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Dit sluit in die opgradering en rehabilitasie van die Paarl-afvalwaterbehandelingswerke (WWTW) en die hoofrioolstelsel in Suidelike Paarl.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die projek, wat reeds goed vorder, is daarop gemik om die volhoubaarheid en veerkragtigheid van die munisipaliteit se sanitasie-infrastruktuur te verseker en toekomstige groei te ondersteun.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die nasionale departement van water en sanitasie (DWS) het die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit (DM) tydens &#8216;n oorsigbesoek op 19 Maart vir sy sterk projekbestuur en rekord van suksesvolle infrastruktuurlewering geloof.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die DM het &#8216;n stewige geskiedenis van die implementering van groot opgraderings. 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