JUST three months after the opening of the cutting-edge Kruisfontein Waste Water Treatment Works, another state-of-the-art sewer plant has been completed in the Kouga region.
The Sea Vista Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) at St Francis Bay was officially opened this week.
The multi-year upgrade was done at a cost of R31-million by contractor Prentec and consulting engineers SRK.
Tiaan Claassen, of SRK, said the main purpose of the upgrade had been to increase the capacity of the plant from 750kl/day to 2 Ml/day to cater for future developments in the St Francis area.
“SRK was responsible for designing and implementing the upgrade, including the implementation of additional infrastructure to meet the increased volumetric and organic loading of the works.”
He said various technologies had been investigated for the upgrade.
“We eventually settled on active sludge technology, already in use at the plant, as the operators were well versed in these processes.”
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