Proposed 50 sow unit operation in Ward 4 of the Umdoni Local Municipality - Maqaqa Piggery

The proposed piggery development will entail producing pigs in a 50 sow unit operation for commercial purposes. The maximum carrying capacity of the pigs and piglets at any given time will be 450 units. There will be no slaughtering of pigs on site. The development will entail the construction of the following:
• 3 sow housing units (50 sows will be kept collectively). The dimension of each sow unit will be 30m x 15m.
• A building which will comprise of an office, storeroom and ablution. The building dimension will be 30m x 15m.
• a lined slurry pit/tank of 50m3 in capacity at a height of 1.8m, diameter of 6m and outer wall.
• a separate tank to store the liquid waste for evaporation and a skip bin for the storage of the solid waste which will then be dried and utilised for compost.
• an onsite jojo tank will be utilised for the storage of water. This tank will be supplied with water from the existing irrigation infrastructure on site.
• the ablution facility will make use of a septic tank and soakaway system which will be located outside the 32m watercourse buffer.
• access to the proposed development will be obtained via the existing access road which borders the project area to the east.