PROGRAMME 3 WATER SERVICES

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PROGRAMME 3 WATER SERVICES
MS TR MBASSA DDG REGIONS
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STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION

• Overall objectives of the Water Services
  Programme
• Progress in addressing backlogs
• Local Government support
• Other Highlights for the year

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

• Ensure basic water supply and sanitation (1)
• Ensure effective delivery of WS (2)
• Ensure effective WS institutions through(3)
• Effective transfers of DWAF WS schemes to
  appropriate institutions (4)
• Effective operation management

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ACHIEVEMENTS BASIC WATER AND SANITATION SUPPLY

• Water
• 1, 25m million people were served against
• the target of 1,5 million (1 million served
  in
• 2005/06)
• There has been an overall improvement in access
  to water services from 59 since
• 1994 to 94 in the year under review

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ACHIEVEMENTS BASIC WATER AND SANITATION SUPPLY

• Sanitation (households)
• 200 000 households (940 000 people ) have
  received basic sanitation against a target of 350
  000 households
• 14,33 million people remain without
• access to basic sanitation facilities

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ACHIEVEMENTSBASIC WATER AND SANITATION SUPPLY

• Sanitation (Bucket Eradication)
• Out of 190 048 backlog as per March 2006, 71 747
  buckets were eradicated
• Remaining backlog figure as by 31 March 2007 is
  118 301

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ACHIEVEMENTSBASIC WATER AND SANITATION SUPPLY

• Schools
• Out of 2465 schools without water, 324 schools
  were served during the year under review
• Out of 2134 schools without sanitation, 621 were
  served during the year under review
• Secured additional funding (R940m) from NT to
  eradicate water and sanitation backlog in
  schools. Schools and Clinics Programme over 3
  years (including electricity)

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ACHIEVEMENTSBASIC WATER AND SANITATION SUPPLY

• Free Basic Water
• 80 of population with infrastructure has access
  to free basic water, the figure has not gone up
  despite an increase in
• number of people served.
• Poor people served with free basic water is 68.9
  (an increase of 0.9).

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ACHIEVEMENTSDRINKING WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• A drinking Water Quality Management strategy was
  revised and improved
• Capacity building programmes for municipalities
  have been upscaled as we approach 2010
• 60 increase in compliance compared to 55 in
  preceding year (2006 results were based on number
  of WSAs and other sites monitored compared to
  2007 that is based only on WSAs)

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ACHIEVEMENTSSERVICE QUALITY

• Nationally there has been an improvement of 15
• KZN, Western Cape and Free State show significant
  improvements
• Indicators of performance are in existence of a
  customer service system levels of staffing
  equipment resources and ability to respond to
  queries within 24hrs
• 96 submitted returns for water tariffs in time
  for report
• Compared to 2004/06 the 6-20kl tariffs increased
  by 8, the 20-60kl by 14 and 60 kl by 23. The
  increase in the upper block attributed to
  cross-subsidization and water demand management
• EC, FS, Limpopo and NC had lower tariffs within
  the CPI

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ACHIEVEMENTSLOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

• Developed DWAF Support Strategy aligned with the
  5 year Strategic Agenda of Local Government
• Deployed 21 engineers to needy municipalities
• Out of 155 municipalities, 143 published
  checklist
• Developed municipal support plans
• Provided hands on support in Planning, Monitoring
  Evaluation, project management

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ACHIEVEMENTSLOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

• Conducted councillor induction training to all
  provinces
• Support has been intensified and initiatives to
  source capacity nationally and internationally
  have been perused
• Benchmarking Exercise to encourage excellence was
  launched, agreement in place between WRC and
  SALGA
• Surveys done to assess customer satisfaction
• Reviewed 159 Water Services Development Plans

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ACHIEVEMENTSPOLICIES, STRATEGIES AND GUIDELINES

• National Health and Hygiene Strategy for Water
  developed and launched in partnership with DOH
• Draft National Water Services Amendment Bill
• Sector Performance Regulatory Management System
• for water services
• Developed Sector Support Strategy and
  comprehensive
• monitoring framework reporting on the sector
• Developed Guidelines for Provisioning of Basic
  Services in
• Privately owned land
• Draft regulation Strategy developed

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OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

• A toll free line functional and providing insight
  to challenges facing the sector
• Integrated water, sanitation, health and hygiene
  into the school curriculum
• Reached 20 000 learners through 2020 Vision
  programme which is implemented in collaboration
  with the DOE
• 515 261 households reached through health and
  hygiene programme
• Initiated project on training of engineers and
  technicians and capacity building of NGOs in
  SADC

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ACHIEVEMENTSINTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND
SECTOR COLLABORATION

• Established provincial sector forums in the nine
  regions
• Developed provincial water sector plans
• Secured funding from Masibambane 3 which will
  help us achieve our objective for Water for
  Growth and Development

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OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

• Signed Pledge by politicians in Free State
  committing on accelerating service delivery
• Held provincial sanitation summit in Limpompo
• Signed MOC with Labour Job Creation Trust
• Signed MOC with 8 Provincial Departments of
  Education
• Launched brickmaking project owned by women in
  Limpopo and Eastern Cape
• O M strategy and models developed and
  implemented in NC
• Vuna awards
• Established Provincial sector forums
• Interventions for needy municipalities
• Approved Acceleration plan by Cabinet Lekgotla
• Commitment from EU to fund Masibambane 3

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CHALLENGES

• Capacity constraints in WSAs especially technical
  and programme management skills
• Sustainability of infrastructure and ongoing
  service delivery is at risk as WSAs are focusing
  primarily on new infrastructure, neglecting
  operation and maintenance
• Lack of an integrated approach towards delivery
  of basic services housing, land,water,sanitation
  and electricity

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CHALLENGES cont

• Poor cost recovery, lack of clarity on
• indigent policy and inability to cross
  subsidize due to poor financial administration
• Demand of higher levels of service
• Lack of capacity from municipalities to absorb
  support provided by sector
• Inadequate budget versus backlog

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Intensify the Siyenza Manje project
• Mobilise technial expertise
• internationally through collaborations
• Mobilise additional funding through Treasury
• Intensify support to municipalities
• Implement regional bulk project
• Collaborate with Depts of Health, Housing,
  Education