The City of Cape Town has replaced 4 129m of water pipes and 10 311m of sewer pipes during January and February 2024 as part of the Water and Sanitation Directorate’s proactive pipe replacement programme, according to a recent statement released by the City.
The maintenance programme is an annual project that ensures that residents will continue to receive reliable water supply and sewage conveyance services via ‘the different reticulation systems’.
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Many factors were taken into consideration when the necessary pipes were identified and prioritised for replacement and maintenance, which included a ‘comprehensive condition assessment’ in order to identify possible capacity upgrade requirements.
Structural failures that were reported as service requests by the public and logged by depots were also taken into consideration.
For this objective, the Water and Sanitation Directorate invested R863.6 million towards city-wide water and sewer pipe replacements, according to Councillor Zahid Badroodien, the mayoral committee member for water and sanitation.
Over two months, the City replaced water pipes in the areas of Hout Bay, Somerset West, Gordon’s Bay, Bridgetown, Camps Bay, Newlands, Plumstead, Noordhoek, Simon’s Town, Loevenstein, Bellville and Goodwood.
Sewer pipes that were replaced were in the areas of Strand, Camps Bay, Lansdowne, Avondale, Lotus River, Muizenberg, Constantia, Bergvliet, Tokai, Southfield, Kuils River, Eerste River, Kraaifontein and Parow North, Mission Grounds.
‘This year’s proactive pipe replacement programme is progressing well and more than 36 426m of water and 41 825m of sewer pipes have already been replaced,’ said Badroodien.
‘We will continue to monitor progress as roll-out expands to new areas, to benefit both our residents and businesses in Cape Town,’ Badroodien added.
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