Emperors Palace Digs Deep

Palace of Dreams Builds Onsite Boreholes and Water Reservoir to reduce impact on environment and local municipal services

 In the hospitality industry going green and embracing sustainability are vital for environmental preservation, resource conservation, and long-term economic viability. It has become a corporate responsibility to reduce our carbon footprint and contribute to global efforts in combating climate change, ensuring a healthier planet for current and future generations.

The Palace of Dreams has been at the forefront in recent years, putting environmental practices in place to diminish their impact on the environment as well as to assist with taking strain off local municipalities. The latest project was the ambitious construction of a water reservoir on complex complete with 13 boreholes.

‘The revoir is a state of the art structure that looks like a big money vault, but it contains something a lot more precious,’ says Peermont Maintenance Manager Jannie Roos, who spearheaded the project since 2023. ‘Emperors Palace can utilize up to 800 000 litres of water a day, which is equivalent to about 5 300 bathtubs being filled up. However, with the implementation of our onsite boreholes and a water reservoir we’ll have a storage capacity of 2.9 million litres.’

The project not only prioritizes water conservation and management, but alleviates pressure on ailing municipal infrastructure in the Ekurhuleni area.  In addition there is a fire reservoir of 600 000 litres in the event of a fire which further unburdens local water resources.