EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY - Technical Services

MR. B.C BRENTJIESActing Executive Director: Technical Servicestechnical@emalahleni.gov.za

Priorities

Water Services

Provision of portable water and raw water services to all customers in the municipality

Electrical Services

Roads & Storm Water

Sanitation Services

The Technical Services Directorate is responsible for provision of basic services (drinking water, sewer services, electrical services, roads & storm-water). The directorate is charged within the overall responsibility to plan, develop, operate, maintenance of all the engineering services infrastructure throughout the area of jurisdiction of the municipality.

Water Quality Report SANS 241 2021

The municipality also functions as Water Service Authority (WSA) and Water Service Provider (WSP). The department is responsible for the provision of portable water and also supply raw water to all industrial areas within the municipality. The municipality is operating with three Water Treatment Works (WTW) schemes.

Water Treatment Works (WTW)	Design Capacity of the WTW (ML/day)	Storage Capacity: Reservoirs (ML)
Witbank WTW	110 ML/Day	188 ML
Ga-Nala WTW	6.5 ML/Day	36 ML
Rietspruit WTW	3 ML/Day	5 ML

The water network has 950 km of pipelines and still some large components are of Asbestos Pipes.

There is a very limited use of ground water resources available within the area of the municipality mainly due to the seeping of acid mine water into sub-surface aquifers. The majority of existing boreholes are privately owned and mainly located in the agricultural small holdings.

**Blue Drop Status (BDS) rating assessment**
Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Score (%)	29.7%	46,9%	37.5%	-	-	-

The Municipality is a licensed distributor of electricity with exception to the mines as issued by National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). The electrical department is responsible for provision of electricity also ensuring public lighting and other energy services that satisfy our customers and community whilst maintaining sound business principles. Plan, construct and maintain an integrated network system which supplies electricity to the consumers.

The municipal electrical network taps from Eskom grid with the following intake points:

Large Intakes Points

Intake Point	Nominal Maximum Demand (NMD)	Utilised Capacity
Witbank Municipal	45,000.00	46,000.00
Churchhill	60,000.00	48,000.00
Doornpoort	48,000.00	65,000.00
Clewer	2,250.00	2,229.36
Kwa-Guqa	40,000.00	50,448.46
Klarinet Sewerage	200.00	200.00
Ogies	125.00	125.00
Ogies Town	2,500.00	2,500.00
Phola	6,000.00	6,000.00
Thubelihle Town	2,500.00	2,500.00
Kriel Town	20,000.00	20,000.00
Haartebeespruit (Klipspruit Sewer)	1,000.00	1,000.00
Rietspruit Village	4,000.00	4,481.90

Small Intakes Points

Intake Point	Nominal Maximum Demand (NMD)	Utilised Capacity
Rietkuil 57 IS	32.00	32.00
Rietkuil 57 PTN3 Extended	100.00	100.00
18 Leeuwpoort 283 JS	32.00	32.00
Riool Pompstasie Witbank	64.00	64.00
President Laan, Witbank	25.00	25.00
Plot 90 Kromdraai	50.00	50.00

The department is responsible for the provision of waste water and sanitation services to all customers in the municipality. The Municipality operate with seven (7) Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW).

Water Treatment Works (WTW)	Design Capacity of the WTW (ML/day)	Plant Classification	System Technology used	Discharge Stream/River
Nauupoort WWTW	10 ML/Day	Class C	Activated Sludge System
Riverview WWTW	11 ML/Day	Class C	Activated Sludge System	Oliphant River
Klipspruit WWTW	10 ML/Day	Class B	Activated Sludge System	Brugspruit
Ferrobank WWTW	15.5 ML/Day	Class C	Biological Filters	Brugspruit
Phola WWTW	10 ML/Day	Class D	Pond System	Saalboomspruit
Ga-Nala WWTW	5 ML/Day	Class D	Floating Aerators	Steenkoolspruit
Thubelihle WWTW	6 ML/Day	Under Construction	Under Construction	Under Construction
Rietspruit WWTW	1.5 ML/Day	Class D	Activated Sludge System	Rietspruit

Sewer Network:

The sewer network has 1700 km of pipelines with 27 pump stations within th network. Some components of old townships establishment are of Clay Pipes.

Septic Tanks:

There are areas which are still using septic tanks within the municipality averaging number of 630 units.

Pit Toilets:

All the rural areas and informal settlement use pitlatrines estimates at 30000 units.

Green Drop Status (GDS) rating assessment

Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Score (%)	-	45,6%	-	-	-	-

The department has responsibility to construct and maintain the road and stormwater infrastructure network. The municipality has total of 1400.08 km of road network.

Area	Surfaced Roads (km)	Gravel Roads (km)	Block Paved Roads (km)	Concrete Paved Roads (km)	Total (km)
eMalahleni	483.08	80.32	4.61	0.6	568.60
Clewer	8.24	29.01	2.48	0	39.73
Kriel	82.72	5.45	0.1	0	88.27
KwaQuga	62.81	243.06	5.13	0	311
Lynnville	68.51	67.19	19.68	0	155.38
Ogies	4.23	0	0	0	4.32
Paxton	12.07	5.64	0	0	17.72
Pine Ridge	9.54	29.19	4.08	0	42.81
Rietspruit	25.01	2.71	0	0	27.72
Thubelihle	22.39	3.77	0	0	26.16
Wilge	8.03	0.25	0	0	8.28
Wolwekrans	13	90.25	6.83	0	110.09
TOTAL	799.72 KM	556.84 km	42.91 km	0.6 km	1400.08 km

Public Transport Infrastructure Service Division

The council owns 15 km railway siding which service the Ferrobank industrial area and also an airfield (Aerodrome) which provide service to most of the private aircraft around the area.

Maintenance of Municipal Buildings Division

The department is also responsibility for maintenance of all the municipal buildings.

The Engineering Technical Support Unit is the management of all engineering aspects to provide infrastructure for services to residents, businesses and building services to council management, to enable residents and businesses in the Emalahleni municipal area to engage in their social and economic activities and enable Council management to deliver outputs that satisfy customer needs. The division is responsible for:

Core Engineering support services (City Engineers/Technologists)
Project Management Unit (PMU)
Geographic Information System (GIS) for Basic Services