Public-Private Partnerships Will Help Overcome Challenges in the South African Municipal Wastewater Treatment Sector, States Frost & Sullivan

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South Africa has subscribed to the United Nations Millennium Development
Goals (MDG) regarding access to water and sanitation. The Government has
committed itself to reducing the number of people with no access to proper
sanitation, to eradicate all “bucket systems” and ensure that everyone has
access to proper sanitation by 2020. To achieve this, the government has made
funds available to the municipal sector to make sure that this goal is
attained.

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The South African municipal wastewater treatment equipment market is
expected to experience gradual growth in the next five years due to this
increase in funding.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.environmental.frost.com),
South African Municipal Wastewater Treatment Equipment Market, reveals that
the market earned revenues of $39.9 million in 2007 and estimates this to
reach $66.5 million by 2014.

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“South Africa’s expanding urban population has led to a rapid increase in
effluents, thereby putting pressure on the existing wastewater plants,” notes
Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Shupikile Mastara. “The existing wastewater
treatment plants are failing to cope with the sharp increase in wastewater
volumes.”

The average lifespan of a wastewater treatment plant ranges between 15
and 20 years, and this depends on the plant’s maintenance routines.
Unfortunately, routine maintenance has been lacking at most of the
municipalities’ wastewater treatment plants, causing further damage to the
plants.

“Since funding has not been made available on time, a number of municipal
wastewater plants have gone for long periods without proper maintenance,”
explains Mastara. “The use of PPPs is a viable way of ensuring that projects
are funded and completed on time.”

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