology and, with NuWater’s proprietary designs, we are able condense the plant size into a small number of modules with a very compact footprint. This, in turn, allows us to easily move these modules from one project location to another – hence the modular and mobile description.”

tract signing. This is in addition to NuWater’s existing operations in Singapore, from where it already services its customers in southeast Asia. Holmes is confident that the pace of NuWater’s expansion will continue, and accelerate, as the demand for more flexible and responsive water and wastewater treatment continues to grow. He concludes, “NuWater is helping to define this new water subsector that we describe as 'modular and mobile'. We are demonstrating that we are able to significantly lower the barriers to getting water and wastewater projects done, which will be hugely beneficial to local communities, and the country in general. Our focus is on building the trusted NuWater brand in this new modular and mobile space, and on changing the mindsets of customers, partners and investors by continuing to deliver high-quality projects.”

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INFRASTRUCTURE NEWS FROM AROUND THE CONTINENT CAMEROON Three-year Emergency Plan to go ahead The North-West Region will soon welcome new projects to step up development within the framework of President Paul Biya's three-year emergency development plan. In effect, the technical adviser at the PM's office, who doubles as the coordinator of the Technical Secretariat of the Three-year Emergency Plan Committee, Elanga Obam Georges, revealed that the plan will cover, among others, the construction of two highways in the North West, construction of 100 boreholes in needy rural areas of the region, construction of modern slaughter houses and cold stores to enhance the production of livestock, support of agricultural activities, and the improvement of facilities to reinforce border security. He urged the population to support, participate, and appropriate Cameroon's move towards emergence by 2035.

EGYPT

According to the brochure, there will be exactly 21 residential districts, 25 ‘dedicated districts’, 663 hospitals and clinics, 1 250 mosques and churches, and 1.1 million homes – housing at least five million residents.

NAMIBIA Ondangwa runway under rehabilitation

Deputy President of Kenya William Ruto

KENYA

Egypt plans £30 billion purpose-built capital in desert

Rules to govern 10 000 km road construction financing gazetted

The government of Egypt has announced plans to build a new capital city on virgin sands to the east of its predecessor. According to officials, the new £30 billion capital is to be built by the Emirati businessman behind the Burj Khalifa. If completed, the currently nameless city would span 700 km2 (a space almost as big as Singapore), house a park double the size of New York's Central Park, and a theme park four times as big as Disneyland – all to be completed within five to seven years.

The Kenyan government has put into law guidelines that will govern the operations of the newly unveiled plan to tarmac 10 000 km of roads across the country. The treasury gazetted regulations that will operationalise a special fund that will finance the refurbishment of the roads over the next five years. The guidelines on the establishment of the Public Finance Management (Roads Annuity Fund) 2015 details the objectives and purposes, source of funds, management of the

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fund, payments of the fund, as well as winding up of the fund. Deputy President William Ruto, who chaired a meeting of banks that will fund the project, said the regulations will ensure the government's new model for road construction through public-private partnership works seamlessly. "The regulations will make sure the road annuity programme operates smoothly by guaranteeing timely payment of contractors and services," he said.

Work on the approximately $17 million Ondangwa runway rehabilitation has commenced following the signing of the agreement between Namibia Airports Company (NAC), Aurecon Namibia, and China State Construction Engineering Corporation. According to acting chief executive officer of NAC Tamer El-Kallawi, completion of the job is envisaged for July 2016. “It will mean that the Ondangwa airport runway will be upgraded from category 3 C to category 4 C and this, in turn, means that bigger aircraft such as the Airbus A319, will be able to land there. The runway will be widened to 45 m and lengthened to 2.8 km,” said El-Kallawi. He added that the second priority area of the NAC's strategic plan focuses on rehabilitating and upgrading airport infrastructure and this, in turn, would lead to achieving the NAC's long-term objective of positioning Namibia as a key aviation connection hub.

NIGERIA AfDB and others to finance $1.5 billion Lekki Port Project Six banks, including the African Development Bank (AfDB), have signed an agreement with Singaporean firm Tolaram Group to finance the proposed $1.5 billion port project in the Lekki area of Lagos. The construction of the port has been scheduled to commence this month, after it had been shifted a number of times. Other banks contributing to the port project include the African Finance Corporation, European Investment Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Rand Merchant Bank, and Standard Bank. When completed, the port will handle 2.5 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), 16.7 million tonnes of liquid cargo and 4.5 million tonnes of dry bulk. The proposed deep-seaport has capacity for containers, liquid and bulk terminals, 150 million quays, and 14 million draughts, among others.

SOUTHERN AFRICA SADC Gateway Port takes off The SADC Gateway Port, part of the Namibia Ports Authority (Namport), could become a reality with the first phase – the construction of the oil terminal – expected to take off soon. The SADC Gateway Port, which will cost approximately $2.5 billion, will be developed in at least five phases while construction will gradually take place as demand for services arises. According to Namport engineer Elzevir Gelderbloem, the contract was already awarded

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and construction has started. The phase itself will be commissioned in 2017. The oil terminal will consist of two new tanker berths that will replace the port's current tanker berth. According to Gelderbloem, the existing tanker berth already reached the end of its lifespan, as it has banked the country's fuel for the past 50 years and needs to be replaced. Gelderbloem said Phase Two of the SADC Gateway Port will focus on the construction of the planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. He said the terminal will provide gas to the new power plant, soon to be constructed behind Dune 7, to supply the SADC Gateway Port with power.

renovating and extending the terminal buildings. BAM International, which is a subsidiary of Royal BAM Group, one of Europe's largest contracting companies, active in construction, property and civil engineering, will be revamping the airport, the country's major northern tourism circuit's gateway, to the tune of €37 million.

ZAMBIA AfDB to finance ChinsaliNakonde road construction The African Development Bank (AfDB) will finance the construction of the ChinsaliNakonde road at the cost of $250 million. The project forms a section of the Trans-Africa Highway/ North-South Corridor.

Road works equipment in Harare

The main components of the entire project include: civil works, the rehabilitation of the Chinsali-Nakonde road section, rehabilitation of 50 km of feeder roads and complementar y initiatives/social infrastructure, among others.

ZIMBABWE $50 million terminus for Harare's fourth street

SADC Gateway Port

TANZANIA Major plan to transform KIA into East Africa's best An ambitious project to renovate, expand and modernise the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) has started at the country's second busiest terminal and is expected to be completed in 23 months' time. BAM International of Netherlands will be executing the project involving the rehabilitation and extension of the airport's taxiways, runways and aprons, as well as

AfDB officer-in-charge for Zambia Philip Boahen said the project aims to improve road transport infrastructure and ser vices through the development of the priority road corridor to reduce transport costs between northern Zambia and southern Tanzania. Boahen said the feasibility, preliminar y design, detailed engineering design, and environmental and socio-economic impact assessment studies had been completed and reviewed by the bank.

A $50 million bus interchange is expected to be constructed at Fourth Street bus terminus in Harare, after Pearl Properties signed a joint venture agreement with the City of Harare. Pearl Properties general manager for developments

Christopher Manyowa says the project, which is expected to begin next year, will change the face of the capital. "The joint venture will see the City of Harare contribute the land while Pearl Properties will contribute the funding for the development,” Manyowa said. He said the project, which would also include a shopping mall, would be implemented in phases. The Pearl Properties manager said the bus interchange project would stretch from Fourth Street to Fifth Street and then Robert Mugabe Avenue to George Silundika Avenue.

Kilimanjaro International Airport

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MUNICIPAL FEATURE

EKURHULENI

The sky’s the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM), boasting first-world infrastructure, is the transportation hub of South Africa. BY BEATRIX KNOPJES

HE METROPOLITAN municipality of Ekurhuleni was established in 2000, and covers an extensive geographical area from Germiston in the west to Springs and Nigel in the east. It comprises nine towns: Alberton, Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan, Edenvale/Lethabong, Germiston, Kempton Park/Tembisa, Nigel, and Springs. EMM has come a long way in consolidating its systems and processes for the sustained delivery of services in the city. Ekurhuleni has a surface area of 1 975 km2 that accommodates a population of 3 178 470 million according to Census 2011. Ekurhuleni is spread over 15.6% of Gauteng’s land mass, houses 5.4% of the country’s population, and 25.5% of Gauteng’s population. Migration into the area is a key challenge. This is evident in the number of informal settlements and the informal trading activity. The Ekurhuleni metropolitan economy is larger and more diverse than that of some small countries in Africa, including all the countries in Southern Africa. It accounts for nearly a quarter of the Gauteng economy, which, in turn, contributes over a third of the national GDP. Ekurhuleni has a network of roads, airports, rail lines, electricity grids and telecommunications that rivals that of Europe and America, giving it first-world infrastructure to support a wellestablished industrial and commercial complex. Ekurhuleni is regarded as the transportation hub of the country. It is home to O.R. Tambo International Airport, the busiest airport in Africa. This airport services the entire continent and links to major cities throughout the world. Similarly, many of the world’s leading airlines fly into O.R. Tambo International Airport.

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South Africa’s largest railway hub is in Germiston, which links it to all the major population centres and ports in the Southern African region. A number of South Africa’s modern freeways and expressways connect Ekurhuleni to other cities and provinces. The Maputo Development Corridor, South Africa’s most advanced spatial development initiative, connects Ekurhuleni with the capital of Mozambique and the largest South African Indian Ocean port. Direct rail, road and air links connect Ekurhuleni to Durban, the biggest and busiest port within South Africa. The O.R. Tambo International Airport has been identified as the nucleus for the development of the Aerotropolis, which is one of the flagship projects of the municipality to stimulate growth and job creation.

Human settlements – Eastern Development Corridor The Gauteng State of the Province Address 2015 highlighted a number of development corridors in Gauteng. Ekurhuleni largely comprises the Eastern Development Corridor. As part of this development, provincial and local government has committed to addressing the dire shortage of housing in the growing metropolis. The current housing backlog of 144 000, and the housing solution of one house per stand targeted at poor families, is constrained by land availability because the city only has about 7 000 hectares of developable land. Together with the Ekurhuleni metro and national government, the provincial government is now undertaking 29 industrial initiatives, under the banner of the Aerotropolis, to

revitalise manufacturing, aviation, transport and logistics industries linked to O.R. Tambo International Airport. In order to change the human settlements paradigm, more than 100 000 housing units will be delivered over the next five years in areas such as Chief Albert Luthuli, John Dube Ext 2, Tsakane Ext 22, Germiston South, Leeuwpoort, Rietfontein, and Clayville Ext 45.

Tambo Springs inland port Away from the ports, plans for the proposed new South African freight hub at Heidelberg, near Johannesburg, which will link road and rail transport to and from the country’s major freight routes, are progressing, with a start on construction expected before the end of the year. The project, being undertaken by the Tambo Springs Development Company, will be the largest inland port in Africa and should commence operations in 2017, as City Deep, Johannesburg’s current inland port, reaches capacity. The port may also tie in to the proposed KwaZulu-Natal-Free State-Gauteng industrial freight corridor, which is intended to shift cargo from road to rail by 2030. There is also the possibility that Tambo Springs could later connect to the planned high-speed rail link between Johannesburg and Durban, significantly raising the route’s present freight capacity. By the time it is completed, the facility will double Gauteng province’s freight handling capacity.

BRT system With regard to freight and logistics, Transnet’s investment in the inland ports of Tambo

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Springs and Sentrarand will also have a major impact on revitalising the economy of Ekurhuleni. The Tambo Springs inland port development will have an estimated R7.5 billion investment over five years, creating a total of 110 000 jobs over 15 years. In a bid to further change the spatial geography of this corridor, the bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Ekurhuleni is being rolled out, and its first phase will be operational by March next year. Over R500 million will be invested in the BRT system over the next five years.

Landfill-to-gas EMM boasts a landfill-to-gas project. The objective of this project is the capture and combustion of landfill gas, thereby avoiding methane emissions to the atmosphere, and hence the production of emission reductions in terms of the clean development mechanism. Key features of the project include: • installation of 96 gas wells in the existing landfills (vertical and horizontal) • installation of more than 10.5 km of gas collector pipework • design and installation of one 1 300 m3/h

(SC1300), two 2 000 m3/h (SC2000) and one 3 000 m3/hour (SC3000) high-temperature gas flares • design and installation of continuous gas monitoring system, including flow rates, temperature and gas quality, with continuous exhaust monitoring system to prove flare efficiencies • design and installation of electrical supply and backup generator systems to all sites • design and installation of Scada system, incorporating the gas extraction and flaring systems • operation and maintenance of landfill gas extraction and flaring systems for five years after commissioning, including complete CDM data management, reporting and certification.

the province since 1906. However, the failure in water supply was unanticipated. An early warning system will be used to indicate dropping water levels in EMM’s storage reservoirs, allowing for timely intervention. To do this, telemetric-type systems that will synchronise all reservoirs in Ekurhuleni will be installed, making it easy to divert water from one supply zone to another. Construction of two additional water reservoirs, in Palm Ridge and Etwatwa Ext 19, is currently underway and expected to be com plete by 2017.

Water demand management In 2014, EMM experienced a month-long interruption in water service delivery. To address this issue, the municipality has rolled out an extensive water demand management plan. Rand Water is the service provider for the entire EMM area and has supplied water to IMIESA May 2015

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The municipality will also ensure that more potable water reservoirs are built by the year 2021, in anticipation of future supply risk and population growth due to urbanisation. Additional reservoirs to be built include: • 20 Mℓ reservoir in Brakpan at an estimated R25 million • 11 Mℓ reservoir in Masetchaba View at an estimated R18 million • 26 Mℓ reservoir at Russel Road at an estimated R34 million

• 10 Mℓ reservoir in Etwatwa at an estimated R20 million • 1.1 Mℓ water tower in Etwatwa at an estimated R10 million • 5 Mℓ water tower in Northmead at an estimated R32 million • 13 Mℓ reservoir in Dunottar at an estimated R23 million • 1 Mℓ water tower in Visagie Park at an estimated R10 million. • 25 Mℓ reservoir in Bredell at an estimated R31.12 million.

In order for the local government to effectively meet this constitutional mandate, systems, including water metering, need to be put in place to ensure sustainable provision of water services. Water metering remains a critical component of service delivery in the municipal environment, for both management and protection of the water provision. Sadly, the majority of municipalities in the country are buckling under pressure and neglect this basic component of service delivery, which renders them ineffective in their quest for water services provision. EMM aims to ensure that each and every drawoff point from the municipal water network is legally, effectively and properly metered, thereby exercising effective water metering policies and principles. Through the adoption of principles such as “to measure is to know”, the department and the broader metro finds itself in a position where it knows the losses encountered through the provision of water services and the actions required to curb such losses. IMIESA May 2015

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