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Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Water and

Environmental Affairs

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September 2009

Support Provided to Local Government

Department of Water Affairs: KwaZulu Natal

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Introduction to KwaZulu-Natal – 9,2 million people

District Local Municipalities WSA Municipality Population

UguVulamehlo; Umdoni; Umzumbe; Umuziwabantu; eZinqoleni; Hibiscus Coast

Ugu DM 680,000

uMgungundlovuMpofana; iMpendle; Msunduzi; Mkhambathini; Richmond

uMgungundlovu DM; Msunduzi LM

959,000

uThukelaEmnambithi/Ladysmith; Indaka; Umtshezi; Okhahlamba; Imbabazane

uThukela DM 619,000

uMziyathi Endumeni; Nquthu; Msinga; Umvoti uMzinyathi DM 459,000

Amajuba Newcastle; Utrecht; DannhauserAmajuba DM; Newcastle LM

489,000

ZululandeDumbe; uPhongolo; Abaqulusi; Nongoma; Ulundi

Zululand DM 771,000

uMkhanyakudeUmhlabuyalingana; Jozini; The Big Five False Bay; Hlabisa; Mtubatuba

uMkhanyakude DM 539,000

uThunguluMbonambi; uMhlathuze; Ntambanana; uMlalazi; Mthonjaneni; Nkandla

uThungulu DM; uMhlathuze LM

806,000

iLembeeNdondakusuka; kwaDukuza; Ndwedwe; Maphumulo

iLembe DM 549,000

SisonkeIngwe; KwaSani; Matatiele; Greater Kokstad; Ubuhlebezwe

Sisonke DM 319,000

eThekwini Metro   eThekwini Metro 2,993,000

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Past AchievementsFunctional area Nature of support Achievements Benefiting WSA

Community Water Supply and Sanitation Delivery

Water Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure

674 Municipal Projects Funded between 1995 and 2004

All 14 WSA’s in KZN

(R 2,3 billion)

Institutional Capacity Building

Implementation of Sustainable Water Institutions Programme

WSA Capacity built between 1999 and 2005

13 x non-Metro WSA’s in KZN

(R 30 million)

Regional Bulk Services Provision

uThukela Regional Bulk Services Utility

Bulk Service Provider

4 x uThukela Basin WSA’s

(R 24 Million)

Municipal Management Services

Municipal Management Systems Interventions

Municipal Management Systems developed

13 x non-Metro WSA’s in KZN

(R 9 million)

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Past Achievements (continued)

• Community Water Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure Programme

Implemented 1995 to 2004 across the Province

Guided, funded and managed development of water and sanitation infrastructure in Rural Areas (R 2,3 billion)

• Support in needs assessment

• Support in prioritisation

• Support in Planning

• Support in Implementation

• Guidance on Operation & Maintenance

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Past Achievements (continued)

• Implementation of Sustainable Water Institutions Programme (ISWIP) (R30 million)

Implemented 1999 to 2005

Improve Capacity in 13 x WSA municipalities

Funded a Water Services Authority support unit(4 x Staff members per WSA Municipality)

Trained and developed unit to comply with requirements as per the Constitution and Water Services Act

Entrenched taking of responsibility for service delivery by WSA municipality

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Past Achievements (continued)

• Establishment of uThukela Regional Bulk Services Utility (R24 million)

Establishment Phase 2000 to 2004

Guided and funded development of municipal partnership bulk services utility at 4 x Thukela Basin WSA municipalities:

• Needs identification

• Consultation

• Establishment

• Initial Operational Costs

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Past Achievements (continued)

• Municipal Management Systems Interventions (R9 million)

Implemented 2000 to date at 13 x WSA municipalities

Guided and funded development of municipal management systems at WSA municipalities:

• M&E systems

• Asset management systems

• Infrastructure Development Planning and Implementation management systems

• Section 78 analyses

• Drinking Water Quality Monitoring and management systems

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Institutions

KZN Institutions in water service provision

Institution Role in service delivery

Umgeni Water Provision of Water in eThekwini, Msunduzi LM, uMgungundlovu Sisonke and iLembe DM’s

Mhlathuze Water Provision of Water in uMhlathuze LM, uThungulu, and uMkhanyakude DM’s

uThukela Water utility Provision of Water in Newcastle LM, Amajuba and uMzinyathi DM’s

Provincial Structures

KZN WATSAN Provincial Departments, WSA Municipalities, Water Boards, DWA

KZN Water Sector Forum

Provincial Departments, WSA Municipalities, Water Boards, NGO’s, DWA

Social & Economic Structures

Premier’s Office, Provincial Departments, DWA

KZN Institutions in water service provision

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Water Infrastructure – Umgeni Water

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DWA Planned & Ongoing InterventionsFunctional area Planned intervention Timeframe

Regulation Planning Support

Access to Water Services

Access to Sanitation

Access to Free Basic Services

Operations and DWQ

Effluent Quality

Ongoing

Special Programmes Schools Water & Sanitation

Regional Bulk Infrastructure

Water Availability Strategies

River Health Programmes

From 2007 and Ongoing

Provincial Agrarian Revolution and Rural Development

IWRM for Food Security and Job Creation

From 2009 and Ongoing

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KZN Sector Advisory Committee

• Technical, social and financial feasibility of projects reviewed

• Ensures compliance with national policies, norms and standards

• Recommends all WS projects for MIG funding and approves for DWAF funding

• WSA allocate >80% of MIG for water and sanitation projects

2008/09 feasibility report recommendations

Planning (Regulation)

Type No Value

Water 65 R 1,552,207,201

Sanitation 42 R 691,724,152

Management 14 R 9,469,000

Total 121 R 2,253,400,354

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KZN Water Backlog – 3,54 million people in 698,000 houses

Funding Required – R 10,500 million for RDP LevelFunding Available – R 1,000 million per annum (MIG)

WSA Capacity

2006/07 - 88% of WSA’s MIG utilized for Water Services (R935m)- 97% of WSA’s MIG allocation utilized

2007/08 - 81% of WSA’s MIG utilized for Water Services (R992m)- 96% of WSA’s MIG allocation utilized

2008/09 - 81% of WSA’s MIG utilized for Water Services (Rm)- 98% of WSA’s MIG allocation utilized

Access to water (Regulation)

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KZN Sanitation backlog - 966,000 Households

Funding Required – R 4,600 million Funding Available – R 260 million per Annum

(MIG)

Capacity

Programme is held back by Lack of Funding => Some Municipalities only implementing for 6 months per year

Access to sanitation (Regulation)

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• All 14 WSAs have policies for free basic water provision

• All WSAs providing free basic water

• Some providing FBW to all not just to indigent

• FBS guideline developed

• Working with DPLG and Provincial DTLGA to guide

their Special Intervention Programme

• Access to FBW limited by access to infrastructure

Access to FBS (Regulation)

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• Assistance provided to WSAs to develop Water Service Provider plans

• Monthly reporting by WSA on WSP performance

• Water and waste water quality reported monthly on eWQMS

Operations (Regulation)

AreaOverallScore

DrinkingWater

Quality

AppropriateParameters

Appropriate of Samples

Frequency ofMonitoring

South Africa

66.7% 44% 78.5% 50.3% 91%

Kwa-Zulu Natal

83.5% 77.1% 90.5% 66.4% 100%

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• School Water and Sanitation

08/09 & 09/10 DWA budget of R45.7m &

R72.3m allocated to assist DOE

Negotiated an IA agreement with Water

Boards

Implementation underway

Target December 2009

Special programmes

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• Regional Bulk Infrastructure Programme

To connect all stand alone Distribution and Reticulation

Schemes to reliable and sustainable Sources

8 of 14 WSA have adopted bulk water plans

Consolidated WSA bulk planning into provincial

perspective – requires updating

Approx R18 billion CAPEX required

Check Water Resource Availability

Check PSGDS needs

Access additional funding

Special programmes

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• Regional Bulk Infrastructure Programme

Implementation of the first 5 Schemes Started in 07/08

Implementation of 7 Schemes started in 2009/10

• Funding

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

R69,917,000

R86,300,000

R93,950,000

R157,900,000

R291,900,000

Special programmes

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Special programmes - Bulk (R‘000)   Municipality 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

Nongoma Zululand 20,227 2,600 5,072 0 0 0

Mandlakazi Zululand 18,820 10,170 26,110 20,000 43,477 32,623

Hlabisa uMkhanyakude 6,554 8,996 24,972 16,135 16,532 20,813

Mathulini Ugu 13,316 8,284 0 0 0 0

Greater Mthonjaneni uThungulu 11,000 27,787 1,213 13,807 23,660 48,533

Greater Eston Water Scheme uMgungundlovu 0 1,440 0 12,059 43,001 31,500

Greater Bulwer Donnybrook Sisonke 0 0 0 12,000 25,987 22,013

Greytown Regional Bulk Scheme uMzinyathi 0 12,500 11,250 6,250 10,187 24,313

Emadlangeni Bulk Regional scheme Amajuba 0 9,588 9,911 5,501 15,187 9,813

Driefontein Complex Bulk Scheme uThukela 0 0 2,757 15,243 17,187 25,386

Ngcebo Regional Bulk Scheme iLembe 0 5,435 1,665 26,150 34,472 33,278

Malangeni Waterborne Sanitation Ugu 0 0 8,870 1,106 525 0

Mhlabatshane Ugu 0 0 0 17,193 37,984 30,823

DUKUDUKU RESETTLEMENT WSP uMkhanyakude 0 0 5,500 15,000 25,000 11,000

To be Prioritised uMkhanyakude 0 0 0 0 0 7,000

To be Prioritised Uthukela 0 0 0 0 0 5,000

To be Prioritised Amajuba 0 0 0 0 0 5,000

    69,917 86,300 93,950 157,900 291,900 307,097

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Water availability

Coastal Metro Reconciliation Strategy

• To identify, evaluate and prioritise interventions to reconcile

the water requirements with the available water resources up

to 2030

• Develop a flexible strategy to accommodate changes in use

• Assess potential savings through WDCM

• To integrate augmentation and bulk supply options

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Study Supply AreasStudy Supply Areas

Mgeni Supply Area

Mdloti Supply Area

Mvoti Supply Area

Lower Thukela

Supply Area

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Water availabilityReconciliation Strategies for rest of KZN

• Recon strategy development for balance of towns / dense

settlements

• “Crisis” areas: Kokstad, Greytown, Mtubatuba, Highflats,

Ixopo, Bulwer identified as priorities and nearly complete

• Screening for other priority areas

• All to be complete by end 2010

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• Engineering & Technical skills Sienza Manje deployees are enhancing the capacity “Non-Core” Programme Coordinating capacity

• Schools Water Services Programme management• Regional Bulk Schemes Programme management• Regional Bulk Scheme implementation – lagging behind

• WSA and WSP capacity DLGTA intervention Ability of DWAF to intervene

• Financial (Lack of sufficient Funding) Some WSAs have consistently utilised their allocations and

can accelerate implementation if Funds were available

Challenges

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Thank you