ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT OF UPGRADING
OF PAARL WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS PROJECT
WCR006
DRAKENSTEIN LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
WESTERN CAPE
CHIEF DIRECTORATE: BULK INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME
PERIOD: 1 APRIL 2013 – 31 MARCH 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1
BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................. 1
2.1 Description of project ................................................................................................ 1
2.2 Project history ........................................................................................................... 2
2.3 Project concept, design and plan .............................................................................. 3
2.4 Start date – duration of the programme..................................................................... 5
2.5 Funds allocated to project ......................................................................................... 7
PROGRESS TO DATE ................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Milestones ................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 Implementation of approved business plan ............................................................... 8
3.3 Schedules of work and phasing of the activities ........................................................ 9
3.4 Risks taken and management thereof ....................................................................... 9
3.5 Capacities dedicated to the programme .................................................................... 9
3.6 Key challenges within the project .............................................................................. 9
PROJECT RESULT AND BENEFICIARIES ................................................................. 10
4.1 Outcomes and outputs ............................................................................................ 10
4.2 Beneficiaries and project results ............................................................................. 10
4.3 Jobs created ........................................................................................................... 11
CONCULSIONS/LESSONS LEARNED ........................................................................ 11
5.1 Main successes and failures of the project to date .................................................. 11
5.2 Outcomes, outputs, successes and failures versus the costs .................................. 11
5.3 Ownership and sustainability of infrastructure works ............................................... 12
RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................. 12
ANNEXURE A: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PHOTOS .................................................. 14
ANNEXURE B: LIST OF VILLAGES EXPECTED TO BENEFIT ......................................... 16
ANNEXURE C: DETAILS OF CONTRACTS ....................................................................... 17
ANNEXURE D: PROJECT SCHED ..................................................................................... 18
NOTE: THE CONTRACTOR’S PROGRAMME FOR THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS AS
FOLLOWS: .......................................................................................................................... 18
ANNEXURE E: DETAILS OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES......................................................... 19
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INTRODUCTION
In terms of Section 10(7)(b) of the Division of Revenue Act No 2 of 2013 (DORA) as
promulgated in Government Gazette No 36555 dated 10 June 2013, the transferring
national officer must submit an annual performance report for Schedule 6 within four
months in respect of a province and six months in respect of a municipality after the
end of the financial year to the National Treasury.
The Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) is a Schedule 6 indirect conditional
grant for the benefit in kind of municipalities.
The objective of this Report is to provide the 4th quarter and annual performance report
of RBIG funded projects, in compliance with the DORA. The objective of this
evaluation was to determine whether the progress on the project is commensurate with
the expenditure to date as well as to determine whether the project is still on course in
terms of the original planning.
This performance evaluation report, covering quarter 4 and the annual report of the
2013/14 fiscal year is for the Paarl Wastewater Treatment Works, one of the Regional
Bulk Infrastructure Grant projects, currently being implemented by the Drakenstein
Municipality in the Western Cape Province, with Department of Water Affairs (DWA) as
co-funder, and Drakenstein Municipality as main funder.
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BACKGROUND
2.1
Description of project
Increasing loads to the Paarl Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) caused some of
the treatment processes to become overloaded and as a result the influent did not
comply with the effluent standards imposed in the area. The Department of Water
Affairs was consulted and they indicated that the future standard was most likely to be
the new General standard (Water Act, 1998) with a special Ortho P limit. Drakenstein
Municipality appointed Ninham Shand Consulting Services (now Aurecon) in
association with Lyners Consulting on 29 April 2003 to investigate and report on
biological phosphate and nitrate removal at the Paarl WWTW. This culminated in the
final Process Evaluation Report: Paarl Waste Water Treatment Works of February
2004 wherein different options for the upgrading of the existing works to provide for
nutrient removal with a maximum Ortho P limit of 1 mg P/ were investigated and
proposed.
A study completed for wastewater treatment in the area indicated that the Paarl
WWTW should be extended to provide additional treatment capacity. These works will
also assist to relieve the pressure on the Wellington WWTW until the envisaged
extensions at Wellington WWTW have been implemented as the Wellington WWTW is
presently approximately 30% overloaded. Some flow from Wellington has been
diverted to Paarl WWTW and once the capacity of the Wellington WWTW has been
increased this flow will revert to the Wellington works and in so doing create capacity
for Paarl WWTW as will be needed by then for the growth at Paarl.
The ultimate capacity of the works is to be 35 M/d as determined by the licence
conditions for the site and future additional treatment capacity that may be required will
have to be provided elsewhere. The works is being done in two phases, the first being
the upgrading necessary to improve the quality of the effluent to meet the desired
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standards and this will have the capacity to treat 17,5 M/d (average dry weather flow)
and the second phase will make up the rest of the treatment capacity (to the same
standard). Each phase is being constructed under numerous contracts.
2.2
Project history
Drakenstein Local Municipality is located approximately 50 km north east of Cape
Town, in the Western Cape Province. The municipal area includes the towns of Paarl,
Wellington and Saron (including Gouda and Hermon). Its municipality code is WC023.
Paarl WWTW is adjacent to the Berg River and between the Daljosaphat Industrial
Area and the Mbekweni Township as indicated on the map below.
The GPS co-ordinates of the project are S33o 41.743’ E18o 58.861’.
The project is situated in the Berg River water management area.
Paarl is the largest inland town in the Western Cape Province and is in the centre of
the fruit growing farming area (mainly wine and table grapes). Paarl serves as a local
administrative and commercial capital for the area. Other economic activities include
commercial and light industrial enterprises. The 2001 census indicates a population of
108 000. Paarl lies on both sides of the Berg River and the waste water treatment
works lies on the banks of the river.
Paarl WWTW is the only WWTW serving the Paarl residential and industrial area. The
treatment works is owned and operated by Drakenstein Municipality. The waste water
treated at this works is mainly of a domestic and industrial nature. At present the
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domestic flow is about double the industrial flow. The treated effluent from the works is
released into the Berg River.
The existing WWTW had a problem with effluent that did not comply with the effluent
standards imposed in the area. The current permit for the works stipulates that the
WWTW needs to be upgraded to comply with the General Standard (Water Act, 1998)
with a special Ortho P limit of 1 mg P/.
The Berg River is a major source of irrigation water for fruit farmers downstream of
Paarl. The effluent from the existing Paarl WWTW did not meet the specified nutrient
standard for release into the Berg River. Thus, the quality of water in the river often
does not meet the standards required for irrigation of fruit and the overseas markets
have questioned the acceptability of the produce. Although the treatment works is
most likely not the major contributor of pollution to the river it does contribute to the
problem and is commonly perceived to be the culprit. Thus the existing works
therefore firstly had been upgraded to provide for biological nutrient removal.
Africon (now Aurecon) prepared the Report for Wastewater Strategy and Siting of the
Regional Treatment Works of August 2005 wherein it was concluded that the most
favourable strategy for dealing with the wastewater from Paarl, Wellington and
surrounding areas is to optimize and upgrade the existing Paarl and Wellington
WWTWs and in so doing delay the construction of a new regional WWTW.
This was followed by the report: Drakenstein Municipality: Paarl WWTW - increase in
capacity to 35 M/d: November 2005: Ninham Shand in association with Lyners
Consulting Engineers.
Subsequently the consultants were appointed to implement the recommendations in
terms of the municipality’s waste water strategy.
A Municipal Infrastructure Grant Project registration Form (Business plan) was
completed on 28 November 2005 and the Technical Report for the MIG application was
dated June 2006.
The Water Quality Management Report to Support the Application for a License for the
Upgraded Capacity of Paarl Waste Water Treatment Works was completed in July
2006.
The Integrated Development Plan 2007-2012 of 24 May 2007 set the upgrading and
rehabilitation of the WWTW facilities as a development strategy.
In 2009 Ninham Shand merged with Africon and Connel Wagner to form the new global
group Aurecon. Although the same persons are carrying out the project, it is now being
done under the Aurecon brand.
2.3
Project concept, design and plan
The project was initiated in 2003 and thereafter various technical reports followed and
the first contract (of the six) that was to form the preparatory phase was advertised in
2004. The first phase was completed in April 2011. The civil works for the second
phase was completed in March 2012 and the contract for the mechanical and the
electrical works (the final contract of this project) will be completed March 2014.
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Various options were analyzed before the recommended option was chosen to be
implemented. This option comprises the treatment of a blend of industrial humus tank
effluent and settled and raw domestic sewage in a biological nutrient removal (BNR)
activated sludge process. The process will be achieved by converting the existing
aerated lagoon to a BNR activated sludge system rather than constructing a new
bioreactor. This option has the following advantages over the other three options
considered:
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Most cost effective
Is predicted to achieve the required effluent standard without chemical dosing
Will utilize most of the existing infrastructure
By providing additional clarifiers and aerators, the activated sludge process will
be able to treat a maximum ADWF of 35 Mℓ/d in the converted lagoon.
a)
Preparatory Phase
With the flow configuration proposed above the channel feeding the aerated
lagoon was a hydraulic bottleneck in the system and thus the capacity of the
channel needed to be increased.
Although the option of converting the existing aerated lagoon was recommended
over constructing a new bioreactor there were practical problems associated with
implementing this option. Uncertainty regarding the amount of sludge and grit on
the lagoon floor and the condition of the floor on which division walls need to be
founded precluded a firm recommendation that the conversion of the lagoon be
done while it is in use. Thus it was decided to construct a 3 Mℓ earth dam through
which the flow could be temporarily diverted for the construction period and the
nine existing floating aerators were relocated to the earth dam so that the lagoon
could then be drained and the conversion be done in the dry.
The capacity of the existing Archimedean screw pump station was increased by
replacing the three screws with larger screws and motors and the total increased
pumping capacity is 1420 ℓ/s
The upgrade of the bypass channel, the construction of the earth dam and the
relocation of the aerators and the upgrading of the pump station comprised the
preparatory phase of the project that was required to enable the construction of
the proposed works required to improve the quality of the effluent.
b)
First Phase
The works to improve the quality of the effluent was implemented as the first
phase of the project. This will have the capacity to treat 17.5 M/d of flow.
Only one half of the existing aerated lagoon was required for the treatment
process. The lagoon was emptied, cleared of all sludge and grit and trimmed to
the required even shapes and gradients. Thereafter a reinforced concrete
dividing wall down the middle with two further transverse walls were constructed
to create the three zones forming the bioreactor, viz. an anaerobic zone with a
mixed liquor volume of 6 400 m3, an anoxic zone with a volume of 14 800 m3 and
an aerobic zone with a volume of 25 000 m3. Mixers were installed in the first two
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zones and five (5) of the aerators from the earth dam were installed in the last
zone. Two pump-stations were provided for recycling the mixed liquor within the
reactor (one for transferring mixed liquor from the anoxic zone to the anaerobic
zone and the other one to transfer oxygen enriched mixed liquor from the aerobic
zone to the anoxic zone as required by the treatment processes). A reinforced
concrete lining to the bioreactor was also constructed to prevent contamination of
the ground water and of the surrounding areas, including the Berg River.
A third 33 m diameter clarifier together with a return activated sludge and a waste
activated sludge pump station has also been constructed. Furthermore the
project included various interconnecting pipelines and channels as well as some
building work.
c)
Second Phase
The second phase of the project will provide a further 17,5 M/d treatment
capacity to create the ultimate capacity allowed for the site. This additional
capacity will be achieved by constructing the other half of the bioreactor in the
existing aerated lagoon, a fourth clarifier and increasing the sludge drying
capacity by installing third and fourth belt thickeners and appurtenant works.
The civil works for this has already been completed and the mechanical and
electrical contract for this that was due to be completed in February 2013
(subsequently extended to June 2013). However, notwithstanding the extension,
the contract has not yet entirely been completed. Nevertheless, most of the new
equipment is already in use and the Completion Certificate is expected to be
issue soon.
2.4
Start date – duration of the programme
The pertinent details of the contracts forming this project are as follows:
A.
Preparatory Phase:
a)
b)
c)
Construction of a aeration dam
Contract start date
Contract completion
Contract value
: 28 May 2004
: November 2004
: R1 245 739
Upgrade of bypass channel
Contract start date
Contract completion
Contract value
: 27 August 2008
: 28 April 2008
: R3 677 959
Relocation of aerators
Contract start date
Contract completion
Contract value
: 23 January 2008
: 25 August 2009
: R4 124 995
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B.
First Phase:
a)
b)
c)
d)
C.
Construction of civil works
Contract start date
Contract completion
Contract value
: 6 February 2008
: 28 September 2010
: R62 588 855
Screw Pumps
Contract Start date
Contract completion
Contract value
: 11 September 2007
: 20 August 2009
: R2 457 589
Moving Aerators
Contract Start date
Contract completion
Contract value
: 23 January 2008
: 05 August 2010
: R4 124 955
Main Mechanical & Electrical
Contract Start date
Contract completion
Contract value
: 23 January 2009
: 07 April 2011
: R17 014 425
Second Phase:
a)
b)
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Construction of civil works
Contract start date
Contract completion
Contract value
: 13 December 2010
: 30 March 2012
: R40 923 851
Main Mechanical & Electrical
Contract start date
: 04 November 2011
Contract completion (estimated)
Contract value
(estimated)
: April 2014
: R21 500 000
Sundries:
a)
Site Supervision and Disbursements
Completion
Contract value
: April2014
: R7 200 000
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Funds allocated to project
The project value is now estimated to be approximately R162 000 000 (including VAT)
and is co-funded as follows:
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Drakenstein LM
Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant
R133 000 000
R29 000 000
The table below gives an analysis of the budget and spending of the RBIG funds
relating to the national financial years.
Table 1: Amount allocated (RBIG funds)
Approved budget
amount
Spent budget
amount
Difference
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
R0
R1 000 000
R9 000 000
R12 000 000
R7 000 000
R0
R1 000 000
R9 000 000
R12 000 000
R7 000 000
R0
R0
R0
R0
R0
Note that the RBIG allocated funds of R29 million have been fully taken up by the end
of 2012/13 and all funding is now budgeted for and expended from the municipal
funding stream.
The table below gives an analysis of the budget and spending of all sources of funding
relating to the municipal financial years.
Table 2: Amount allocated for all funds
2008/09 & earlier
2009/10
2010/11
Approved budget amount
R51 425 327
R31 010 062
R27 785 790
Spent budget amount
R51 425 327
R31 010 062
R27 785 790
R0
R0
R0
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Approved budget amount
R27 785 790
R27 923 638
R11 000 000
Spent budget amount
R27 606 790
R18 923 638
R 8 903 249
R179 000
R9 000 000
R2 097 751.
Difference
Table 2: Continued
Difference
Note that the last contract was due to be completed before the end of the 2012/13
municipal financial year; however, the contract has yet to be completed. Thus, although
initially there had been no further funds budgeted for 2013/14, the unspent portion of
the contract amount budgeted for by the Municipality was carried over and included in
the revised 2013/14 budget as indicated in the table above.
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PROGRESS TO DATE
The performance evaluation was conducted on the 28 March 2014.
They site was visited by the following representatives:
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3.1
Mrs N. Sihlali
Mr D Cloete
Mr R Brown
Mr N. Lombard
DWA Western Cape Regional Office
DWA Western Cape Regional Office
Drakenstein Municipality
Aurecon
Milestones
Name of Organization
compiling/ developing
Product
Planned date for completion
FS/IRS/Design/EIA
Ninham Shand (now Aurecon)
Africon (now Aurecon)
Completed
Lyners Consulting Engineers
Feasibility Study
Date
FS/IRS/Design
/EIA approved
*See note
Implementation Readiness
*See note
Study
See note 2
*See note
Preliminary Design
Aurecon
Completed
*See note
EIA
Aurecon
Completed
30 October 2007
WUL
Worley Parsons
Submitted 1 August 2012
Awaiting DWA
approval
Operation and
Maintenance Plan
Aurecon
Completed
Financial Funding Plan
Design
Drakenstein Municipality
Aurecon
Completed
Completed
Ongoing
*See note
*Note: This project was one of the pioneer projects regarding the RBIG funding requirements
and thus it did not go through the present DWA requirements for RBIG funding with regards
to the reports that were prepared and approvals by the Department of Water Affairs.
Nevertheless, the usual planning, preliminary designs and reporting was done by the
consultants and presented to the Municipality for their approval. The approvals were
provided over various project meetings over many years. Furthermore, certain aspects were
amended in various formats and not in the formal milestones as envisaged in this table.
3.2
Implementation of approved business plan
The progress as at end March 2014 is as follows:
a.
First phase is completed and commissioned.
b.
Second phase, progress as follows:
i.
ii.
iii.
Civil works completed
Installation of the mechanical and electrical works is 98% complete.
The Contractor busy with final works and testing – the new plant is already in
use and the Completion Certificate is expected to be issued soon (now in
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March 2014 and not October 2013 as previously reported (Contractor is
running late as a result of bad management, they are being penalised in terms
of the contract as the completion date was 14 June 2013). Nevertheless, the
standard of workmanship and equipment is good and the quality of the treated
water has improved.
During this reporting period (Quarter 4) the contractor was on site attending to
the outstanding work and shortcomings that were identified by the consultants.
Notwithstanding the progress being slow and unsatisfactory, all the equipment
is subject to rigorous testing and scrutiny with regard to compliance to the
specification and thus ultimately the quality of the final product is not being
compromised.
Schedules of work and phasing of the activities
The scheduling of the work is as described above in Section 2.4 under various
contracts as listed in different phases.
3.4
Risks taken and management thereof
The only risk that the municipality undertook was to start the project without securing all
the funding. Because of the urgent need of the project, the municipality started the
project and had to manage the cash flow until all the funds required were secured.
A secondary risk was the uncertainty with regards to the tender price versus the
estimated price. When the project was started it was not certain what the total cost
would be particularly due to the fact that the project is a multi-year project with two
distinct phases. Nevertheless, the project remained within the budget that had been
estimated 10 years before the last of the construction was going to be completed.
3.5
Capacities dedicated to the programme
The capacities dedicated to the programme are as follows:
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3.6
Overall Management and Owner: Drakenstein Local Municipality
Regulator: Department of Water Affairs
Designers, site supervision and contract administration: Aurecon Consulting,
Dihlase Consulting (electrical works) and Lyners.
Funding: Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG), Municipal Infrastructure
Grant (MIG) and Drakenstein Municipality’s own funds.
Construction Contractors: CIR Valve and Pump Supply, Rea Construction,
Tricom Africa, Eigenbau, Inenzo, Exeo Kholeka (for two contracts), and
S.A.M.E.(the latter for the current and last contract of the project – for the
Phase 2 mechanical and electrical works).
Key challenges within the project
The upgrading and extension of the WWTW had to be undertaken within the confines
of the existing site while keeping the plant in full operation at all times. At times
interruptions were inevitable in order to tie in to the existing plant or to change over to
the new facilities. These challenges have now for the most been overcome and
facilities have been provided so that the second phase can be executed without
hindering the treatment processes.
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An ongoing challenge has been to source sufficient funds to carry out the project and
contracts have been timed and delayed where necessary to suit the budgets. These
restrains have now all been overcome. In this regard the civil contract for Phase 2 has
been delayed for a few months and the mechanical contract has been delayed even
more, with the result the Phase 2 civil works remain unutilized for a while until the
mechanical works can be completed. The bottleneck was during the 2011/2012
financial year and this was relieved moving forward the funds allocated for the
2012/2013 year.
The execution main mechanical and electrical Contract for Phase 2 has been running
extremely late, however, although it had previously been reported the contract is now in
its final phases. The contractor had not progressed as diligently as he had undertaken
to perform and the Completion Certificate is only now about to be issued. It is
expected that, other than being late, the contract will be completed successfully and all
outcomes will be met.
Notwithstanding the construction of the upgrading works generally being successful,
the Department of Water Affair’s processing of the Paarl WWTW Water Use Licence
Application has been a concern throughout. The application had initially been
submitted in 2006 and it only recently reached the stage that it was presented to the
regional and national reviewing committees. There is still no indication how long DWA
will take to finalise the WULA.
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4.1
Outcomes and outputs
The main envisaged outcome of the project is that when completed it will significantly
reduce the contamination of the Berg river and Drakenstein will be able to meet the
waste water quality requirements and standards as well as meet the growing needs for
the town, both for residential and commercial needs.
Currently the outcomes of the project are meeting the expectations and the quality of
the effluent discharged is within the required standards.
4.2
Beneficiaries and project results
The project has benefited the local authority and community with the following:
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The civil contractor is competent and has been very helpful in assisting the
WWTW operational staff in attending to numerous previously unresolved
maintenance matters on site.
Involvement of local people in the project and in so doing enabling them to
gaining experience and training in construction and various other aspects.
Recruitment of local people to work on project.
Sourcing of materials from local suppliers and manufactures.
Provision of a basic water service to the community, thus removing a restraint
to the provision of further housing needs.
Contributing to the improvement of the quality of water in the Berg River and in
so doing alleviating the negative impact that poor quality irrigation water has.
Paarl WWTW serves the whole of Paarl and according to the 2011 census 35 981
households comprising 147 343 people (the total population) will benefit Furthermore
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the numerous industries in Paarl are also served and ultimately all the farmers who
irrigate from the Berg River benefit by the improved water quality.
4.3
Jobs created
The work is undertaken under the supervision of trained site personnel both from the
engineers, clients and contractors.
Job creation details for this financial year are summarized in Annexure B.
In the last quarter no new jobs were created. For the entire project period since
inception, 244 people have been provided with employment for a total of 70 243 person
days in terms of the returns that were submitted by the contractors.
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CONCULSIONS/LESSONS LEARNED
5.1
Main successes and failures of the project to date
The main success of the project is that it was implemented without any problems and
the consultants and contractors generally performed very well meeting all deadlines
and expectations. A key reason for this is that reputable companies were appointed for
both the consulting and contract work that was carried out. This generally applied to all
the contractors except the last, where the contractor was mostly behind programme as
the result of poor planning by both himself and his sub-contractors and their
inexperience of executing contracts of this kind – nevertheless the final outcome is
expected to be good.
Another success of the project is the successful use of a number of innovative ideas
which enabled the operation of the existing plant and also reduced the costs of
developing a totally new WWTW.
There were no major failures in the project.
The quality of the final effluent was improved and is mostly to specification.
The Paarl WWTW is a typical engineering and infrastructure construction project. The
project was implementation ready, construction started on time and the budget
allocation over the MTEF period was spent. The Local Municipality appointed capable
engineering consulting companies to oversee the implementation of this project.
Monthly site meetings were held and monthly progress reports were submitted to the
Local Municipality and DWA. The key lesson learned is that for large capital projects
such as this it is important to appoint a reputable company with adequate experience
and track record.
5.2
Outcomes, outputs, successes and failures versus the costs
The main envisaged outcome of the project is that when completed it will significantly
reduce the contamination of the Berg river and Drakenstein will be able to meet the
waste water quality requirements and standards as well as meet the growing needs for
the town, both for residential and commercial needs.
Due to the high quality waste water that will be produced it is also estimated that the
municipality could explore the possibility of recycling or even treating the water to
potable standards.
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The cost of the project is justifiable considering other comparable WWTW and the
quantity and quality that will be achieved through the plant. The different construction
milestones were achieved in the specified budgets – notwithstanding that the overall
budget had been based on estimates 10 years prior to expected completion.
5.3
Ownership and sustainability of infrastructure works
The Drakenstein Local Municipality is the Implementing Agent and is the owner of the
infrastructure. The municipality is currently operating the existing WWTW and will
continue to do so with the upgraded WWTW.
Drakenstein has a good record in maintaining the existing treatment works and DWA is
satisfied that they will be able to maintain the upgraded WWTW, provided that it is
adequately budgeted for and appropriately staffed.
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The implementation of the Paarl WWTW project is successful so far and the
contractors have been competent and there is no need for any corrective actions.
The project implementation has been run very effectively and efficiently. As mentioned
above this holds true for all the contracts except for the last one which is long overdue
but which is now practically completed. The completion certificate for the latter will be
issued soon.
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ANNEXURE A: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PHOTOS
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Picture 1:
Secondary settling tank
Picture 2:
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Bioreactor Phase 1 and 2
Sludge collector
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ANNEXURE B: LIST OF VILLAGES EXPECTED TO BENEFIT
Paarl WWTW serves the whole of Paarl and according to the 2011 census 35 981
households comprising 147 343 people (the total population) will benefit. Furthermore the
numerous industries in Paarl are also served and ultimately all the farmers who irrigate from
the Berg River benefit by the improved water quality.
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ANNEXURE C: DETAILS OF CONTRACTS
CONTRACT NO. AND NAME
CONTRACTOR
CES 20/2006: Bypass channel
Rea
Construction
CES 21/2006: Screw Pumps
Eigenbau
CES15/2007: Moving Aerators
Tricon
CES 07/2008: Main Civil (Phase 1)
Exeo Khokela
CES 07/2008: Main Mechanical &
Electrical (Phase 1)
Inenzo
CES 17/2010: Main Civil (Phase 2)
Exeo Khokela:
CES 07/2011: Main Mechanical &
Electrical (Phase 2)
S.A.M.E.
NOTE:
CONTRACT
VALUE
(incl. VAT)
R 2,597,728.98
R 2,296,999.45
R 2,701,507.25
R 43,660,495.43
CONTRACT
AWARD /
START DATE
PLANNED
COMPLETIO
N DATE
27 August 2007
11 September
2007
23 January
2008
6 February
2008
ACTUAL
COMPLETION
DATE
EXPENDITURE
AS AT
31 March 2014
%
COMPLETION
21 November
2007
28 April 2008
R 2,725,662.59
100%
20 May 2008
20 August
2009
R 2,107,199.11
100%
23 July 2009
R 3,603,388.55
100%
28 September
2010
R 55,879,988.43
100%
29 August
2008
25 February
2010
100%
R 15,465,039.85
23 January
2009
30 May 2012
7 April 2011
R 14,169,413.26
R 34,753,148.71
13 December
2010
28 February
2012
30 March 2012
R 34,722,601.96
100%
R 20,248,644.74
4 November
2011
12 February
2013
N.A.
R 18,309,866.37
98%
Retention monies withheld have been included as expenditure.
All figures include 14% VAT.
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REGIONAL BULK INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAMME
APRIL 2014
ANNEXURE D: PROJECT SCHED
Note: The Contractor’s programme for the current contract is as follows:
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REGIONAL BULK INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAMME
APRIL 2014
ANNEXURE E: DETAILS OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Summary of Decent Job Opportunities
Decent job
opportunities for
people employed at
various occupational
levels: Decent = Full
time for at least 5
months or more
Decent job opportunities for the financial year 2013/14
All
31
Adult Men
No
Person
Days
4164
Actual
cost on
job
opportunities
2105495
Adult Women
No
7
Person
Days
730
Actual
cost on
job
opportunities
267100
Youth Men
No
Person
Days
-
Actual
cost on
job
opportunities
Youth Women
No
-
Person
Days
Actual
cost on
job
opportunities
Disabled
No
Person
Days
-
TOTAL
Actual
cost on
job
opportunities
No
38
Person
Days
4894
Actual
cost on
job
opportunities
2372595
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REGIONAL BULK INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAMME
Details of job opportunities during financial year 2013/14 up to 31 March 2014:
Socio-economic Impact :
(A) SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL PEOPLE ON THE CONTRACTS:
* Training budget allowed for in project
R
-
* No. of people trained on Health and
Hygiene issues
0
* No. of people trained and placed at
managerial level
0
*No. of people trained and placed at
supervisor level
0
* No. of people trained and placed at
construction trades / artisan level
0
* No. of people trained and placed at clerical
level
0
(B) AVERAGE NO. OF LOCAL PEOPLE EMPLOYED AT VARIOUS OCCUPATIONAL
LEVELS:
* Clerical - No of People
7
Person Days
*Labourers - No of People
730
0
Person Days
Managerial - No of People
0
9
Person Days
*Semi-Skilled - No of People
4894
10
Person Days
*Skilled - No of People
1155
10
Person Days
*Supervisor - No of People
1311
3
Person Days
TOTAL - No of People
445
38
Person Days
8176
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REGIONAL BULK INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAMME
(C ) AVERAGE DAILY WAGES EARNED BY LOCAL EMPLOYEES:
* Clerical
R 300
*Labourers
Managerial
*Semi-Skilled
*Skilled
*Supervisor
R 225
R 950
R 275
R 320
R 400
(D) DEMOGRAPHICS OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES
ENGAGED AT VARIOUS PROJECT LOCATIONS (numbers):
*Adult Men
*Youth Men
*Adult Women
*Youth Women
*Disabled Men
*Disabled Women
*SMMEs Supported
* Other issues: BEE status of
Contractor
31
31
8
8
3
3
0
0
0
0
3