BATEMAN’s water treatment services

Bateman Water, a subsidiary of Bateman Project Holdings Limited (BATEMAN), is well positioned to compete strongly in the water treatment markets in Southern Africa and abroad. It was re-constituted recently when BATEMAN acquired Bateman Water Treatment (Pty) Ltd from Bateman Industrial Corporation Limited and merged its activities with the core business of its existing subsidiary in the water treatment market, Aquafund (Pty) Ltd.

According to Dave Sevitz, Managing Director of the new company, entrusted with the task of optimising the collective potential of these operations, the first objective of the new company is to ensure that contracts and services to existing clients are effectively maintained. “Because the two companies from which Bateman Water was formed bring their respective capabilities with them, we are ideally placed to achieve this. The overall objective of the merger, however, is to ensure that our enlarged client base will benefit from the synergy and collective expertise which have resulted in a broader scope of products, services and technologies,” says Sevitz.

“Bateman Water provides a multi-disciplinary service to the water and wastewater industries locally and internationally,” explained Sevitz. “This comprises the design, supply, installation and commissioning of domestic and industrial water and wastewater plants, the provision of up-to-date technologies, the operation, maintenance and management of water and wastewater treatment plants and the on-site training of personnel. We cover the whole spectrum, from small plants to ‘build, operate and transfer’ (BOT) projects involving turnkey solutions, from concept to delivery and subsequent operations of the plant.”

The increasing demand for turnkey operations is well catered for. More and more clients require contractors to build and operate or build, own and operate water and wastewater treatment plants, enabling them to concentrate on their core business. Bateman Water has a solid local and international base of contracts and references from the two companies from which it was formed. A project successfully completed abroad is the 40M litre Netanya Sewerage Treatment Works in Israel, where Bateman Water has an office handling regional enquiries and orders.

The first concession in RSA for the full operation and management of plants was signed by the municipality of Tongaat in 1991. This was the first contract awarded in South Africa in which the water and wastewater plants and entire reticulation system are operated, maintained and managed ‘for and on behalf of’ a municipality. About 50 plants are now also operated and often also maintained for clients in the mining industry.

“Bateman Water is actively strengthening its capabilities by entering into strategic alliances with market leaders on a project by project basis,” explains Sevitz. “It also has the backup of the BATEMAN group internationally. The group can now offer clients a more comprehensive service, as water treatment forms an integral part of many BATEMAN projects where high quality water is essential for the process plants being supplied.”

More details are available from Marius Botha, Manager, Water & Effluent Services, on +27-11-201-2300 or email engtech@batemanbmh.co.za.


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