Groundwater specialists from engineering consultants SRK Consulting have assisted in ensuring Prince Albert local municipality in the Karoo is able to provide a reliable and sustainable supply of groundwater to local communities at Leeu Gamka in the Western Cape.
Prince Albert local municipality infrastructure services manager Ashley America says the addition of three boreholes mitigated supply issues arising from the low yield from existing boreholes, and the poor water quality that strained the municipality’s reverse osmosis treatment system.
America says Leeu Gamka had three communities requiring a more stable water supply – Bitterwater with 606 households, Newton Park with 26 households and the Transnet housing scheme with 40 households.
SRK Consulting principal hydrogeologist Leon Groenewald adds that the most productive of the existing boreholes in the area was able to deliver a yield of between 15 000 ℓ and 18 000 ℓ an hour, supplying a maximum volume of 432 000 ℓ/d.
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