Mossel Bay Municipality
Water

The water services infrastructure consists of various raw water sources including the Wolwedans Dam, Klipheuwel Dam and Ernst Robertson Dam as well as boreholes. Raw water pipelines convey the untreated water to a total of seven water purification plants situated throughout the municipal area. From the various water purification plants, as well as a desalination plant, the treated water is pumped via 21 pump stations into 50 reservoirs.  The total design capacity for the seven water treatment plants is 56.3 Megaliter per day. The current combined average daily volume of purified water distributed to the consumers from the seven water treatment plants is 30.82 Megaliter per day.