OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
Havercroft Operation Office
The Havercroft Office is the operational, technical and administrative hub of the Association.
Havercroft Residential Area
While most of the Association’s employees are recruited locally and live in villages near key infrastructure, residential accommodation is provided for certain critical employees, as well as employees travelling from further afield.
Havercroft Weir
Commissioned in 2003, the Havercroft Weir is the Association’s primary abstraction point from Olifants River. With the implementation of the Olifants Management Model Programme (OMMP), the volume of water extracted from Havercroft Weir is expected to reduce. This is due mainly to the future utilisation of the De Hoop Dam, through the building of Phase 2D and 2F, to supply water to the Polokwane via the Olifantspoort Water Treatment Works.
Havercroft Settlement Ponds
One of the characteristics of water abstracted from the Olifants River is its high silt content. From a technical perspective it is prudent that the Association allows silt in the water to settle before pumping it onwards to members.
Havercroft Dams
At the Havercroft abstraction point there are two large storage dams that hold water before it is pumped to Croyden reservoir and onto member off-takes.
Havercroft Pump Station
Havercroft is the largest pump station in the entire Association system, with the ability to pump up to 76 megalitres (Ml/d) per day.
Croyden Reservoir
This is the first staging point in the Association’s system. From this high point the raw water is gravity fed to Clapham pump station below.
Clapham Pump Station
Currently, this is the second staging point of the Association’s system. Water is received from Croyden reservoir and pumped south to the system’s high point at Mooihoek. Through Phase 2F of the OMMP, a new steel pipeline will be built from Clapham Junction to the Olifantspoort Weir, for the augmentation of water supply to Polokwane, and will include 2 reservoirs at Klipfontein.
Mooihoek Reservoir
Mooihoek Reservoir is the highest point of the Association’s system, from here water flows downhill to the town of Steelpoort and the Spitskop Pump Station.
Mooihoek Water Treatment Works
Adjacent to the Mooihoek Reservoir lies the Mooihoek Water Treatment Works. The Treatment Works takes bulk raw water from the Association’s system, treats it to potable water standards and pumps it to the town of Burgersfort. The Treatment Works is the property of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and is operated by the Lepelle Northern Water Board, who are one of the key Water Services Providers in the region.
Spitskop Pump Stations
There are two pump stations at Spitskop, which form the beginning of the Association’s Southern Extension 1 & 2 through which water is provided to mines operating in the southernmost area of the Eastern Limb.
Dwarsrivier Pump Station & Reservoir
The Dwarsrivier Pump Station and Reservoir sit adjacent to the Two Rivers Mine. After the raw water arrives from Spitskop Pump Station, the water continues its uphill journey to the last infrastructure point in the system.
Borwa Pump Station
The Borwa Pump Station is adjacent to the Mototolo Platinum Mine. From here, the water takes its final uphill journey to the end of the line at Northam’s Booysendal Mine.
