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During the Blue Drop assessment in 2023, the municipality had a finding regarding non-publication of their water quality results. Due to the finding, the municipality took a resolution to start publishing their quarterly results on their website as the results are always presented in Disaster Advisory Forum and District Water and Sanitation forum.
There are nine (9) water supply systems, and seven (7) water treatment works that are currently registered with the department of water and sanitation (DWS) for Blue Drop System (BDS) assessment. The nine water supply systems comprises of Alldays, Bodutlolo, Botlokwa, Lebowakgomo, Mogwadi, Olifantspoort, Senwabarwana, Tooseng and Zebediela water supply systems. Lebowakgomo, Olifantspoort and Zebediela water supply systems received water supply from the Lepelle Northern Water under Olifantspoort WTWs. The other systems received their water supply from treated boreholes within the CDM area. Alldays, Bodutlolo, Mogwadi, Tooseng and Senwabarwana water systems received their water supply from Kromhoek WTWs, Bodutlolo WTWs Mogwadi WTWs, Tooseng WTWs and Senwabarwana WTWs, respectively.
Botlokwa regional water system receives the water supply from Makgatho WTWs and Polata WTWs. Alldays, Lebowakgomo, Olifantspoort and Zebediela WSS performed moderately for the period Jul 25 to Dec 25 as there was a challenge with microbiological determinants failures. Bodutlolo WSS performed fairly for the period Jul 2025 to Dec 2025 only hardness parameter that did not comply to SANS 0241. The remaining four (4) WSS (i.e., Botlokwa RWSS, Mogwadi WSS, Tooseng WSS and Senwabarwana WSS) their compliance was poor as most of the determinants were not complying to SANS 0241 drinking standard. The following Figure presents the compliance status of WSS within CDM,
As shown in graphical presentations, Mogwadi, Senwabarwana, Botlokwa and Tooseng WSS showed poor water quality with Tooseng and Botlokwa WSS being heavily affected. With Botlokwa WSS, the challenge is due to high water demand in the area, not all borehole’s water is treated by the two package plants (i.e. Makgatho and Polata) for the supply system. The water treated (yield) from the two plants is not sufficient to blend all the borehole’s water into the supply system hence there are failures for RWSS. The same effect is observed for Senwabarwana and Mogwadi WSS. Tooseng WSS water quality is improving after the completion of the refurbishment which was completed in September 2025. Polata package plant refurbishment was completed in December 2025. A budget of R5,5 million was allocated for the operations of package plants which has been adjusted to R6,05 million for the current financial year (2025/2026).
