The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has taken further steps in its water conservation measures to combat the worsening water crisis in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro.

The CDC met with consultants from the municipality and came up with additional methods on how the corporation can increase their conservation efforts.

Earlier this year, the CDC reported on its water wise garden which boasts a range of succulents which are known to be drought tolerant.

Following the constructive engagements with the consultants, the CDC has fixed water leaks and placed water restriction posters throughout its offices. It has also issued tenants and investors with communications about the water restrictions currently in place.

“We have also implemented its own initiatives through introducing mandatory use of water tanks in Site Development Plans,” says Andrea Shirley, CDC Project Manager, Operations.

The corporation has further instructed contractors in the Special Economic Zone to no longer use portable water for construction purposes and therefore to use the Motherwell Borehole System, return effluent from Fish Water Flats Waste Water Treatment Works and water from the Coega Kop Quarry as alternatives for their construction water sources.

“As a responsible corporate citizen the CDC is increasingly aware of the environment it operates in and thus proactively ensure that we contribute toward its sustainability,” concludes Dr Vilakazi, CDC unite head branding and marketing.