Cape Town’s priority pipe replacement programme reaches Kewtown

• The City of Cape Town is replacing over 2,000 metres of sewer pipes in Kewtown as part of its expanded Pipe Replacement Programme.
• The project aims to improve infrastructure, prevent blockages, and reduce maintenance costs.
• Using advanced CIPP technology, the city ensures seamless and effective rehabilitation for the aging pipeline.

The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is accelerating its sewer and water pipe replacement efforts.

More than 2 000 metres of sewer pipes between Cross Boulevard and Jan Smuts Drive in Kewtown are currently being rehabilitated. The maintenance started in September and is costing an estimated R6 million.

As part of the Mayor’s Priority Programme (MPP), the Water and Sanitation Directorate has expanded its Pipe Replacement Programme, setting aside a total of R323 million for infrastructure maintenance of both sewer and water pipes in the current financial year.

Among other areas, Kewtown will benefit from this investment with the rehabilitation of approximately 2 330 metres of sewer pipeline along key routes, including Jan Smuts Avenue, Springbok Street, Greinhout Street, Eland Street, Protea Street, Brandon Road, Dr Abdurahman Avenue, Poncho Street and Papaya Street. The work being undertaken focuses on replacing 150 mm and 225 mm diameter pipes.

The trenchless rehabilitation method being used for this project is cured-in-place piping (CIPP). The near 35-year-old sewer pipe is relined with a textile tube coated in resin, which hardens after it has been inserted into an existing pipe. The process is jointless and seamless, proven to be one of the most effective and widely used for rehabilitation.