New Spes Bona reservoir will feed these areas in Cape Town

Costing the City of Cape Town R53m, the new 35-million-litre reservoir situated next to the existing 15-million-litre reservoir effectively increases capacity to 50-million litres for the burgeoning greater Durbanville area.

Situated on an elevated setting on a hill, some 5km from Durbanville, the city has used the existing pipeline that supplies water from the Voëlvlei bulk water pipeline to these reservoirs, while the existing pipeline that supplies water to the Durbanville area is also being used.

The design of the reservoir started in July 2014. The construction period was 18 months and was completed in November 2017.

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"This reservoir will feed Fisantekraal, which includes the Greenville Garden Cities housing development, the greater Durbanville area and the higher-lying areas in Brackenfell, among other areas.

"To put the project scale into perspective, the volume of water that this reservoir holds is equal to 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools or to use another example, if one fills two-litre cold drink bottles with water and places them in a single line, it would span a distance of some 250km," said the city’s mayoral committee member for area north, councillor Suzette Little.