NGWATHE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY DBSA DEBT PERFORMANCE REPORT - 2006-07 FIRST QUARTER

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NGWATHE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
WATER POLLUTION WATER CHALLENGES PUBLIC
HEARINGS 18 JUNE 2008
Presented By Mr. M.J. Toona
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INDEX

• Layout Map
• Ngwathe Local Municipality (Overview)
• Broad overview of Water Supply in Ngwathe LM
• Briefing on Water Quality issues (WSDP)
• Challenges encountered in attaining the above
• Relationship between various role-players at
  national, provincial and local level in terms of
  Compliance Mechanisms
• Awareness programmes undertaken in your
  Municipality to alert communities of risks
  associated with water contamination
• Monthly reports to DWAF on water quality
• Availability of funds in our Municipality to
  address water quality issues
• Technical and Scientific skills to purify water
• The role and assistance offered by National DWAF,
  Regional DWAF, DPLG and Water board
• Conclusion

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LAYOUT MAP
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OVERVIEW OF NGWATHE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

• Our Municipality consists of the following towns
  as indicated on the Map under Fezile Dabi
  District Municipality (Free State Province)
• - Parys (about 45km west of Sasolburg
  District Offices)
• - Heilbron (about 55km east of Sasolburg)
• - Koppies (about 40km of North-east of
  Kroonstad)
• - Vredeford (about 75km north-west of
  Kroonstad)
• - Edenville (about 45km east of Kroonstad)
• Parys and Vredefort towns rely on Vaal River as a
  water source whereby conventional treatment
  plants are used.
• Heilbron is being supplied by Rand Water.
• Koppies town is supplied by Renoster river (weir)
• Edenville source of water is boreholes

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Briefing on the manner in which water quality is
being adressed in the WSDP
We are doing water quality monitoring in the following towns on daily basis Parys, Vredefort, Koppies and Edinville. Heilbron is covered from Rand Water who are the service providers for this town. Water Quality Monitoring starts where raw water is drawn from the source to the works/ storage reservoirs until the water reaches the consumers (i.e. samples taken from the inlet raw water etc). . Each Town has its sampling points taken on daily basis by the municipality. Fezile Dabi District weekly DWAF monthly basis. . We have a laboratory in Parys having the following equipments - DR 3000 Spectrometer - ph meters - Conductivity meter - Turbrumetre - Pocket coulometer


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BRIEFING ON THE (Cont)

• We are able to do Chemical and Bacteriological
  Test after sampling

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CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED

• Colour and taste of water due to unavailability
  of DAF (Dissolved Air Flotation) unit .
• High rise in demand of water than the plants can
  supply (demand vs supply) due to bucket
  eradication programme and supply of water to new
  developing areas (i.e. the plant has to achieve
  its normal processes before the sump can be
  full).
• Ageing infrastructure ( regular pipe burst on
  the old asbestos pipes, plants being overrun due
  to high demand of water, waterborne sewer systems
  that causes plant equipments not being serviced
  regularly as required)
• Cleaning of sumps scouring (cleaning of pipes)
  that has to be done at least twice a year not
  happening due high demand and old water network
  with no return/ stop valves at regular intervals.
  Storage capacity needs to be increased to
  accommodate the above.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

• The compliance strategy that is being used
  among various role players is really assisting to
  a certain extent. Information is generated at the
  Municipal level scrutinized before is taken to
  District, Provincial and National. Along the line
  one stakeholder might be misrepresented as a
  report not being supported by the author.
  (Regular meetings has to be convened if the
  Municipality/ institution is not complying to do
  checking).

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AWARENESS PROGRAMMES UNDERT

• Those programmes are done through Community
  meetings/ Ward Committee meetings and also
  through Local Media (News Papers and Radio) and
  through the Political offices (Speaker and Mayor)

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MONTHLY REPORTS TO DWAF

• Monthly reports are sent to DWAF (Region/
  Province) and DWAF do monthly visits to our
  Municipality for WQ test.

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AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO ADRESS

• Based on the challenges mentioned earlier (on
  slide 8) the Municipality is unable to address
  water quality issues completely if the situation
  persists.
• N.B. i.e. Parys plant will require R118m for
  upgrading. Our DoRA allocation (MIG funds) for
  this financial year is R 23.3m.

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TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SKILLS

• We have a dedicated team led by Technician
  (Registered with DWAF as a Class 5 operator) and
  1 Lab Assistant responsible for all 4 towns
  excluding Heilbron which is being managed by Rand
  Water. Other operators undergone training but not
  registered.

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ROLE ASSISTANCE OFFERED BY NAT

• All stakeholders as mentioned assist the
  Municipality a lot. The support they are showing
  really shows commitment. N.B. Our Municipality
  together with Fezile Dabi District Municipality
  established a water quality management forum in
  May 2008 that currently sits on Mondays (weekly)
  to discuss shortcomings pertaining to quality of
  water around the Municipality.

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CONCLUSIONS

• We as Ngwathe LM strive to maintain the
  standard of water at all cost for the benefit of
  our community/ citizens.
• As part of the world known Heritage site
  (Vredefort Dome), we are committed to ensure that
  people come and invest in our Municipality and
  they are not discouraged by challenges faced by
  our institution.

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• THANK YOU