Zuikerbosch Pumping Station 5A

Design and construction of a Sedimentation Plant, Engine Room, Activated Silica Dosing Plant 5A at Station 5 at Zuikerbosch Pumping Station, Vereeniging, Gauteng. The contract value to date is R4.17 Billion. Station 5A will add 600ML per day. Station 5A was designed and constructed under a number of FIDIC yellow book contracts. Some of these contracts have been completed while some are at an advanced stage. The contracts separated the various components of the treatment regime into different packages. Station 5A Water Purification Plant consist of the following engineering elements that have been constructed: A Raw Water Abstraction Pipeline that feeds Station 5A from the Zuikerbosch Forebay / Intake Dam. An array of Chemical dosing plants (Lime, Poly, Silica and Organic for coagulation & flocculation). Horizontal flow sedimentation tanks with desludging bridges - for settling and removal of precipitates/dirty particles. A Carbonation Bay – pH Correction and or stabilisation with Carbon Dioxide. A Filter Plant that consist of rapid gravity sand filters – for removal of suspended matter. A Chlorine Disinfection Plant - for elimination of pathogenic organisms. A Reservoir and Pump Engine room – for pumping potable water to consumers and the outgoing pipelines connecting to the distribution network The GPS coordinates are -26.7104625, 27.8625964