Johannesburg, South Africa – Sasol has become the only private institution with a wastewater treatment system to be Green Drop certified. This is revealed in the long-awaited Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Green Drop 2022 Certification Program Report, which was released on Friday, April 1, 2022.

The Blue Drop and Green Drop certification programs are an integral part of the flagship incentive regulatory system developed by the South African water industry. Since its inception in 2008, these programs have sought to align minimum requirements and best practices into a new Green Drop or Blue Drop standard to raise the bar for wastewater management and drinking water quality in Africa. from South.

According to the latest Green Drop report, 995 sewerage networks and sewerage works belonging to private and public water service establishments were subjected to the Green Drop audit from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. Among those Here, only 23 sanitation systems achieved a minimum score of 90% when measured against Green Drop standards and therefore qualified for Green Drop certification. This figure is lower than the 60 sanitation systems that received Green Drop status in 2013.

“The results indicate that the vast majority of rural municipalities struggle to score above 50%; only 5% of systems in the Free State and Limpopo met this threshold, compared to 75% of systems in Gauteng. This coincides with the availability of specialist engineering and science skills being more prevalent in urban municipalities,” the report said. Sasol’s Sasolburg operations received an outstanding score of 96%, up from 86% in 2013, making is the only private sector company to achieve Green Drop certification.

Sasol Secunda Operations achieved an impressive 89%, ranking second in the Best Private Sector Growth category.

“We are heavily dependent on water for our processes and consider it a valuable resource.” said Dr. Sarushen Pillay of Sasol, vice president of environmental sustainability.

“Our use of water around the world is highly regulated through Water Use Permits to which we adhere. We are committed to sustainable water use, and this is also reflected in our support to the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate as a signatory since 2008. We continue to adopt the Mandate’s water management framework to address water-related risks.”

Over the years, Sasol has continued its efforts to responsibly manage its water use, especially in water-scarce areas, and to ensure that the quality of catchment areas does not deteriorate.

Sasol has implemented the following community water-related projects since 2017:

• At Secunda, we have continued to support the local municipality of Govan Mbeki by investing around R180 million in water and sanitation infrastructure projects in recent years. This includes the completion of two sewage pumping stations in Kinross, which we have handed over to the local government.

• In Sasolburg, we continued to support the local municipality of Metsimaholo through the following projects: o Installation of water saving devices and monitoring systems in schools. o Hire plumbers and water warriors to carry out basic leak repairs in over 28 schools and 10,000 homes in Zamdela.

• Our mining operations implemented the following projects in 2021: o Upgrading sewer and wastewater treatment works at Greylingstad. o Construction of a water pipeline from eMbalenhle to Charl Cilliers to provide the community of Charl Cilliers with better access to water. o Rehabilitated bridges in Polar township near Ogies in Mpumalanga. The use of river water increased from 115.5 million m³ in 2020 to 108.6 million m³ in 2021, mainly due to the disposal of assets in the United States and the fact that the partner of the joint venture is responsible for reporting on the use of river water.

• Drinking water use increased from 12.9 million m³ to 13.4 million m³, which is mainly attributed to an increase in demand for drinking water at Secunda for industrial purposes to compensate for a deterioration in the quality of the river water.

• Other water consumption increased slightly by 4% compared to 2020.

• Our global water demand decreased by 3% in 2021 due to the disposal of assets in the United States.

Water demand from all users of the Vaal Integrated River System (IVRS), which is Sasol’s main water supplier, continues to exceed supply. Accordingly, Sasol has introduced the following mitigation measures:

• IVRS performance monitoring

• Maintain relationships with water pump transfer station operators to obtain early warning signs of critical water supply issues.

• Provide technical support and inputs to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on critical water supply pump stations.

• Escalate challenges through formal communication with relevant personnel within the DWS.

• Engage with other stakeholders such as Eskom and Rand Water to identify catchment water challenges that are suitable for a collective response.

• Support the partnership between the Water Research Commission and Rhodes University to address water quality challenges in the Vaal River catchment.

• Support the South African Strategic Water Partners Network (SWPN), an engagement platform where private, public and civil society partners collaborate to address the water deficit facing the country.

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