Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs

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Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Water and
Environmental Affairs

• 02 September 2009

Support Provided to Local Government Department
of Water Affairs KwaZulu Natal
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Introduction to KwaZulu-Natal 9,2 million people
District Local Municipalities WSA Municipality Population
Ugu Vulamehlo Umdoni Umzumbe Umuziwabantu eZinqoleni Hibiscus Coast Ugu DM 680,000
uMgungundlovu Mpofana iMpendle Msunduzi Mkhambathini Richmond uMgungundlovu DM Msunduzi LM 959,000
uThukela Emnambithi/Ladysmith Indaka Umtshezi Okhahlamba Imbabazane uThukela DM 619,000
uMziyathi Endumeni Nquthu Msinga Umvoti uMzinyathi DM 459,000
Amajuba Newcastle Utrecht Dannhauser Amajuba DM Newcastle LM 489,000
Zululand eDumbe uPhongolo Abaqulusi Nongoma Ulundi Zululand DM 771,000
uMkhanyakude Umhlabuyalingana Jozini The Big Five False Bay Hlabisa Mtubatuba uMkhanyakude DM 539,000
uThungulu Mbonambi uMhlathuze Ntambanana uMlalazi Mthonjaneni Nkandla uThungulu DM uMhlathuze LM 806,000
iLembe eNdondakusuka kwaDukuza Ndwedwe Maphumulo iLembe DM 549,000
Sisonke Ingwe KwaSani Matatiele Greater Kokstad Ubuhlebezwe Sisonke DM 319,000
eThekwini Metro   eThekwini Metro 2,993,000
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Past Achievements
Functional area Nature of support Achievements Benefiting WSA
Community Water Supply and Sanitation Delivery Water Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure 674 Municipal Projects Funded between 1995 and 2004 All 14 WSAs in KZN (R 2,3 billion)
Institutional Capacity Building Implementation of Sustainable Water Institutions Programme WSA Capacity built between 1999 and 2005 13 x non-Metro WSAs in KZN (R 30 million)
Regional Bulk Services Provision uThukela Regional Bulk Services Utility Bulk Service Provider 4 x uThukela Basin WSAs (R 24 Million)
Municipal Management Services Municipal Management Systems Interventions Municipal Management Systems developed 13 x non-Metro WSAs in KZN (R 9 million)
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Past Achievements (continued)

• Community Water Supply and Sanitation
  Infrastructure Programme
• Implemented 1995 to 2004 across the Province
• Guided, funded and managed development of water
  and sanitation infrastructure in Rural Areas (R
  2,3 billion)
• Support in needs assessment
• Support in prioritisation
• Support in Planning
• Support in Implementation
• Guidance on Operation Maintenance

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Past Achievements (continued)

• Implementation of Sustainable Water Institutions
  Programme (ISWIP) (R30 million)
• Implemented 1999 to 2005
• Improve Capacity in 13 x WSA municipalities
• Funded a Water Services Authority support unit(4
  x Staff members per WSA Municipality)
• Trained and developed unit to comply with
  requirements as per the Constitution and Water
  Services Act
• Entrenched taking of responsibility for service
  delivery by WSA municipality

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Past Achievements (continued)

• Establishment of uThukela Regional Bulk Services
  Utility (R24 million)
• Establishment Phase 2000 to 2004
• Guided and funded development of municipal
  partnership bulk services utility at 4 x Thukela
  Basin WSA municipalities
• Needs identification
• Consultation
• Establishment
• Initial Operational Costs

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Past Achievements (continued)

• Municipal Management Systems Interventions (R9
  million)
• Implemented 2000 to date at 13 x WSA
  municipalities
• Guided and funded development of municipal
  management systems at WSA municipalities
• ME systems
• Asset management systems
• Infrastructure Development Planning and
  Implementation management systems
• Section 78 analyses
• Drinking Water Quality Monitoring and management
  systems

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Institutions
KZN Institutions in water service provision
Institution Role in service delivery
Umgeni Water Provision of Water in eThekwini, Msunduzi LM, uMgungundlovu Sisonke and iLembe DMs
Mhlathuze Water Provision of Water in uMhlathuze LM, uThungulu, and uMkhanyakude DMs
uThukela Water utility Provision of Water in Newcastle LM, Amajuba and uMzinyathi DMs
Provincial Structures Provincial Structures
KZN WATSAN Provincial Departments, WSA Municipalities, Water Boards, DWA
KZN Water Sector Forum Provincial Departments, WSA Municipalities, Water Boards, NGOs, DWA
Social Economic Structures Premiers Office, Provincial Departments, DWA
KZN Institutions in water service provision
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Water Infrastructure Umgeni Water
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DWA Planned Ongoing Interventions
Functional area Planned intervention Timeframe
Regulation Planning Support Access to Water Services Access to Sanitation Access to Free Basic Services Operations and DWQ Effluent Quality Ongoing
Special Programmes Schools Water Sanitation Regional Bulk Infrastructure Water Availability Strategies River Health Programmes From 2007 and Ongoing
Provincial Agrarian Revolution and Rural Development IWRM for Food Security and Job Creation From 2009 and Ongoing
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Planning (Regulation)

• KZN Sector Advisory Committee
• Technical, social and financial feasibility of
  projects reviewed
• Ensures compliance with national policies, norms
  and standards
• Recommends all WS projects for MIG funding and
  approves for DWAF funding
• WSA allocate gt80 of MIG for water and sanitation
  projects
• 2008/09 feasibility report recommendations

Type No Value
Water 65 R 1,552,207,201
Sanitation 42 R 691,724,152
Management 14 R 9,469,000
Total 121 R 2,253,400,354
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Access to water (Regulation)

• KZN Water Backlog 3,54 million people in
  698,000 houses
• Funding Required R 10,500 million for RDP Level
• Funding Available R 1,000 million per annum
  (MIG)
• WSA Capacity
• 2006/07 - 88 of WSAs MIG utilized for Water
  Services (R935m)
• - 97 of WSAs MIG allocation utilized
• 2007/08 - 81 of WSAs MIG utilized for Water
  Services (R992m)
• - 96 of WSAs MIG allocation utilized
• 2008/09 - 81 of WSAs MIG utilized for Water
  Services (Rm)
• - 98 of WSAs MIG allocation utilized

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Access to sanitation (Regulation)

• KZN Sanitation backlog - 966,000 Households
• Funding Required R 4,600 million
• Funding Available R 260 million per Annum
  (MIG)
• Capacity
• Programme is held back by Lack of Funding gt Some
  Municipalities only implementing for 6 months per
  year

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Access to FBS (Regulation)

• All 14 WSAs have policies for free basic water
  provision
• All WSAs providing free basic water
• Some providing FBW to all not just to indigent
• FBS guideline developed
• Working with DPLG and Provincial DTLGA to guide
  their Special Intervention Programme
• Access to FBW limited by access to infrastructure

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Operations (Regulation)

• Assistance provided to WSAs to develop Water
  Service Provider plans
• Monthly reporting by WSA on WSP performance
• Water and waste water quality reported monthly on
  eWQMS

Area Overall Score Drinking Water Quality Appropriate Parameters Appropriate of Samples Frequency of Monitoring
South Africa 66.7 44 78.5 50.3 91
Kwa-Zulu Natal 83.5 77.1 90.5 66.4 100
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Special programmes

• School Water and Sanitation
• 08/09 09/10 DWA budget of R45.7m R72.3m
  allocated to assist DOE
• Negotiated an IA agreement with Water Boards
• Implementation underway
• Target December 2009

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Special programmes

• Regional Bulk Infrastructure Programme
• To connect all stand alone Distribution and
  Reticulation Schemes to reliable and sustainable
  Sources
• 8 of 14 WSA have adopted bulk water plans
• Consolidated WSA bulk planning into provincial
  perspective requires updating
• Approx R18 billion CAPEX required
• Check Water Resource Availability
• Check PSGDS needs
• Access additional funding

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Special programmes

• Regional Bulk Infrastructure Programme
• Implementation of the first 5 Schemes Started in
  07/08
• Implementation of 7 Schemes started in 2009/10
• Funding

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
R69,917,000 R86,300,000 R93,950,000 R157,900,000 R291,900,000
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Special programmes - Bulk (R000)
   Municipality  Municipality 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Nongoma Zululand Zululand 20,227 2,600 5,072 0 0 0
Mandlakazi Zululand Zululand 18,820 10,170 26,110 20,000 43,477 32,623
Hlabisa uMkhanyakude uMkhanyakude 6,554 8,996 24,972 16,135 16,532 20,813
Mathulini Ugu Ugu 13,316 8,284 0 0 0 0
Greater Mthonjaneni uThungulu uThungulu 11,000 27,787 1,213 13,807 23,660 48,533
Greater Eston Water Scheme uMgungundlovu uMgungundlovu 0 1,440 0 12,059 43,001 31,500
Greater Bulwer Donnybrook Sisonke Sisonke 0 0 0 12,000 25,987 22,013
Greytown Regional Bulk Scheme uMzinyathi uMzinyathi 0 12,500 11,250 6,250 10,187 24,313
Emadlangeni Bulk Regional scheme Amajuba Amajuba 0 9,588 9,911 5,501 15,187 9,813
Driefontein Complex Bulk Scheme uThukela uThukela 0 0 2,757 15,243 17,187 25,386
Ngcebo Regional Bulk Scheme iLembe iLembe 0 5,435 1,665 26,150 34,472 33,278
Malangeni Waterborne Sanitation Ugu Ugu 0 0 8,870 1,106 525 0
Mhlabatshane Ugu Ugu 0 0 0 17,193 37,984 30,823
DUKUDUKU RESETTLEMENT WSP uMkhanyakude uMkhanyakude 0 0 5,500 15,000 25,000 11,000
To be Prioritised uMkhanyakude uMkhanyakude 0 0 0 0 0 7,000
To be Prioritised Uthukela Uthukela 0 0 0 0 0 5,000
To be Prioritised Amajuba Amajuba 0 0 0 0 0 5,000
      69,917 86,300 93,950 157,900 291,900 307,097
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Water availability

• Coastal Metro Reconciliation Strategy
• To identify, evaluate and prioritise
  interventions to reconcile the water requirements
  with the available water resources up to 2030
• Develop a flexible strategy to accommodate
  changes in use
• Assess potential savings through WDCM
• To integrate augmentation and bulk supply options

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Study Supply Areas
Lower Thukela Supply Area
Mvoti Supply Area
Mdloti Supply Area
Mgeni Supply Area
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Water availability

• Reconciliation Strategies for rest of KZN
• Recon strategy development for balance of towns /
  dense settlements
• Crisis areas Kokstad, Greytown, Mtubatuba,
  Highflats, Ixopo, Bulwer identified as priorities
  and nearly complete
• Screening for other priority areas
• All to be complete by end 2010

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Challenges

• Engineering Technical skills
• Sienza Manje deployees are enhancing the capacity
• Non-Core Programme Coordinating capacity
• Schools Water Services Programme management
• Regional Bulk Schemes Programme management
• Regional Bulk Scheme implementation lagging
  behind
• WSA and WSP capacity
• DLGTA intervention
• Ability of DWAF to intervene
• Financial (Lack of sufficient Funding)
• Some WSAs have consistently utilised their
  allocations and can accelerate implementation if
  Funds were available

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• Thank you