Projects
Indigo Brands Water Security
In response to the recent water crisis in Cape Town, A2V were requested to assist in identifying a solution to ensure Indigo’s water supply in the event of disruption to supply. in addition, the City’s pressure management programme has also reduce supply pressure to...
NGK Ceramics
A2V recently completed the air extraction and treatment system to NGK’s newest manufacturing line at their facility in Airport Industria, Cape Town. As per previous projects, the system extracts air contaminated with xylene and other benzine type organic contaminants...
Iron Removal for Domestic Boreholes
In response to numerous requests from borehole owners, we have developed a low cost system for removing iron from water in domestic applications. Our system uses chlorine as an oxidise iron and manganese in the water prior to passing it through a specialized catalytic...
Sugarbird Manor Water Treatment
The Sugarbird Manor Guesthouse and a number of residences on the Protea Heights farm all utilize water from two boreholes on the site. The water is exceptionally pure with the result that it is highly corrosive. This was leading the usual problems associated with...
Mosstrich Abbattoir Water Treatment, De Aar
The Mosstrich abbattoir in De Aar inthe Northern Cape utilizes the municipal water supply for all of its operations. However, the water has a hardness >350ppm and is also known to be shown bacterial contamination on occasion. A2V were appointed to design a water...
Protea Chemicals – Upgrade of Acid Storage Facility
A2V was appointed to upgrade two Sulphuric Acid facilities at Protea Chemicals’ Killarney Gardens site. The existing facilities had been largely destroyed by acid attack over the years an had to be largely rebuilt. A2V carried out the conceptual design in conjunction...
Albion Chemicals – Iron Removal Plant
Albion Chemicals are manufacturers of of bleach and other cleaning products. Cape Town municipal water is used as the main ingredient for all of their products. Albion were experiencing a high number of returns on their products due to ‘blow-outs’ of the product...
Mont Rochelle Water Treatment Plant
A2V designed, supplied and installed a water treatment plant to treat borehole water from two existing boreholes on the site to potable standards. The system uses a specialized filter media (DMI65) to remove oxidised iron and other metals from the water. Chlorine...
Three Streams Smokehouse Effluent Treatment Plant
A2V were appointed to refurbish the existing effluent treatment plant. Our investigation confirmed that the original design was satisfactory for the current effluent flows, but that the aeration system needed to be replaced. This was done in a phased approach with...
Pelmanco Recycling Effluent Treatment Plant
Pelmanco Recycling recover plastic from landfill sites which they then recycle into raw plastic materials. The recovered plastics are washed before they are fed into the recycling process. This washing process was using a substantial amount of water. Furthermore,...