The capacity of the newly upgraded St Francis Bay Wastewater Treatment Works has been significantly increased, allowing for future growth and ensuring effluent compliance.
The Kouga Local Municipality is proactively providing infrastructure for future economic growth in the area. In line with this, the St Francis Bay Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) has been upgraded from 750 m3/day up to 2 000 m3/day. The upgrade also ensures that the effluent discharged from the WWTW complies with relevant standards.
The plant serves the growing communities of St Francis Bay, Cape St Francis and Sea Vista, and will cater for future development in the area. It was originally built by Prentec in 1995 and has undergone two subsequent capacity upgrades of 250 m3/day, each in 2000 and 2007.
The upgrade
Prentec was appointed as the main contractor on the upgrade project and SRK Consulting as the consulting engineer. The plant upgrade included the refurbishment of the existing works, covering civils, mechanical and electrical.
SRK Contributor:
Tiaan Claassen
