Desalination plant to be built in Eastern Cape

The refurbishment of an existing desalination plant in the Eastern Cape is set to make it the biggest plant of its kind in South Africa. VWS Envig is a water treatment solutions company and they will lead the refurbishment of the desalination reverse osmosis (RO) plant for the Albany Coast Water Board (ACWB).

The plant is located at the Bushmans River Mouth, near Kenton-on-Sea and once completed will have a throughput of 1800m3/d. Completion is expected in March.

The plant is within the Ndlambe Municipality and will serve a population of about 50 000.

Reported by Engineering News