- The Homevale Sewerage Works should be repaired and maintained to run effectively and treat all sewage properly and upgraded immediately to cope with the rapidly increasing production of sewage effluent in Kimberley. Storm water input into the Homevale Sewerage Works also needs to be controlled and effective monitoring and water testing must take place.

- We suggest that the Sol Plaatje Municipality outsource the management of the city’s sewage treatment works to a qualified management company answerable to a steering committee consisting of relevant role-players.

- In the new development plans (Spatial Development Framework) for the Kimberley area, Kamfers Dam and a surrounding buffer zone has been earmarked as a flamingo conservancy area where no development is permitted. On the western outskirts of this area only tourism and hospitality related developments in support of the Kamfers Dam Flamingo Conservancy may take place. The Sol Plaatje Municipality should comply with this plan and only allow appropriate development to ensure that this sensitive and globally important area is protected and urban development is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.

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