THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A FREE-RANGE POULTRY BROILER FACILITY ON THE REMAINDER OF FARM NUMBER 563, 564, 565 AND THE FARM KLEINFONTEIN NUMBER 954, WOCESTER

The proposed development of a Free-Range Poultry Broiler Facility relates to the establishment of 20 Broiler Houses (approx. 1044m² per facility [87m x 12m]). Each facility will house approximately 17 000 birds. An Ablution facility, Guard House, Spray Race and Refrigerated Container will be located at the entrance to the site. Furthermore, an additional Ablution Facility and Residential Dwelling will be located at the Broiler facilities. Numerous internal roads will be upgraded and realigned where applicable for biosecurity reasons, to improve traffic flow and safety, and to improve river crossings.

Electricity:
The Electrical Network Service Provider (NSP) for the site is Eskom. The site is being fed from the Haamanshof-Farmers 3 11kV overhead line (OHL) feeder which is then stepped down to the 400V voltage level via a 100kVA distribution transformer. As the electrical network of Eskom currently has insufficient capacity to supply the project with the necessary electricity, RenEnergy was tasked to design a plan where renewable energy is used to supply the electricity needs of the project.
Based on the electrical equipment that would be installed inside each one of the 20 broiler houses, the broiler houses will have a total peak power requirement of around 301.5kVA, including the new infrastructure at the entrance of the farm and requirement of the existing infrastructure, the total load requirement for the farm is estimated to be 312kVA. Solar panels are proposed on the roofs of the chicken houses. At a designated area close to the delivery point of Eskom the containerised solar batteries will be placed, and a generator room will be built to house the backup generators. A bundled Diesel Tank will also be located within close vicinity of the Generator Room and Eskom delivery point.

Water:
A Water Treatment Plant is proposed to treat the water from the existing Boreholes (BH1 & BH2) which will be fed via a pipeline from the boreholes to the Water Treatment Plant. Thereafter, treated water will be sent to two proposed reservoirs (300kl each) on site. Water will be sent from the main reservoir directly to the broiler houses. Water storage tanks will be located at each chicken house (1 x 5000 L and 1 x 1000 L). All water pipelines will run, as far as possible, on the side of existing and the new roads. The HT power distribution lines will be located within the same trench.

Waste:
Domestic Sewerage - underground collection/treatment tanks will be located at all ablution and domestic houses.
Chicken Manure will be collected by surrounding farmers for fertilisation. Cold storage will be utilised as temporary storage for mortalities which will then be disposed of at a bio-approved landfill site.