• The City of Cape Town is planning and constructing a project that will source groundwater from the Cape Flats Aquifer to increase its water supply capacity by approximately 60 megalitres per day. Three new water purification plants (one near complete, one starting construction, and the third in design) will be provided to treat the abstracted water to drinking water quality. In addition, the aquifer will be replenished with water sourced from the Cape Flats Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) and further treated in a new advanced Managed Aquifer Replenishment Plant (MAR Plant), which is under construction. The City’s intention it to create and operate a sustainable water supply project that improves the quality of the aquifer and allows it to be shared with the horticultural industry in the area that contributes to food security in Cape Town.
• The tour will include visits to the Cape Flats WWTW, the MAR Plant, and the horticultural area that shares the aquifer and where well-field infrastructure is located.
• Approximate time for a return trip to the CTICC = 4 hours.
• Number of delegates that can be accommodated = 50persons to be booked on a first come first serve basis

Dual visit to Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works and Faure Water Treatment Plant, which are the source and sites of the City’s proposed first direct potable water reuse project, the Faure New Water Scheme.

• The Faure New Water Scheme (NWS) is a proposed new direct potable water reuse project for the City of Cape Town. It is designed for an ultimate capacity of 100 megalitres per day and will be equipped initially to produce 70 megalitres per day, to augment the surface water that supplies the existing 500 megalitres per day Faure Water Treatment Plant (WTP). The water will be sourced from the existing Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW), which was recently upgraded to a capacity of 90 megalitres per day by provision of a new MBR plant and refurbishment of other facilities. The treated wastewater will be purified in a new advanced water purification plant sited at the existing Faure WTP campus, with some tertiary, storage and pumping facilities sited at Zandvliet WWTW. The water produced by this plant will blend with surface water to augment the raw water feed to Faure WTP at a maximum blend ratio of 33%. The planning and design for the advanced water purification plant and supporting infrastructure is approximately 90 percent complete.
• The tour will include visits to both the Zandvliet WWTW and the Faure WTP, and a virtual reality model of the proposed advanced water purification plant.
• Approximate time for a return trip to the CTICC = 5 hours.
• Number of delegates that can be accommodated = 50 persons to be booked on a first come first serve basis

• Kloof Nek Water Treatment Plant (WTP) was the first “large” scale water treatment plant provided to supply the City of Cape Town. The old filtration building was constructed from locally hewn sandstone blocks and is nestled under the cable way on the slopes of Table Mountain with beautiful views over Camps Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
• The tour will be a visit to Kloof Nek WTP.
• Approximate time for a return trip to the CTICC = 2.5 hours.
• Number of delegates that can be accommodated = 50 persons to be booked on a first come first serve basis

https://www.thewaterhub.org.za/

• The Franschhoek Water Hub is an exciting new project that will inspire a new generation of leaders in water management in the context of rapid urbanisation, using nature-based processes and limited financial resources to treat surface water runoff from an informal settlement. It is an innovative living lab demonstrating the interconnecting Food-Energy-Water nexus in research experiments incorporating natural systems and bioprocesses.
• The tour involves an interactive walkabout on the site, water sampling, data sharing, and discussion of plans for future development. The visit includes wine tasting (for those who wish) and lunch at Rickety Bridge Wine Estate on the neighbouring farm. More details: Rickety Bridge Estate – Franschhoek
• Approximate time for a return trip to the CTICC = 6 hours.
• Number of delegates that can be accommodated = 60 persons to be booked on a first come first serve basis.