NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 289
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20 AUGUST 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 21)
289. Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Water and
Environmental Affairs:
Whether any figures are available to indicate the quantity of
water that will be used by (a) Medupi and (b) Kusile power stations
per annum; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in
each case? CW371E
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REPLY:
(a) At Medupi Power Station the progressive commissioning of the first
unit will start from 2012. This Power Station will initially
require a volume of six million m³/annum by about 2015 for the
conventional dry cooling process when the six generating units are
operational. Further emission abatement technology will be
progressively implemented from about 2018 to 2022 in each of the six
generation units. This will utilize the Flue Gas Desulphurisation
(FGD) technology and will require an additional allocation of water.
Thus the water requirements will increase gradually from six million
m³/annum to 14 million m³/annum at about 2022.
(b) Kusile Power Station will be commissioned with the emission abatement
technology, called the Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD), in place
from the beginning. The first unit is planned for commercial
operation by 2014 with the last unit expected to be operational by
2018. The water requirements of Kusile will increase gradually from
approximately 2.33 million m³/annum in 2014 to 14 million m³/annum
in 2018.
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