{"id":51373,"date":"2023-04-19T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/potsdam-maturation-ponds-cleaned-until-june-20230419\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:37:51","slug":"potsdam-maturation-ponds-cleaned-until-june-20230419","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/potsdam-maturation-ponds-cleaned-until-june-20230419\/","title":{"rendered":"Potsdam maturation ponds cleaned until June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Environmentalists have welcomed the R4,5 million Potsdam Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) process which will see the maturation ponds cleaned to improve the quality of treated effluent that discharges into the Diep River, as well as treated effluent provided to end users in the northern part of the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This after the Mayco member for water and sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, conducted a site visit at Potsdam on Thursday 13 April to see the progress being made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleaning began in March and is set to be completed by the end of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maturation ponds are part of the water treatment system, and use natural methods to further clean and disinfect the water from the secondary treatment process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effluent is meant to be retained in these ponds before release, but pollution build-up in the pond sediment has prevented this. As a result, the ponds are currently being by-passed using pumps as far as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_9c717b4b\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1758\/362af2755d2449c394702e1d41de88e1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/666823fa09b0445586c0dfc6730ab3f1.jpg\" title=\"A site visit to Potsdam WWTW.PHOTO: Kailin Daniels\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">A site visit to Potsdam WWTW.PHOTO: Kailin Daniels<\/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\n\n\n<p>\u201cBefore cleaning began, the ponds would contaminate the treated water. By bypassing the contaminated ponds, the main and most important benefit is that water test results show the combined Total Suspended Solids (TSS) concentrations are now within the Department of Water and Sanitation\u2019s (DWS) limits,\u201d says Badroodien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uv-disinfection-process\">UV disinfection process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleaning the ponds will allow them to perform their designed duty to further polish and naturally disinfect the treated effluent. This will also allow the City to reinstate the UV disinfection process, instead of chlorine disinfection, further ensuring a cleaner outflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPond cleaning historically was scheduled once every three years, but due to ageing infrastructure and equipment, the ponds have been contaminated frequently. 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