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infrastructure

WATER-WISE STRATEGIES sustainability efforts, residents are encouraged to install
Flooding and erosion control are significant challenges when JoJo tanks, using their gutters for harvesting rainwater.
it comes to stormwater management in any development. Many of the commercial buildings in Waterfall City also
One of the ways in which Waterfall City has mitigated this, have rainwater harvesting systems in place. This includes
is through the building of 18 attenuation dams that have Deloitte, with 270kl-worth of rainwater harvesting storage,
become part of its 130ha greenbelt. There is the large and Mall of Africa, with 450kl of stored water.
attenuation dam within the Waterfall Country Village Estate,
and 17 smaller ones across the rest of the development. FORWARD-THINKING WASTE MANAGEMENT
These carefully designed civil structures blend into the Waterfall City’s waste management processes – an integral
natural landscape and play a critical role in controlling the aspect of creating a sustainable environment in a smart
flow of rainwater throughout the development. In addition, city – focus on diverting waste from landfills and creating a
a number of specific species of fish have been introduced to circular economy.
the main dam to support the natural process of keeping it Starting with organic waste, Waterfall City employs the
healthy and creating a thriving ecosystem. revolutionary Heron IVC (in-vessel composter) machine.
To conserve water, a precious resource, Waterfall City’s It can process up to 80 000kg of food waste per month, to
landscaping focuses on indigenous, water-wise plants. The help the Waterfall City community fight the carbon battle
City furthermore has a water use licence that allows for while creating a nutrient-rich fertiliser for the development’s
irrigation of common areas of the development using water gardens, parks, and fields. So far, the food waste from Mall of
from the Jukskei River. Dirty river water is pumped into an Africa as well as the Waterfall Wilds and Polofields Crossing
ozone water treatment plant and used for irrigation and retail centres is being processed on a monthly basis. By
water features in the public spaces. On a busy day, the plant putting this programme in place to compost food waste,
treats approximately two million litres of water. Waterfall City aims to radically reduce the methane gases
Over and above this, as part of the development’s wider produced by landfilled food waste.

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