STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR WATER SERVICES

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STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR WATER SERVICES

• Presentation to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee
  on Water Affairs Forestry

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Outline of presentation

• Background
• Process to get to SF
• Document Structure
• Policy highlights and issues
• Way Forward

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Background

• More than 11 million, including 9 million rural
  people served by all spheres of government since
  1994 with access to a safe water supply
  substantial achievement.
• Sanitation high priority and increasing speed of
  delivery.
• Efficient services essential for economic growth
  and poverty eradication.

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Water Supply Perspective(All figures are based
on Census 2001 updated to Mar 2003)
Standpipes further than 200m boreholes
Unacceptable River, pool, dam, stream
Standpipes less than 200m
Water in house or in yard
28.3 m (61.3)
6.7 m (14.5)
6.2 m (13.4)
5 m (10,8)
Total population 46.2million
5 m (10,8)
11.2 m (24,2)
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17.9 m (38,7)
Note These figures reflect access to
infrastructure, not necessarily effective
services e.g water quality, flow sustainability
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Sanitation Perspective(All figures Census 2001
updated to Mar 2003)
Unacceptable None, pit latrine, buckets, chemical
(1.8 m buckets)
Flush toilet (connected to sewer systems or
septic tank)
VIP
24 m 51.9
4.1m 8.9
18.1m 39.2
Total population 46.2million
18.1 m (39.2)
22.2 m (48)
Note These figures reflect access to
infrastructure, not necessarily effective services
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Process to get to SF

• Issues and options document and consultation
  on that - April 02-June 02
• Draft White Paper Sept 02
• Second round of consultation
• Review with Core Group (DWAF, SALGA, SAAWU, DPLG,
  NT) Jan-May 2003
• Inputs Minister-Final edits Jul-Aug 03
• Approved by Cabinet as Strategic Framework-17
  Sept 03-now official national policy

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Document General

• General structure of chapters
• Vision
• (and informing principles)
• Key policies
• (to enable achievement of vision)

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Style of document

• 10 year vision for sector (not only DWAF)
• Comprehensive framework (replaces 1994 WP)
• Summary of key policies whilst leaving out
  guidelines" detail

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Document structure

• Preface by minister sector overview
• Introduction
• Sector vision, goals and targets
• Institutional framework
• Financial framework
• Planning framework
• National norms and standards
• Regulatory framework
• Support monitoring framework
• Conclusion

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Policy highlights 1 Targets

• Bold step targets for sector with dates and
  responsibilities
• Developmental targets - Examples
• Access to basic services - 2008 / 2010
• Free basic services - 2005 / 2010
• Transfers - 2005
• sector Invest 0.75 of GDP annually
• Institutional reform 2013 (strategy 2004)
• DWAF reports annually

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Policy highlights 2Mandates

• Municipalities ensuring access,planning,regulatio
  n and provision.
• DWAF policy,regulation,support information
  management.
• Water Boards regional WSPs for bulk regulated
  by DWAF and retail WSPs (regulated by contract
  with WSA)

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Policy highlights 3Institutional reform

• Agreed that reform is required
• objectives, principles and approach defined
• reform process set out
• national leadership
• bottom-up approach
• case by case
• national institutional reform strategy finance
  for implementation
• diverse outcomes likely

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Policy highlights 4Finances

• Decentralised fiscal framework
• MIG (also sector specific conditions)
• Tariff policy setting (use of ES)
• Credit control
• Financial sustainability

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Policy highlights 5Principles in credit control
(p32)

• Compassion
• Communication
• Fair and transparent process
• warning
• restricting and not disconnected

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Policy highlights 6disconnection of water
supplies

• sensitive issue -balancing rights and
  responsibilities
• consumers and municipalities
• tampering
• interference e.g. after a restriction
• DWAF will monitor and intervene

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Policy highlights 8Planning

• Importance of planning (IDP and WSDP)
• Integrate WS with WR planning
• Water conservation and water demand strategy part
  of WSDP
• Plan for ongoing operations and maintenance

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Policy highlights 9.1Stepping up the ladder (p25)

• Provision of basic services most important and
  immediate priority but
• Basic services- only first step up the ladder
  (RDP)
• water services authorities expected to provide
  intermediate and higher levels of service

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Policy highlights 9.2Stepping up the ladder (p25)

• higher levels of service
• wherever it is practical and
• provided it is financially viable and
• sustainable to do so

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Policy highlights 9.3Stepping up the ladder (p25)

• DWAF will work with National Treasury, DPLG,
  SALGA and other institutions to design
  appropriate financial instruments
• Definition of what is a basic water service will
  be revised by national government

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Policy Highlights 10.1 Regulation

• Objectives of regulation (p 43)
• Ensure compliance with minimum national standards
• Ensure good performance and efficient use of
  resources
• Ensure good contracting practice

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Policy Highlights 10.2 Regulation
Local regulation by WSA National regulation
oversight Format of national regulator to be
investigated Regulation of regional
WSPs Regulatory strategy to be developed
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Policy Highlights 11 mechanisms of support
Capacity building grant knowledge networks (peer
to peer) advisory service (expertise on
demand) guidelines and tools (practical) strategic
support initiatives skills development
(education,training and capacity building)
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Way Forward

• Communication roll out
• Review of sector legislation ( amendments to WS
  Act)
• Working with sector stakeholders to develop
  strategies for
• Regulation
• Institutional reform
• Support
• Monitoring evaluation
• Publish state of sector report
• Guidelines tools

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Water is Life ! Sanitation is Dignity !