Water: Market Intelligence Report 2016

The Water: Market Intelligence Report 2016 by GreenCape identifies business opportunities within the green economy of the Western Cape, South Africa. It details the region's water-stressed status, the institutional framework of water management, and specific technological opportunities in desalination, water reclamation, and resource recovery. The report emphasizes the need for integrated water resource management to prevent water demand from surpassing supply by 2019 in the Western Cape Water Supply System.

• The Western Cape is classified as a water-stressed region where water demand is projected to exceed supply by 2019 within the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) unless effective management measures are implemented.
• The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) is primarily fed by five main dams providing approximately 580 million cubic metres of water annually for urban and agricultural use. The City of Cape Town is the largest consumer, accounting for 59% of the total WCWSS.
• Agricultural irrigation is the dominant water use in the Western Cape's four designated Water Management Areas (WMAs). Nationally, 66% of South Africa's water use is dedicated to agricultural irrigation.
• The City of Cape Town has implemented a long-term strategy to save up to 50 million m3 of water by 2020/2021, with an annual budget between R150 million and R400 million. It has successfully maintained annual growth in water requirements below 2% despite a population increase of approximately 3.5% per annum.
• Desalination is being explored as a supply augmentation tool, with the City of Cape Town conducting a feasibility study for a plant near the Koeberg power station with a design capacity of 150 Ml/day and a capex budget of R15 billion.
• There is a growing market for resource recovery from wastewater in South Africa, particularly energy recovery. The City of Cape Town is developing a regional biosolids beneficiation facility to treat 80 tonnes/day of sludge, which is expected to recover 3 MW of energy and generate R200 million in new business sales.
• Non-revenue water (NRW) in the Western Cape is approximately 19%, which is significantly lower than the national average of around 40%.
• The South African government is implementing the 'War on Leaks' campaign with a budget of R680 million to train 15,000 young people as fitters, turners, welders, instrument mechanics, and electricians between 2015 and 2018.
• The Atlantis Greentech Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the Western Cape offers incentives to attract greentech manufacturers, including a reduced corporate tax rate of 15% (down from 28%), an Employment Tax Incentive, and a 10% per annum building allowance over 10 years.
• Conduit hydropower, which extracts energy from existing water supply systems, has been demonstrated in South Africa with three operational plants, including the Bloemwater installation which generates 96 kW/h to power its head office.

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@techreport{greencape2016water, author = {{GreenCape}}, title = {{Water: Market Intelligence Report 2016}}, institution = {GreenCape}, year = {2016}, url = {https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIR2016-Water-GreenCape-3.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }