Heritage Cases

The Amathole District Municipality is proposing to equip six (6) previously drilled boreholes within the property of the Butterworth Golf Club (Butterworth) in the Eastern Cape. This will supply additional water with the intention to augment the current supply to the Ibika Water Reservoirs which supply the town of Butterworth and surrounding areas. The population of the town of Butterworth and surrounds suffer regular water supply shortages. This issue has been exacerbated by the continued drought conditions in the general area in recent years. The town of Butterworth and surrounds is primarily supplied with water by the Ibika Water Supply Reservoirs which are positioned along the north-eastern boundary of the town of Butterworth. It is of vital importance, for humanitarian and hygienic reasons, that the supply of water to the Ibika Water Supply Reservoirs is augmented as far as possible. The equipping of the six (6) previously drilled boreholes within the grounds of the Butterworth Golf Club will serve this purpose and augment the currently limited supply to the reservoirs. The project is to be limited to the following activities: • 1875m of water supply pipeline (140mm diameter HDPE pipe); • 1875m of overhead electrical power supply line; • The maximum throughput capacity of the combined system will be 850kl per day; • 4 small brick chambers to house borehole pump and fittings All infrastructure is to be built on the BGC property and will be designed to avoid disturbing all indigenous vegetation or sensitive areas on site. It will not be necessary to build any storage reservoirs as the water will be pumped directly to the existing Ibika Reservoirs.