Rand Water | Integrated Annual Report 2025

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) CONSIDERATIONS Rand Water’s operational activities impact the environment, people, and broader society. We, therefore, have a responsibility to reduce our negative impacts, increase our positive impacts, and create sustainable benefits for our internal and external stakeholders. The extent of performance in these areas demonstrates our commitment to promoting sustainable development and growth through our commitment to ensuring provision of clean water and sanitation for the people of South Africa.

ENVIRONMENT

Protecting Natural Resource

2025 2024 Rehabilitation, Erosion Control and Restoration

Environmental Incidents Management

• Total area maintained: 828.32 hectares • Total area backfilled and seeded: 37 048 m² • Reno-mattresses/ gabions: 843.20 m³ • Brick paving installed: 4 600 m² • Grass blocks installed: 1 282 m² • Dump rocks delivered: 421 m³ (and 120 tonnes)

• Total area maintained: 39 hectares • Total area backfilled and seeded: 87,600 m² • Reno-mattresses/ gabions: 1,271 m³ • Brick paving installed: 4,337 m² • Grass blocks installed: 6,210 m² • Dump rocks delivered: 770 m³

2024

1

reportable incident

2 reportable incidents

2025

Alien and Invasive Species Management

Water Treatment Residue Management

2024

2025

186 hectares of alien invaders removed, 36 Indigenous trees planted, and 76,5 hectares retreated for regrowth

Addressed the growth of water lettuce and hyacinth on the Vaal River Barrage

Sludge transferred to sacrificial beds and additional storage space created The beneficiation project under investigation as a long-term solution

38 drying beds completed as short-medium term

solution to storage capacity challenges.

Initiatives under the beneficiation project piloted successfully and being explored for full-scale implementation

2024

2025

To minimise the encroachment incidents: • Strategic partnership with the media. • Billboards to publish encroachment messages • Training programme initiated for local authority political leaders • Partnership programme with communities.

Launched targeted educational campaigns to promote awareness and positive profiling: • Broadcast on 7 local radio stations • Published in 15 local newspapers • Published 9 articles - print and online

2025

2024

Encroachment

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Rand Water | Integrated Annual Report 2025