Programme 2 Water Resources Management

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Programme 2 Water Resources Management

• Ms TR Mbassa
• DDG REGIONS

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Purpose of the Programme

• To ensure reliable and equitable supply of water
  for sustainable economic and social development.
• To develop effective water management
  institutions and provide support.
• To ensure protection of water resources.
• To promote integrated water resource management
  globally particularly in Africa in support of
  NEPAD

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ACHIEVEMENTSWater Conservation and WDM

• Community Water Efficiency programme implemented
  in Gauteng, FS, EC, and KZN.
• Training provided to DWAF water control officers
  on WC and WDM
• 1400 schools registered to participate in the SA
  Youth Project in 2007.
• A DWAF/SANparks Community Water Efficiency course
  was given in Limpopo, Northwest and Eastern Cape.
  

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ACHIEVEMENTSWater Allocation and support to the
poor

• 69 rain harvesting tanks constructed for resource
  poor farmers in four provinces.
• Draft regulations for financial support to
  resource poor farmers published for comment and
  to be finalized in 2007/8.
• Further progress made on implementation of Water
  Allocation Reform and development of allocation
  plans began in Mhlathuze.

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ACHIEVEMENTSWater allocation and authorization

• Started with project for the development of a
  framework for water allocation to guide
  compulsory licensing.
• Guidelines developed to speed up the processing
  of water use licences.
• Guidelines for water use for recreational
  purposes developed.

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ACHIEVEMENTSProtection of water resources and WC

• Through the Working for Water Programme, 828 621
  ha of invasive alien species cleared.
• Initial clearing of invasive species 73. 664
  (EC, GP,LP, NC, WC NW). Follow up clearing
  161.13 Ha (EC, GP, NC, WC LP
• Herbicides applies to 720/960Ha of weed in NW
• 10 to 12 000 person years of employment created
  for 29 470 people

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ACHIEVEMENTSWater Management Institutions

• Four CMAs established by Government Notice during
  the year under review (Usuthu-Mhlathuze, Thukela,
  Gouritz and Olifants/Doorn).
• Performance monitoring of WUAs on track
• (70 of revenue collected in WC measures).

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PROMOTE IWRM GLOBALLY IN AFRICA IN SUPPORT OF
NEPAD

• DWAF participated actively in the World Water
  Forum during the year under review.
• Continued our participation in shared
  watercourses to promote regional economic
  integration
• DWAF hosted SADC Ministers of Water meeting
• South Africa won the right to host the UNESCO
  HELP Symposium in November 2007.
• UNFF preparations negotiating document finalised

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DWAF Oversight responsibilities

• Certain weaknesses were identified in the
  oversight of our public entities.
• Portfolio Committee made recommendations
• In response to these we have begun to improve our
  oversight role, reviewing our capacity and
  strategies
• DWAF strategic planning indaba included entities
• Our Strategic Plan provides for production of a
  governance framework in 2007/8, for governance of
  our entities.

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Oversight responsibilities

• During the year under review, the Department
  began a process of consideration of
  disestablishment of two water boards, namely
  Ikangala and Bushbuckridge.
• As required by law, the procedure involves
  extensive consultation and the outcome cannot be
  preempted.

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CHALLENGES

• Interdependencies between water allocation reform
  and land reform.
• Implementation of BBBEE in the water licensing
  and water authorization process.
• Delays in the licensing process being attended to
  through development of fast-tracking system.
• Need to develop an effective system governance
  framework and capacity for oversight of our
  public entities.

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Thank you