Indicators |
The New Tshwane
Council Area |
| |
City Council of Pretoria |
Centurion Town Council |
Northern Pretoria Metropolitan
Sub-Structure |
Eastern District Council Area |
Pienaars River TRC (East
Gauteng Services Council) |
Crocodile River TRC (West
Crocodile river) |
Hectares of wetland |
1.8% of the area is
covered with wetlands |
0.3% |
N/A |
The Crocodile River is the
primary river with the drainage pattern flowing in a
northwesterly direction. |
Water consumption |
98 400 kilolitres
of water per day and
359 000 kilolitres of water per annum. |
N/A |
N/A |
Water for domestic comsumption
for most of the Crocodile River is obtained from
boreholes. |
175 litres/p/day |
7 000 KL (16%) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Population affected by low
drinking water quality |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Access to drinking water |
99,5% |
N/A |
N/A |
71,6% |
8 - 26 households without
formal water services |
N/A |
Quality of drinking water |
100% |
100% |
N/A |
100% especially to rural
households. |
N/A |
The quality of the surface
water is relatively poor. Ground water is used for
domestic purposes. |
Waste water treatment |
100% |
100% |
N/A |
43,3% of the households is
connected to sewate systems. |
Hammanskraal discharge sewage
to a regional water care works which is managed and
operated by the section 21 East Rand Water care Company
(ERWAT). |
The Crocodile river is severely
polluted by effluent from the Johannesburg Northern
Sewerage Works and other sources in its catchment. In
winter virtually all the flow in the river is made up of
treated sewerage effluent. |
Investments to water supply
systems |
R 45,0 m |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Water supply in the Crocodile
River TRC, an average yearly flow of R 8,03 milllion m³
was measured between 1992 & 1995. |
Price of water |
R 0,35/ 100L |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Quality and extent of
subsurface water |
According to the surveys that
were done the sub-surface water quality is regarded as
very good. |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
The eastern and souther parts
of the study area are well provided with bulk water
network in so far as pipelines, reservoirs and water
towers. |
Have a high quality and fit for
human consumption. |
