Water Services Regulation

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2010

Water Services Regulation
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Drinking Water Quality STATUS (as reported to
Parliament)

• Generally the status of DWQ in South Africa is
  good
• In 2008 (12month period), average compliance
  nationally was 93.3

• Target 97 in line with compliance
  requirements of the National Standard (SANS 241)
• Compliance figures for June 09 was 96 May 09
  recorded 94
• Evident consistent improvement

• While all of this sounds promising, the
  Department is more concerned about the areas not
  being monitored or those inconsistently
  monitored
• One cannot manage nor regulate what is not being
  measured
• No monitoring leaves the affected communities at
  risk
• The Public wonders if the information is true

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process home -WATER SERVICES technical
REGULATIONaim - SERVES AS GOAL proactive,
holistic managementRESTORE TRUST in DWQ Waste
Water Management Services
Initiation of Blue Green drop
how / through locally developed concept for
the regulation of drinking water quality waste
water services incentive based .
publication of results by regulator
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? ? Drop Certification
conceived May 2008, public workshopsaccepted
September 2008, municipal
indaba1st evaluations commenced - Nov 2008
2nd concluded - April 2009

• 23 water supply systems blue ? status (53)
• 32 waste water treatment works green ? status
  (45)

2010 audits underway assessments commence
end Nov, all completed mid Feb Results
published March
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Provincial Blue Drop Certification Performance
Number of Water Supply Systems in Scoring
() Category per Province
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? ? Drop Certification

• Blue drop or Green drop status provides citizens
  with information on the confidence that the
  Department has in the WSA to manage drinking
  water quality waste water services
• Not only information on actual drinking water
  quality
• Increasingly comprehensive and stringent criteria
  to facilitate a phased, continuous improvement
  approach

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? ? Drop Certification

• WSAs to receive
• Blue Drop Status (Drinking Water Quality) or
• Green Drop Status (Waste Water Management)
• if compliant with legislation best practice
  requirements,
• evaluations for
• ? per water supply system
• metros versus towns within Water Services
  Authorities
• role of WSPs
• ? per waste water treatment works
• onus on WSA to provide the Dept with information
  
• Blue Drop System (www.dwa.gov.za/bluedrop)

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Criteria for Blue Drop Status
To receive a BLUE DROP - comply with 95 of the
weighted criteria
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Criteria for Green Drop Status
For a GREEN DROP - comply with 90 of the
weighted criteria
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Awarding of a Red Drop

• A Red Drop will be awarded to metros / towns
  within Water Services Authorities which
• Show continued, recurring drinking water quality
  failures resulting in non-compliance with SANS
  241 numerical limits (Criterion 6) and are
  reluctant to rectify the situation, and
• Have entered into Phase B of the DWAF Enforcement
  Protocol for Organs of State, indicating
  continued, serious non-compliance despite
  intervention efforts made by Department

Awarding of a Purple Drop

• A Purple Drop will be awarded to metros / towns
  for continued, serious non-compliance despite
  intervention from the Department

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Blue Drop 2009 Findings Water Services
Authorities

• In spite of relatively good performance
  Challenges remain in
• Process Controlling
• Insufficient skilled process controllers
  Vacancies
• Monitoring
• Inconsistent Insufficient monitoring is a
  comprising factor towards general good
  performance
• Data Credibility
• Laboratories now under scrutiny (Municipalities
  are not properly informed on the quality of
  service performed at commercial laboratories used
• Accreditation status / participation in
  proficiency schemes
• Water Services Institutions not always
  sufficiently prepared for adverse incidences
• Generally, DWQM is underfunded

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Positive outcome???

• National Regulatory Directorate Regional
  Offices overwhelmed with calls/emails
• What do we need to do?
• Re-assessments and first assessments
• Brings the Public Opinion into the equation

• Concept presented to the Regulation Network of
  the World Health Organisation in Singapore (June
  2009)
• Well accepted lots of interest

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Blue Drop Certification 2010 Requirements
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1. Water Safety Plan (new requirement) (5)
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2. Process Control, Maintenance and Management
Skill (10)
bonus
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3. DWQ Monitoring Programme (15)
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DWQ Monitoring Programme

• Municipal Monitoring frequencies must improve to
  be in line with the requirements of the national
  standard (SANS 2412006)
• Special attention to monitoring of DWQ is
  especially required in the smaller villages
• Do not only focus on monitoring ratio

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e.g. Limpopo Municipal DWQ Sampling Ratio Trend
The Limpopo Sampling Ratio pattern serves
as evidence of the Blue Drop impact in the
water sector
Inception of Blue Drop Programme
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4. Drinking Water Sample Analysis (credibility)
(5)
bonus
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5. Data Submission 5
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DWQ Electronic Data Arrangements
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6. Drinking Water Quality Compliance 30
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7. DWQ Failure Response Management (new
requirement) 15
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8. Publication of DWQ Performance (new
requirement) 5
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9. Drinking Water Asset Management (10)
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Blue drop / Green drop
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The Blue Drop / Green Drop is waitingYour
people deserves it.

• The Symbols that serves as proof that the quality
  of drinking water and waste water management
  services will not be compromised.

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'Blue Drop' award for water boards
Thumbs up for Bays drinking waterNELSON Mandela
Bays drinking water received a qualified thumbs
up in the very first national drinking water
quality report released yesterday. The quality of
water was described as very good with a score
of 99 per cent, in accordance with the criteria
set under South African national standards.
However, it was the only one out of six
metropolitan municipalities which failed to
achieve Blue Drop status, awarded for complete
water quality monitoring. Though the Bay failed
to win the Blue Drop Certificate, the first
annual Blue Drop South African Drinking Water
Quality Report said the performance of the
drinking water quality management at most water
treatment works within the Nelson Mandela
metropolitan municipality is very good.
Cape tap water scores Blue Drop status
Municipalities warned over water
Thank you
Jacaranda FM News Blog
Think before you drink.
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2009 Blue Drop Systems (23)

• Bitterfontein (WC)
• Bloemfontein (FS)
• Caledon (WC)
• Cape Town (WC)
• Durban (KZN)
• Ekurhuleni (GP)
• Franschoek (WC)
• George (WC)
• Hermanus (WC)
• Johannesburg (GP)
• Loxton (NC)
• Matsulu (MP)
• Nelspruit (MP)

• Paarl (WC)
• Peddie (EC)
• Plettenberg Bay (WC)
• Primkop (MP)
• Potchefstroom/Tlokwe (NW)
• Sandile (EC)
• Sundumbili (KZN)
• Tshwane/Pretoria (GP)
• Worcester (WC)

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2009 Green Drop Systems (32)

• Ethekweni Metro, KZN
• City of Johannesburg Joburg Water Gauteng
• City of Cape Town W. Cape
• City of Tshwane Gauteng
• Ekurhuleni Metro ERWAT Gauteng
• George Municipality