OPERATING HOURS:
08H00 - 17H00 (MON-THURS)
08H00 – 14H00 FRI
CONTACT:
Call: 040 653 8033
Email: tnomvete@fortcox.ac.za
About
The plant was installed to generate and supply the institute with its own purified water for drinking and irrigation purposes.
FACILITIES
The Institute has the following Water and Sewer Treatment Facilities:
- River Pump Station which has two Water Pumps.
- An Earth Dam that has Water Storage.
- The Treatment Plant, which is serviced periodically, has a pump control room with:
- 4 pumps
- 3 Dosing Pumps
- The Water Clarifier (Sedimentation Tank)
- 2 Sand Filters
- A 50kl Elevated Steel Tank
- There is a Water Pump Station at the Old Campus that has a Steel Storage Tank and 2 Water Pumps.
- The Institute also has 2 reservoirs, New Campus(900kl) and the other supplying the Old Campus (200kl). The reservoirs are cleaned yearly using the scour flush valves.
- There are 5 Jojo tanks at the New Campus and 1 at the Old Campus.
RIVER PUMP STATION
The river pump station is located on the banks of the Keiskamma river and has 2 water pumps that extract water from the river to the earth dam.
The water pumps are operated manually, and the station is operated by the Water Process Controllers for a minimum of two times a week.
OPERATIONS
The water is extracted from the Keiskamma River through the river pumps to the earth dam for storage. It is then transferred from the earth dam via gravity to the water treatment plant.
The plant has a pump control room that houses 4 pumps which pump the water into 3 chemical dosing pumps.
The water is purified as it enters the pumps through the dosing pumps using:
✓ Sodium Hypochlorite
✓ Aluminum Sulphate and
✓ Ferric Chloride Chemicals
From here, the water is then transferred to the clarifier (Sedimentation Tank) & 2 sand filters. It is at this stage where the water is purified and treated using chemicals and operational
procedures.
The final treated water is transferred to the 50kl elevated water tank before it is transferred to both New and Old Campuses Reservoirs.
Clean Water from the reservoirs is then supplied to end – users at both campuses.
Water quality is tested by an accredited laboratory every month for compliance with the SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS 241 and is deemed suitable for human consumption.
WASTEWATER TREAMENT PLANT
At this plant, the sewer passes through a bar screen and is then treated through 6 different ponds system.
The final effluent is disposed of through the irrigation system using two submissible pumps
