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CASTING

New reservoir project reaches new heights

The Tower Reservoir at Thornhill has reached a critical point where the bowl of the reservoir is being cast – 25m in the air. This engineering feat is significant, not only because of the intelligence and skill that goes into creating…

  • Rob Knowles
VIEW FROM THE TOP: Mamlambo Construction is the contractor responsible for building the 25m-high tower on top of which will be cast a 2.5Ml reservoir to gravity feed Thornhill and Nemato residents with potable water. However, concerns over where the water will come from have been raised Picture: ROB KNOWLES
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Progress on the 25m-high tower reservoir at Thornhill, but where is the water coming from?

FROM LAST WEEK’S TOTT The new R33-million water tower being built at Thornhill has no water source to fill it. Talk of the Town looked into the issue after receiving a tip-off that the tower was being built based on a contract for a water…

  • Rob Knowles
PASSING THE TEST: After three days of successful testing Mamlambo construction workers and appointed contractors stood at the recently completed piles that will support the new 2.5Ml concrete reservoir Picture: ROB KNOWLES
EASTERCAPE

Helping resolve perennial water woes in Nemato

Mamlambo Construction begins building water tower TK MTIKI and ROB KNOWLES When complete, the new 2.6 mega-litre concrete reservoir at Thornhill four-ways will stand 11-storeys high, so high that approval was required from the South…

  • Rob Knowles