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Shopping centre · South Africa

Merino Mall Integrated Water Facility

Published case-study claim: R1.4 million annual saving.

Published commercial outcomeR1.4m

published annual saving

SewTreat-published case-study claim
LocationErmelo, Mpumalanga
Capacity130 KLPD water and wastewater facility
ApplicationShopping centre
Treated-water destinationToilet flushing, firewater and irrigation

Visual project record

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Named-project photographs are identified as project images. Supporting photographs are labelled as representative SewTreat system references.

Alternative-source treatmentSystem reference

Alternative-source treatment

Representative borehole-water treatment and storage configuration.

Productive treated-water reuseWater-reuse reference

Productive treated-water reuse

Representative polishing and reuse context; final quality follows the required destination.

Maintainable operating assetLifecycle reference

Maintainable operating asset

Representative access, service and lifecycle-support context.

Executive project brief

The challenge

Limited and expensive municipal supply had to be balanced against shopping-centre wastewater with elevated organic loading and biological oxygen demand.

Hydraulic duty130 KLPD water and wastewater facility
Water streamWater
Operating contextShopping centre
Required destinationToilet flushing, firewater and irrigation

Solution architecture

The following elements are documented in SewTreat’s published project record.

  1. Wastewater plant configured for high BOD
  2. Borehole treatment using active filtration media
  3. Granular activated carbon filtration
  4. Integrated reuse across toilets, firewater and irrigation
  5. Ongoing operations and maintenance

Engineering assurance

Characterise

Validate the water profile, duty and variability.

Integrate

Define civils, power, controls, storage and existing interfaces.

Operate

Plan access, skills, residuals, consumables and maintenance.

Verify

Agree commissioning, sampling and acceptance evidence.

Published outcome

Published case-study claim: R1.4 million annual saving.

What the project demonstrates

  • Integrated supply and wastewater strategy
  • Water reuse
  • Operational reliability
  • Published cost saving

Before procurement

  1. Representative water analysis completed
  2. Average, peak and future flows validated
  3. Required standard and destination made explicit
  4. Civils, utilities, storage and distribution interfaces defined
  5. Operating and maintenance model resourced
  6. Commissioning evidence and acceptance criteria agreed

Source: Merino Mall Case Study. Financial and performance figures are attributed to SewTreat’s published case-study material.

Published project evidence

The original SewTreat case-study record.

The complete source sheet is shown alongside the web case study so the project photography, published figures and treatment narrative remain inspectable.

Open the case-study PDFSource: Merino Mall Case Study
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