WEC Projects

WEC Projects, now trading as WEC Water, is a Johannesburg company that designs, builds and supplies water and wastewater treatment plants across Africa. They build potable water plants, packaged sewage plants from 50 to 3,000 m³ a day, industrial effluent and water reuse plants, and biogas and resource recovery systems. Their WEC Assist division runs and maintains plants, trains operators and supplies spares. Since 2002 they have done more than 410 projects in over 24 countries for mines, towns, housing, hospitals, schools and food and drink factories.

Products and Services

• Potable water treatment plants
• Raw water intake pontoons
• Lamella clarifiers, sand and carbon filtration
• Reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration and nanofiltration
• Containerised water treatment plants
• Packaged sewage treatment plants
• Activated sludge, MBBR, MBR, Nereda and trickle filter plants
• Industrial effluent treatment and water reuse
• NEWgenerator off-grid sanitation
• Biogas and resource recovery
• WEC Assist operation, maintenance, spares and remote monitoring

Good to Know

• More than 410 projects in over 24 countries
• 16 MLD Kasane water treatment works in Botswana, serving about 90,000 people
• NEWgenerator off-grid sanitation at 15 Eastern Cape schools
• Clients shown on their website include DRA, Assmang, Barrick, City of Tshwane, Fluor, Hatch, Multotec, Newmont and Perseus
• Presented a technical poster at the International Water Association in 2026