water issues 4 october 2011. vis : service delivery during implementation of summit resolutions and...
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Water Issues 4 October 2011
VIS : Service Delivery during implementation of summit resolutions and strategy development
Sufficient short and medium term planning exists for ongoing water and electrical infrastructure development in priority areas. Hence, the work envisaged in strategy formulation / crystallization does not imply a break in current momentum of infrastructure development through the Water Affairs Regional Bulk Grant, the Municipal Infrastructure Grant, the CoGTA Massification Programme, the Eskom Bulk Capital Programme and the Integrated National Electrification Programme
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Progressive service delivery achievements since 2005 (major services)
Backlog eradication costs(current backlogs at 2011 prices)
UmkhanyakudeDistrict Municipality
Zululand District Municipality
Amajuba District Municipality
Uthukela District Municipality
UmzinyathiDistrict
Municipality
Uthungulu District Municipality
iLembeDistrict
MunicipalityuMgungundlovu
District Municipality
Sisonke District Municipality
Ugu District Municipality
eThekwiniMetropolitan Municipality
KwaZulu Natal
Lesotho
Eastern Cape
Freestate
MpumalangaSwaziland
Mozambique
Newcastle Municipality
uMhlathuzeMunicipality
MsunduziMunicipality
UmkhanyakudeDistrict Municipality
Zululand District Municipality
Amajuba District Municipality
Uthukela District Municipality
UmzinyathiDistrict
Municipality
Uthungulu District Municipality
iLembeDistrict
MunicipalityuMgungundlovu
District Municipality
Sisonke District Municipality
Ugu District Municipality
eThekwiniMetropolitan Municipality
KwaZulu Natal
Lesotho
Eastern Cape
Freestate
MpumalangaSwaziland
Mozambique
Newcastle Municipality
uMhlathuzeMunicipality
MsunduziMunicipality
Umkhanyakude District
Municipality
WSA’s
14 Water Service Authorities :
10 District Municipalities
3 Local Municipalities (Msunduzi, Umhlatuze, Newcastle)
Ethekwini Metro
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SWAZILAND
LESOTHO
MOZAMBIQUE
MPUMALANGA
FREE STATE
EASTERN CAPE
GAUTENG
Dundee
Durban
Jozini
Margate
Vryheid
Kokstad
Port Edward
Richards Bay
Ladysmith
Newcastle
Pietermaritzburg
Water
Data Sources :StatsSA Census 1996 and 2001StatsSA Community Survey 2007Sector Departments, Eskom and CoGTA 2010
District Municipalities% Access to Piped Water
Local Municipalities% Access to Piped Water2007
< 30
30 - 45
45 - 60
60 - 75
> 75
1996
2001
2007
2010
DMAs
Water backlogs
Darkest shades = Highest Backlogs
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Backlog eradication at current rate of delivery
Water backlog will be eradicated by 2020
Sanitation backlog will be eradicated by 2023
Electricity / Energy backlog will be eradicated by 2021.
Backlog eradication at current rate of delivery
Blue Drop Green drop
Capacity : Engineers / Technologists / Technicians
Pr Eng Pr Tech Eng Pr Techni Eng
Pr Eng Pr Tech Eng Pr Techni Eng
Capacity : Engineers / Technologists / Technicians
0100200300400500600700800900
1000110012001300140015001600170018001900200021002200
97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11
CMIP allocation CMIP actual MIG allocation MIG actual
99.3%100.7% 100% 100%
96.5%
99.6%
97.3%
93.2%
91.7%
94.7%
95.99%
95.02%
95.3%
90.56%
Infrastructure grants : utilization of funds (provincial)
Overview of KZN performance on MIG for the 2010/2011 financial year
Umkhanyakude : R 106,74 million under-expenditure ; spent 32.02 % of their allocationUthungulu : R 27,59 million under-expenditure ; spent 79,38 % of their allocationKwaDukuza : R 15,19 million under-expenditure ; spent 36.91 % of their allocationUmhlabuyalingana : R 13,75 million under-expenditure ; spent 15.31 % of their allocationUthukela : R 11,53 million under-expenditure ; spent 90.80 % of their allocationUmuziwabantu : R 5,52 million under-expenditure ; spent 56.12 % of their allocationOkhahlamba : R 4,38 million under-expenditure ; spent 72.48 % of their allocation
Main contributors
CoGTA MASSIFICATION PROGRAMME
55 projects (all districts)Water – 43Sanitation – 12
Almost 120 00 beneficiaries over MTEF
MASSIFICATION
MASSIFICATION
Locality
Water purification plant programme
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Water Purification Plant sites
Sludge pits
Weir
Abstraction well, pumps & pump house
Potable water supply to community
Steel re-inforced concrete plinth
Steel perimeter fencing & razor mesh
150 kℓ raw water balancing tank
Raw water rising main
3 Ø electricity supply line
150 kℓ potable water storage tank
Wataka mobile water purification plant :
Proto-typical installation
Site access
5 m gate
Wataka 050
Chemical storage container
Telemetry
Sector of supply area from plant site
Site 3 : Richmond – Embuthweni, looking south
Re-inforced concrete plinth
Current major programmesMunicipal Infrastructure Grant implementation (R 8,2 billion)CoGTA Massification fund (R 393,9 million)Water purification plants (R 21 million)Universal Access Planning – Umkhanyakude pilot (R 1,2 million)CoGTA Operation & Maintenance programme (R 7,45 million)Capacity building (Internal)Infrastructure at voting stations (short term) (Internal)Specific support programmes (as and when) (Internal)(Greytown, Umhlabuyalingana projects, Vulamehlo, Umkhanyakude water, Ezakheni / Ladysmith, Ilembe water, Middeldrift)
(Msunduzi, Umhlabuyalingana, Nongoma, Mtubatuba, Nkandla, Impendle, Indaka, eDumbe, Umdoni, Mkhambathini, Hibiscus Coast, Kwadukuza, Mpofana)
Alternative technology utilization (Internal)
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* Funding allocation as per current MTEF plus 2013/14 extrapolated
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District OverviewUthukela District
Water Service Authorities : Uthukela DMElectricity distributors : Emnambithi, Umtshezi, EskomAccess :
Water – 71.2 % of householdsSanitation - 76.1 %Electricity – 71.3 %Free Basic Water - 59 %
Infrastructure planning : “poor” “fair” “good”Technical capacity
Technical director - yesEngineer - noTechnologists/Technicians – 3 technicians (0 registered)
Repairs and maintenance : Expenditure 2009/10 - 2,48 % of the value of their non-current assets (norm 2%)
District OverviewUthukela District
District Overview Uthukela District
Backlog eradication costWater and sanitation R 2 902.27 millionElectricity R 682.62 million
Available funding (MTEF)
Water and sanitation R 595.00 millionElectricity R 105.00 million
Funding shortfalls :Water and sanitation R 2 307.27 millionElectricity : R 577.62 million
District OverviewUthukela District
Capital grant utilization : Satisfactory, decline in 2010 / 2011
MIG 2007 / 2008 - 100 %MIG 2008 / 2009 - 100 %MIG 2009 / 2010 - 100 %MIG 2010 / 2011 - 90.8 %
Future commitment of MIG : Less than satisfactory
MIG 2011 / 2012 - 60.06 %MIG 2012 / 2013 - 5.39 %
District OverviewUthukela District
CoGTA Massification allocations
District OverviewUthukela District
Bulk electricity projects
Name of the Sub Station
Municipality Amount allocated
Mathondwane eMnambithi R9.100 000
Mandabeni Imbabazane R5 190 000
Total R14 290 000
District OverviewUmzinyathi District
Water Service Authorities : Umzinyathi DMElectricity distributors : Endumeni, uMvoti, EskomAccess :
Water - 66.9 % of householdsSanitation - 84.3 %Electricity - 35.8 %Free Basic Water - 79 %Free Basic Sanitation - 59 %
Infrastructure planning : “poor” “fair” “good”Technical capacity
Technical director - yesEngineer - noTechnologists/Technicians - 1 technologists, 4 technicians (2 registered)
Repairs and maintenance Could not be assessed
District OverviewUmzinyathi District
District Overview Umzinyathi District
Backlog eradication costWater and sanitation R 2 159.97 millionElectricity R 1 043.18 million
Available funding (MTEF)
Water and sanitation R 588.00 millionElectricity R 221.00 million
Funding shortfalls :Water and sanitation R 1 571.97 millionElectricity : R 822.18 million
District OverviewUmzinyathi District
Capital grant utilization : Good
MIG 2007 / 2008 – 89.51 %MIG 2008 / 2009 - 100 %MIG 2009 / 2010 - 100 %MIG 2010 / 2011 - 100 %
Future commitment of MIG : Satisfactory
MIG 2011 / 2012 - 100 %MIG 2012 / 2013 - 33.52 %
District OverviewUmzinyathi District
CoGTA Massification allocations
District OverviewUmzinyathi District
Bulk electricity projects
Name of Sub Station Municipality Amount
Pomeroy Msinga R37 895 000 (Dept of Energy)
Msinga Msinga R42 120 000 Dept of Enegry)
Nondweni Nqutu R45 100 000 (NERSA)
Mt Elias Umvoti R36 205 000 (Nersa)
Total R161 320 000
District OverviewAmajuba District
Water Service Authorities : Amajuba DM and Newcastle LMElectricity distributors : Newcastle, Emadlangeni, EskomAccess :
Water - district, excluding Newcastle - 75 % of householdsWater - Newcastle - 84 %Sanitation - district, excluding Newcastle - 81.8 %Sanitation - Newcastle - 93 %Electricity – 84.5 %Free Basic Water - 84 %
Infrastructure planning : “poor” “fair” “good”Technical capacity
Technical director - noEngineer - noTechnicians – 2 technologists & 3 technicians
Repairs and maintenance : Expenditure 2009/10 - 3.45 % of the value of their non-current assets (norm 2%)
District OverviewAmajuba District
District Overview – Amajuba DistrictBacklog eradication cost
Water and sanitation :Newcastle municipality R 815.51 millionOther 2 local municipalities R 894.98 millionTotal (water & sanitation) R 1 710.49 millionElectricity : R 262.22 million
Available funding (MTEF)Water and sanitation :Newcastle municipality R 239.69 million
Other 2 local municipalities R 158.43 millionTotal (water & sanitation) R 398.12 million
Electricity R 55.75 millionFunding shortfalls :
Water and sanitation :Newcastle municipality R 575.82 millionOther 2 local municipalities R 736.55 millionTotal (water & sanitation) R 1 312.37 millionElectricity : R 206.47 million
District OverviewAmajuba District
Capital grant utilization : Improved
MIG 2007 / 2008 - 100 %MIG 2008 / 2009 - 100 %MIG 2009 / 2010 - 94.94 %MIG 2010 / 2011 - 100 %
Future commitment of MIG : Satisfactory
MIG 2011 / 2012 - 100 %MIG 2012 / 2013 - 35.07 %
District OverviewAmajuba District
CoGTA Massification allocations
District OverviewUmkhanyakude
District
Water Service Authorities : Umkhanyakude DMElectricity distributors : Umkhanyakude DM , EskomAccess :
Water – 63.5 % of householdsSanitation – 65.6 %Electricity – 12.1 %Free Basic Water - 80 %
Infrastructure planning : “poor” “fair” “good”Technical capacity
Technical director - yesEngineer – 1 (not registered)Technologists/Technicians – 4 technicians (0 registered)
Repairs and maintenance : Could not be assessed
District OverviewUmkhanyakude District
District Overview Umkhanyakude District
Backlog eradication costWater and sanitation R 2 817.33 millionElectricity R 1 573.46 million
Available funding (MTEF)
Water and sanitation R 733.00 millionElectricity R 350.76 million
Funding shortfalls :Water and sanitation R 2 804.33 millionElectricity : R 1 222.70 million
District OverviewUmkhanyakude District
Capital grant utilization : Poor
MIG 2007 / 2008 - 100 %MIG 2008 / 2009 - 100 %MIG 2009 / 2010 - 89.03 %MIG 2010 / 2011 - 32.02 %
Future commitment of MIG : Less than satisfactory
MIG 2011 / 2012 - 45.55 %MIG 2012 / 2013 - 1.36 %
District OverviewUmkhanyakude District
CoGTA Massification allocations
District OverviewUmkhanyakude District
Bulk electricity projects
Mtubatuba to Hluhluwe
Hlabisa R10 700 000 (Nersa)
Hlabisa Hlabisa R27 755 000 (Eskom)Ingwavuma Jozini R37 050 000 (Dept of Energy)Nondabuya Jozini R27 755 000Mbazwane Umhlabuyalingana R50 570 000 (Dept of Energy)Manguzi Umhlabuyalingana R55 640 000 (Dept of Energy)
Total R209 470 000
MIG expenditure & commitment levels
MIG expenditure & commitment levels
MIG expenditure & commitment levels
MIG expenditure & commitment levels
• As at 31 March 2011, 86.21% of households in the Province have access to potable water. Extrapolating unit costs for household water provision for both bulk and distribution, and given the still existing backlog (approximately 340 286 households), 100% is only achievable by 2020 / 2021 at a cost of R 20.995 billion.
• • In respect of sanitation, as at 31 March 2011, 80.47% of
households in the Province have a basic sanitation facility. Extrapolating unit costs for household basic sanitation, and given the still existing backlog (at least approximately 482 000 households), 100% is only achievable beyond 2020 (± 2023) at a cost of R 4.961 billion.
Backlog eradication status in kwazulu natal
• 78.7 % of households in the Province have a sanitation facility, implying a backlog of 21.3 %. The highest backlogs exist in Uthungulu, Umkhanyakude and Umgungundlovu. Backlogs in the Amajuba district, outside of Newcastle, are also significant.
• 75.9 % of households in the Province now have
access to electricity, implying a backlog of 24.1 %. The highest backlogs exist in Umkhanyakude, Umzinyathi and Sisonke.
Overall Assessment
• All 14 Water Service Authorities have Water Service Development Plans, which are reviewed regularly. None of them yet indicate the timeframes and costs of getting water to every household in their area of jurisdiction. Zululand and Uthungulu’s plans are good.
Overall Assessment
– Sector Departments, in particular the Departments of Water Affairs, Energy and Human Settlements, need to intensify their sector support to municipalities. In terms of the Constitution, National Government Departments have as much responsibility in providing support and building municipal capacity as Provincial Government has.
Overall Assessment
• Finance • Generally, the pace of delivery is as good as can be
expected given the available resources.
• The costs to eradicate backlogs across the Province are :
• Water R 21,986 billion• Sanitation R 4,900 billion• Electricity R 8,911 billion
R 35,797 billion
Overall Assessment
• Utilization of MIG funds is good. Only Umhlabuyalingana and Mtubatuba municipalities have not expended all their funding up to 2009 / 2010.
Overall Assessment
Technical capacity• Technical capacity is of major concern. Only 11
municipalities have a registered professional engineer – Ethekwini, Ugu, Umgeni, Msunduzi, Mkhambathini, Emnambithi, Newcastle, Ulundi, Abaqulusi, Ilembe and Sisonke.
• From information received 27 municipalities have technical directors / managers
• Four municipalities have no technical capacity whatsoever (engineers, technologists, technicians). These are uPhongolo, Nqutu, Endumeni and Okhahlamba.
Overall Assessment
Operation and maintenance• The generally accepted international norm is that
a municipality should spend approximately 2% of the asset value on repairs / preventative maintenance per annum.
• An analysis of the 2009 / 2010 Annual Financial Statements was conducted to determine municipal expenditure on Repairs and Maintenance as a percentage of the value of Non-current assets.
Overall Assessment
• 31 municipalities spent more than 2 % on O & M. This is believed to be distorted (artificially high) as the values of the infrastructure assets ( water infrastructure, roads et cetera ) may not be correctly and comprehensively determined. Municipalities need to confirm that the asset values are comprehensive and credible.
• • Ten municipalities spend less than 1 % of their reported asset
values on repairs and maintenance :• Vulamehlo, Umzumbe, Msunduzi, Mkhambathini, Ulundi, Big 5
False Bay, Hlabisa, uMhlatuze, Ingwe, KwaSani• It is anticipated that, with credible asset values determined, the
number of municipalities spending less than 1 % will increase substantially.
Overall Assessment
• While significant progress has been made in eradication of service delivery backlogs, the pace of delivery is too slow to achieve universal access to water, sanitation and electricity by 2014. This is not an indictment of municipalities, who have generally made optimal use of available capital grant funding, but is due to the enormity of the task.
• The information upon which universal access targets were based, at a National level, may have been misleading, as the targets are optimistic in the extreme.
Challenges
• The major factors threatening achievement of targets remain :
• shortfalls in funding – approximately R 21 billion for water, sanitation and electricity alone. Increases in grant funding, municipal revenue collection and private and international funding is imperative.
• technical capacity – i.e. adequate human resources with
appropriate technical skills.
• the available capacity of the construction industry, particularly contractors, labour and material.
Challenges
• settlement patterns – community dispersion has an enormous impact on service delivery costs. The question of whether services are extended to the remotest, isolated settlements / homesteads has to be addressed.
• maintenance of infrastructure – subsidization of
infrastructure through the introduction of a conditional grant to assist municipalities with maintenance is imperative. Should the inadequacy of correct operation and maintenance persist, serious problems are on the horizon.
Challenges
• planning – particularly water planning needs more attention : water resource planning, bulk infrastructure planning and distribution planning. Sector departments will have to intensify their efforts in water resource and bulk infrastructure planning as well as in supporting municipal planning.
Challenges
• lack of the sector Plans that will inform the development of the comprehensive Infrastructure plans. Co-ordination between housing developments and infrastructure development, particularly water and sanitation provision, needs to improve.
• While it is accepted that Human Settlements have housing delivery targets to meet, housing plans are not adequately co-ordinated with Water Service Authorities, in particular. Water Service Authorities are hence not always able to include infrastructure developments to support housing development in their planning.
• education – technical capacity enhancement requires a far greater pool of school leavers with good capabilities in mathematics and physical science, to enable successful tertiary education in technical fields.
Challenges
• conservation and efficiency – intensification of the education of communities in efficient use of resources and in water and energy conservation is imperative.
• Government’s Free Basic Services (FBS) commitment to economically disadvantaged communities (indigent) continues to have a limited impact due to the enormous backlogs in infrastructure.
• Some re-engineering of Free Basic Services policy vis-a-vis the Equitable share funding mechanism is necessary. In current policy, and in the absence of a specific, conditional grant as alluded to above, Free Basic Services and Operation and Maintenance are competing against each other for Equitable Share funding.
Challenges
• Government’s Free Basic Services (FBS) commitment to economically disadvantaged communities (indigent) continues to have a limited impact due to the enormous backlogs in infrastructure.
• • Some re-engineering of Free Basic Services policy vis-a-vis
the Equitable share funding mechanism is necessary. In current policy, and in the absence of a specific, conditional grant as alluded to above, Free Basic Services and Operation and Maintenance are competing against each other for Equitable Share funding.
• Deficiencies in municipal reporting continues to preclude comprehensive assessment of Free Basic Service provision.
Challenges
• Sanitation is mooted for inclusion in the portfolio of Human Settlements. It may be that the impact of such a move is not fully understood. Sanitation is not only required within new housing developments. Furthermore, the removal, treatment and disposal of sewerage / waste water forms part of the sanitation package.
Challenges
• The inclusion of water-borne sanitation systems, establishment of sewerage treatment works and the operation and maintenance of sewerage disposal systems / works in the portfolio of Human Settlements needs to be clarified. Whether the full extent of the sanitation function is appreciated needs to be confirmed.
Challenges
• The allocation of Powers and Functions needs review. Simply stated :
• Is the existence of 14 Water Service Authorities in KwaZulu-Natal appropriate ?
• Is the existence of 25 municipal electricity distribution license holders appropriate ?
Challenges
• Secondly, the electricity distribution industry restructuring process in it’s current form, is terminating at the end of March 2011. This will leave a vacuum in the structuring. Rationalization, however, remains necessary. Furthermore, when Powers and Functions were allocated in 2003, the electricity functions was not allocated. The “status quo” was maintained, pending establishment of Regional Electricity Distributors (REDs). A change in “status quo” implies that the allocation of the electricity function needs to be addressed.
Challenges
Solutions
• The Project Management Units will be deployed in each district to unlock blockages and speed up service delivery.
• Infrastructure Development Fora for each district (District municipality and the family of local municipalities) need to be established in those districts where such fora currently do not exist. These fora are to deal, primarily, with infrastructure development planning and co-ordination.
– The intensity of support to municipalities in the implementation of the MIG programme must continue, and be enhanced. Appropriate resource allocations for this purpose must be approved. The level of support to municipalities in implementation of the INEP must be enhanced.
– The development of strategies to deal with the enormous costs of taking services to the remotest homesteads is necessary. Some form of “centralization” of services may be necessary.
Solutions
• The provisions of the Division of Revenue Act regarding re-allocation of MIG funds from poor performing municipalities to good performers must be implemented. In previous financial years, unspent MIG funds (Nationally) have been lost to the programme and returned to the National fiscus while many KwaZulu-Natal municipalities have exhausted their MIG funds three quarters of the way through the financial year. Re-allocation of funds from poor performers across the country would be utilized in KwaZulu-Natal.
Solutions
Cabinet LekgotlaThe quantification of the backlogs needs more focus to be able to reach the targets set by the Province [Provincial and Municipal Infrastructure Planning and Development]
UAP pilot and roll-out ; water reconciliation studies ; electricity UAP
Municipalities need to indicate current projects and strategy of job creation which must include targeted figures, budgetary allocations and time frames
MIG and Massification indicators ; labour intensive projects (balance between job creation through labour intensive construction methodologies and backlog eradication timeframes)
Provide intensive intervention support in delivery of infrastructure in Mkhanyakude, Mzinyathi, uThukela and Amajuba. Procure services of the Interventionist support teamsframes. Treasury to guarantee the provision of financial resources for Interventionist Team.
Funding to be secured from Treasury in Adjustment Estimates ; Constitution of teams / costing and scope
Cabinet LekgotlaCOGTA to intensify its support programme for the monitoring of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant Projects
23 municipalities identified ; Monitoring limited by available capacity ; recruitment / resourcing processes underway
COGTA has to set aside budget for bursaries to assist with the recruitment of Technical Skills
To be assessed in 2010 / 2011 Adjustment Estimates and in future years
Intensify the involvement of COGTA in the District Planning Shared Services so that the District and Local Municipalities are provided with the necessary support
Ongoing
Roll out of all the District Forums in all districts 4 functioning ; balance by year end
Cabinet LekgotlaEstablish a Provincial Committee comprising COGTA, Department of Human Settlements, Department of Water, Department of Energy and Eskom to coordinate the provision of housing with the necessary services. Review of housing programme to ensure services are available before housing developments commence
To be established ; Human Settlements to take responsibility ?
District Mayors to verify that all areas are captured and the electricity islands are dealt with. COGTA to distribute information for verification purposes. Verify inclusion of these projects in the IDP formulation. Completely deal with all the electricity islands by 2015
Eskom being engaged to verify existing information prior to distribution
Implementing the provisions of the Division of Revenue Act for the municipalities that are not spending their allocation. CoGTA to initiate discussions
Already raised at several forums ; meeting being arranged with National Treasury to address this and DCoG reporting. By end September 2011
Cabinet LekgotlaIncrease the scope and impact for Massification funding. For allocation purposes, use the information collected the reconciliation studies conducted.
Sufficient projects already identified to support request for increase in Massification budget. Funding initiative prepared ; To be included (again) in budget submissions for 2012 / 2013
Provide funding for alignment of District Plans to ensure an integrated Provincial Water Service Plan. Source additional funding for district water planning
Both Massification and MIG planning projects approved and underway ; support to DWA assessment of needs
Donor Funding e.g. ORIO Loan funding, DBSA and other financial institutions, Water Boards (offer by Umgeni Water) to be investigated. Own funding through reduction of non- revenue water services
Prelim. Investigations underway ; some high priority areas under scrutiny e.g Ezakheni
Cabinet Lekgotla
Cabinet to support the initiative by the Department of WaterAffairs to review the institutional arrangements of the Water Institutions
(Water Boards, Catchment Management Agencies and the water users) and streamlining of the WSA’s
Support / input being provided
Investigate the introduction of the conditional grant for maintenance. This should run concurrently with revenue enhancement programmes
Already raised at several forums ; meeting being arranged with National Treasury to address. By end September 2011
Upgrade of Msunduzi Bulk Electricity Supply - COGTA to approach Department of Energy for funding
R 100 million DBSA loan approved ; Sufficiency ?
Cabinet LekgotlaDepartment of Energy, Eskom and COGTA to embark on an education campaign on the use of alternative sources of energy. The Education programmes should include the process of accessing the alternative energy. Department of Energy to provide funding for the education campaign
To be followed up with Dept. Energy
Eskom / Department of Water Affairs / Department of Energy to forward a list of all water and energy projects that are blocked due to Environmental Impact Assessment delays
Formal request for info being prepared
COGTA to facilitate the engagement process with Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs to discuss the EIA blockages. Department of Energy, ESKOM and Department of Water to be invited to the meeting to present their cases and report to CabinetTo be expedited based on information re blockages
Cabinet Lekgotla
COGTA in consultation with ESKOM, Department of Water and Department of Energy to initiate a process putting the backlog in a GIS
Services providers to be sourced
COGTA, in consultation with the Department of Energy and ESKOM, to prepare a guideline document on the Carbon Emission credits programme
Discussions initiated
Department of Education to develop a strategy and implement a curriculum to improve Mathematics and Science from the Foundation levelTo be monitored closely
Cabinet Lekgotla
Establish a Provincial Planning Team comprising of Planning Commission, Departments that deal with Infrastructure issues. These Departments are COGTA, Water Department, Department of Human Settlements, Department of Education, Department of Health, Department of Energy, Eskom, Department of Transport and the Department of Economic Development.
Planning for new towns should be an all- inclusive process which
includes COGTA, Department of Economic Development and Tourism
Ready to participate
ISSUES & NCOP ASSISTANCE Implementation of MIG re-allocation provision in DoRA Co-ordination – particularly housingInfrastructure Development ForumPlanning and prioritization for full commitment of MIGWater and waste water managementWater sources – planning and developmentConservation and drastic reduction of water lossesOperation and maintenance – introduce grant financingMISA / Project Management Units – Provincial co-ordination !“Over-reporting” – relieving municipal burden
WATER SERVICESmost significant strategies receiving
attentionDevelopment of single provincial water plan
DWA reconciliation studies, CoGTA UAP pilot and roll-out, Massification and Umzimkhulu grants, Review WSDPs, Councillor orientation
Design new financial models – capital and maintenanceSupport being procured, CoGTA O & M programme, demand side management, revenue enhancement, Enhancment of RBIG to be addressed, DCoG BIF
Introduce programmes to increase technical skills and capacityEducation strategy necessary, Bursaries, funding for deployees
Enhance management efficienciesStrategy development, provision of management support
Enhance conservation and efficient use of waterDWA and WSA conservation programmes
Planning for sufficient water supply for economic developmentStrategy to be tailored around PGDS / PSEDS, District GDSs
Optimize mobilization / utilization of grantsIntense support being provided, monthly monitoring, Councillor orientation
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WATER SERVICESmost significant strategies receiving
attention
Improve cost recovery frameworks to optimize Free Basic Water provision and maintenance of infrastructure
Further strategies on revenue enhancement, reconciliation between bulk purchases and income from sale of services
Improve enforcement through regulation and bylawsStrategies necessary
Review institutional framework for enhanced co-ordinationDWA review of institutional arrangements underway, to be addressed by strategy, IGR arrangements under review
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MIG 1 + 3 metre
MIG 1 please.Province to collect 3 metre
MIG 1 + Impl. Plan + 3 metre
MIG 1 + 3 metre
MIG 1 + 3 metre
MIG 1 + 3 metre
MIG 1 + 3 metre
MIG 1 + 3 metre
MIG 1 + Impl. Plan + 3 metre
Annual Provincial survey. Target and achievement on MIG MIS (please) and 3 metre
MIG 1 + Impl. Plan + 3 metre
Existing information sources
(Implementation plan – monthly)