Metro launches water security project with Danish help

The Tshwane metro and the second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus, have launched a three-year R33-million collaborative project to improve Pretoria’s water security.

The project was launched on Monday morning at the University of Pretoria.

During the launch, Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink said the purpose of the project was to help improve the metro’s capacity to manage its water resources.

“The partnership is a window of opportunity to learn best practices in water security and management from the Danish government,” he added.

“We know we face many water challenges in Pretoria, such as in Hammanskraal and other parts of Pretoria,” Brink said.

“Therefore, it is important that we work with other world-class cities and learn from them so that we can build a capital city that works for all its people.”

Brink said the two cities have agreed to collaborate on water management projects and on various methods and strategies to reduce non-revenue water losses, active leak detection and pipe preplacement prioritisation.

In addition, he said the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs had allocated R33-million to the project.

“This will go towards funding different study models and concepts that seek to enhance the metro’s water security,” he said.

Brink further said maintaining water infrastructure is one of his top priorities.

The project will run from April 1, 2023, until March 31, 2026.

Brink thanked the Embassy of Denmark, the C40 cities climate leadership group and all metro officials who will be working on this project.

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