{"id":47755,"date":"2023-01-26T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T09:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/residents-to-receive-drinking-water-20230125\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:26:30","slug":"residents-to-receive-drinking-water-20230125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/residents-to-receive-drinking-water-20230125\/","title":{"rendered":"Kouga residents to receive drinking water following completion of purifying plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With two, of four, plants for the purification of borehole water already completed, Kouga Municipality will soon be able to supply potable borehole water to residents.<\/p>\n<p>Aimed at effectively dealing with the crippling water crisis, brought about by the ongoing drought, the purification plants are equipped with the latest engineering technology to treat and process borehole water to make it fit for human consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Each plant comes with an installation cost of approximately R7 million.<\/p>\n<p>The first was built at the Humansdorp water treatment works and will not only significantly improve the quality of the borehole water by removing iron and manganese through a chemical process using activated oxygen and synthol filter media, but it will also produce up to 6Ml of clean water per day feed to the reservoir.<\/p>\n<p>The second plant, at the Jeffreys Bay water treatment works building, will add an additional 4Ml of water to the existing reservoir.<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"Middle\" id=\"embed_a7a601d1\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8150\/1b20bb783b9e47b089a6c7517acd14ba.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3db203548c4749aa980c6f2b8bfdacd8.jpg\" title=\"At the plant in Humansdorp are from left, IMP Manager, Kenneth (Junior) Harris, IMP artisan Jacobus Korkee, IMP Director, Ian Ross, IMP Director Kenny Harris, and Kouga Senior Engineer William Hofmeyr.                                              \" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">At the plant in Humansdorp are from left, IMP Manager, Kenneth (Junior) Harris, IMP artisan Jacobus Korkee, IMP Director, Ian Ross, IMP Director Kenny Harris, and Kouga Senior Engineer William Hofmeyr.                                              <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kouga residents to receive drinking water\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8150\/0236ec13b92f4a5495e2a807ae505238.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/007c4528f33a46dcb5eebb498486ba30.jpg\" title=\"Kouga residents will now receive drinking water.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Kouga residents will now receive drinking water.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two more plants are planned for Hankey and St Francis Bay. 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