| Emergency programmes under way to assist | | | | Emergency programmes under way to assist |
| municipalities - Creamer Media's Engineering News | | | | municipalities - Creamer Media's Engineering News |
| Engineering and environmental consultants SSI has | | | | Engineering and environmental consultants SSI has |
| devised a number of emergency projects to | | | | devised a number of emergency projects to |
| assist the municipalities of the southern Cape | | | | assist the municipalities of the southern Cape |
| coastal belt, in light of the severe drought that | | | | coastal belt, in light of the severe drought that |
| the area is experiencing. | | | | the area is experiencing. |
| SSI communications manager Robin Hayes says | | | | SSI communications manager Robin Hayes says |
| that during December, tourists flood the region, | | | | that during December, tourists flood the region, |
| swelling the resident population by up to five | | | | swelling the resident population by up to five |
| times, exacerbating the existing critical shortage | | | | times, exacerbating the existing critical shortage |
| of water. | | | | of water. |
| SSI water sector head Francis Gibbons says that, | | | | SSI water sector head Francis Gibbons says that, |
| in Sedgefield, the company specified a 1Ml/day | | | | in Sedgefield, the company specified a 1Ml/day |
| mobile desalination reverse-osmosis plant, together | | | | mobile desalination reverse-osmosis plant, together |
| with an upgraded membrane bioreactor | | | | with an upgraded membrane bioreactor |
| wastewater treatment works (WWTW) that | | | | wastewater treatment works (WWTW) that |
| enables the indirect reuse of final effluent. New | | | | enables the indirect reuse of final effluent. New |
| boreholes have also been installed to augment | | | | boreholes have also been installed to augment |
| ground and surface water supplies. | | | | ground and surface water supplies. |
| SSI's medium term solution for Knysna and | | | | SSI's medium term solution for Knysna and |
| George also involves indirect effluent reuse, | | | | George also involves indirect effluent reuse, |
| where final WWTW effluent is polished by an | | | | where final WWTW effluent is polished by an |
| ultrafiltration process and then pumped into the | | | | ultrafiltration process and then pumped into the |
| towns' storage dams where it combines with | | | | towns' storage dams where it combines with |
| fresh water from the rivers. | | | | fresh water from the rivers. |