Ndlambe municipality has been confronted by drought for more than five years. As a result of that COGTA declared it a disaster area. One of the options that could mitigate the impact of drought was to establish an RO plant which can give…
Port Alfred’s water woes may be alleviated at least partially as a new 1ML owner-operated reverse osmosis (RO) plant has been approved by the Ndlambe council – at no capital cost to the municipality. The plant will be placed at the Wharf…
Lack of ‘seasonal data’ blamed for plant not being able to deal with sewage in river The absence of “seasonal data” is one of the reasons offered by the contractor for Port Alfred’s new seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant, for not…
Ndlambe Municipality announced this afternoon that the much anticipated 2 mega litre (ML) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant was handed over to the municipality by contractor Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) on Wednesday June 23. A…
Port Alfred’s water situation shows no signs of improving yet, although we are a few days away from the first phase seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant going online, according to the last update sent by the municipality. Water supply…
The EIA is estimated to take a year including public participation. Ndlambe Municipality is seeking funding for an additional 3 megalitre (ML) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant and to this end says it has started a full environmental…
DA: we remain convinced that this outcome was set up from the start Ndlambe Municipality has appointed Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) as the contractor for its sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant project – the same company which was…
The Democratic Alliance in Ndlambe has submitted a motion to council rejecting the proposal to accept reverse osmosis equipment from Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) as repayment for the R20-million paid in advance of an unlawful tender.…
DA pushes municipality for action after Talk of the Town provides correspondence from Quality Filtration Systems The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will not hesitate to lay criminal charges after it came to light that Quality Filtration…
At the Ndlambe council meeting, held on Tuesday a discussion took place regarding the latest Grahamstown High Court ruling against Ndlambe Municipality for awarding a R100-million contract to build a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant…
“The courts cannot and will not tolerate this type of improper conduct” Ndlambe Municipality’s awarding of R100-million tender to build a sea water reverse osmosis (RO) plant on the banks of the Kowie River has been declared unlawful and…
Concerned over bulk water and brine pipelines which are being laid in Cannon Rocks, a resident has pressed the national department of environmental affairs (DEA) for a response. Marcia Fargnoli first blew the whistle on the project in…
AMATOLA Water has revealed more about the status of the Port Alfred reverse osmosis (RO) plant TotT reported on two weeks ago. Municipal spokesman Cecil Mbolekwa obtained the information from Amatola Water after TotT explained to him that…
