In Hanover, Scatec equipped 3 boreholes in Emthanjeni Local Municipality, since the boreholes were not equipped with pumps and adequate infrastructure.
The challenge
Hanover has a population of just above 6,000 people and most of them depend on the municipality for water supply. The challenge of water shortage started about 5 years ago when two boreholes were disconnected. Three boreholes were hard hit by draught to a point where their water levels dropped drastically. The municipality started to initiate water restrictions where they executed water-shedding for several hours up to twice per day.
How we worked together
Scatec contracted a water specialist company to rollout the water project. IWS employed a local subcontractor company to construct all three borehole PV parks. The project included a 36 months Operations & Maintenance (O&M) plan where municipal employees were given the opportunity to be trained in how to manage the new infrastructure.