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…
Ndlambe Municipality and the public at large have become victims of serial metal thieves who have damaged water infrastructure for the QFS reverse osmosis (RO) plant. QFS director Musa Ndlovu said thieves had vandalised the valves on the…
Readers of last week’s Talk of the Town will have noticed that Ndlambe Municipality placed several large advertisements in the newspaper that serve as a promotion of its work, rather than the usual notices about tenders, jobs and town…
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…
New RO plant in Port Alfred only producing 1.5ML/day Water in Bathurst has been shut off for two days – yesterday and today – to allow the pumping of water into the reservoir so levels can rise. Ndlambe Municipality announced this…
It is understandable that residents are questioning the timing of the complete outage in Port Alfred’s water supply since the new 2ML seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant was meant to have gone online last week. Many noted that we…
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…
Ndlambe Municipality reported today that the planned commissioning / handing over of the 2ML seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant had been delayed after EFF members came to the plant site and argued with workers, and safety concerns…
Police have confirmed a case of rape is being investigated after a woman security guard was raped at the site of the new reverse osmosis (RO) plant in Centenary Park on Monday night. TotT received a tip-off about the rape, and that a…
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…
RO plant will supply no additional water, it will merely replace the ‘Sarel Hayward temporary solution’ In Ndlambe Municipality’s latest media statement on the water crisis released this afternoon, they say only 25 days of water remain…
It might have escaped some Port Alfred residents’ notice – even though there was a “media statement” from Ndlambe Municipality widely circulated on social media – that the municipality embarked on impromptu water shedding two weeks ago.…
Additional concerns raised about environmental impact, safety and feasibility of process, testing Even with delays, the 2ML seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant and 3ML wastewater reclamation plant currently under construction to address…
Port Alfred residents who have been without water for months will have to wait even longer –the emergency two megalitre (ML) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant is now anticipated to only become operational in June. Although Ndlambe…
