2. WATER TREATMENT Set amongst the beautiful rolling hills and valleys of the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, the largest waterworks in KZ-N and most modern in the country, Umgeni Water's Midmar Dam Waterworks, was successfully commissioned, on schedule, in October 1996. Built on the site of the old Mill Falls waterworks outside Howick, the first phase of 250 Ml/day will be augmented to an ultimate capacity of 1000 Ml/day by 2005, when predicted water demand is expected to be around 450 million cubic metres per year. AEG were originally awarded the subcontract to main contractor Aquazur but owing to the disruptions within AEG at the time, leading up to their ultimate sale, AGE was contracted to complete the contract. In order to minimise disruptions to the contract AGE Engineering made use of all the existing AEG personnel, some of whom were sent for training in Germany in order to commission the MCC's bus system. . A significant feature of this plant is that the whole works can be supervised by one operator. The plant is fully automated and one of the most technically advanced waterworks in the southern hemisphere. The multi-million rand project was 14 months in duration and comprised 130 man-months effort. AGE Engineering's scope included Project management, PLC engineering, equipment supply - including the sophisticated Motor Control Centres, installation and commissioning AGE Technologies Contact us 011 869 3925 www.age.co.za
