DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS

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DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS Progress in the
Accelerated Community Infrastructure Programme
(ACIP) Briefing to the Select Committee on Land
and Environmental Affairs (National Council of
Provinces) --ooO0Ooo Date 31 May 2011
Presented Kgadi Boikanyo
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Presentation Content

• Background
• Scope
• ACIP status (FY2010/FY2011) allocation
• ACIP status (FY2012 MTEF) allocation

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Background

• The Accelerated Community Infrastructure
  Programme (ACIP) was implemented in FY2010,
  utilising funds re-prioritised from the
  Departments approved budget in order to
  accelerate the achievement of universal access to
  water and sanitation services by 2014.
• An initial amount of R500 million was allocated
  in FY2010 and FY2011 to kick start the program.
  Of the initial amount assigned to the ACIP, R107
  million has been shifted to the National
  Sanitation Programme to address the projects
  which were earmarked specifically for Sanitation,
  with R393 million remaining for the execution of
  Water projects per the ACIP scope.
• The Department has allocated an additional R709
  million in its FY2012 MTEF budget for
  continuation of the ACIP, distributed as follows

FY2012 FY2013 FY2014
ACIP allocation in R000 R221 208 R236 456 R251 766
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Scope

• The objective of ACIP is to accelerate the
  achievement of universal access to water and
  sanitation services by 2014.
• The ACIP is a rapid intervention programme with
  the focus on
• Water Conservation and Demand Management
• Community Infrastructure Water Supply
• Waste water infrastructure refurbishment

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SCOPE Cont

• Regional Offices will submit the Business Plans
  to support the allocation of the ACIP for
  execution in FY2012, onwards
• Criteria used to allocate funds to specific
  projects includes
• High water services backlogs
• Fund shortages
• Projects with special needs
• Support for technical interventions to reduce
  water losses
• Refurbishment of wastewater treatment plants.

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ACIP status (FY2010 / FY2011) allocation

• The expenditure per ACIP focus area for FY2010
  and FY2011 are as below
• The ACIP started implementation at a slow rate
  and spent 37 in FY 2010.
• The FY2011 expenditure on the identified projects
  for the implementation as part of the
  kick-start phase of ACIP is amount to 97.

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ACIP status (FY2010 / FY2011) allocation

• The expenditure per ACIP focus area for FY2010
  and FY2011 are as below

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ACIP status (FY2012 MTEF) allocation

• The ACIP has been allocated as follows for the
  FY2012 MTEF.
• The Department is in the process of concluding
  funding agreements with municipalities for the
  implementation of the identified projects

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