During the 2014/2015 budget speech of the Executive Mayor of Mogale City Local Municipality Koketso Calvin Seerane indicated that the municipality will be putting a firm focus on water and sanitation – at a cost of about R413 million.
“Consequently, we are reconfiguring the organisational structure of the municipality to respond to this area by creating a dedicated department to deal strictly with water and sanitation,” says Seerane.
“Overall we have set aside R85 million for the 2014/2015 financial year for water supply projects.”
The municipality will spend R45 million on sanitation projects in this financial year and thereafter more than R200 million will be spent on refurbishing our sewer pump stations as well as mechanical and instrumentation works on treatment plants.
Seerane indicated that over the next two years R6 million will be spent on the provision of water and sanitation services to rural areas whilst working to build proper infrastructure in these areas as a long-term and sustainable solution to the communities.
“A further R24 million will be spent in the three phases of construction of the new Muldersdrift reservoir and R3 million to reseal the Magaliesburg Reservoir,” says Seerane.
The municipality has budgeted close to R50 million for the construction of the Lindley Water Treatment Works to unlock the development potential of the Muldersdrift precinct.
