1 Department of Water Affairs (Free State) Support and Intervention to Local Government Institutions Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Water and.

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Department of Water Affairs (Free State) Department of Water Affairs (Free State) Support and Intervention to Local Support and Intervention to Local

Government InstitutionsGovernment Institutions

Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs

26 August 2009, Cape Town

Regional Head: Free State

Tseliso Ntili

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CONTENTSCONTENTS

• Acronyms• Introduction• Overview of Department of Water Affairs past

achievements in supporting Local Government• Department of Water Affairs institutions in water

service provision• Overview of Department of Water Affairs planned

Interventions and or Current Support• Challenges • Way Forward

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ACRONYMS• SPCD – Social Protection & Community Development• LG5YSA – Local Government 5 Year Strategic Agenda• SALGA – South African Local Government Association• SWD – SALGA, Waterboards, Departments• WUA – Water Users Association• COGTA &HS – Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affair and

Human Settlements• EID – Economic and Infrastructure Development• WC/WDM – Water Conservation Water Demand Management• WSA – Water Services Authority• WSP – Water Services Provider• WSDP – Water Services Development Plan• IRR - Implementation Readiness Report

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ACRONYMS• IDP – Integrate Development Plan• BP – Business Plan• LM – Local Municipality• DM – District Municipality• MIG – Municipal Infrastructure Grant• CSO – Civil Society Organizations• LG & H – Local Government and Housing• O&M – Operations and Maintenance• DWWWM – Drinking Water and Waste Water Management• RPMS – Regulatory Performance Management System• WB – Water borne• RDP – Restructuring and Development Programme• RBIG – Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant

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INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Department of Water Affairs supports and regulate 20 Water Services Authorities in the Free State Province, in the context of the constitution, Water Affairs mandate in terms of the Water Services Act and the National Water Act,LG5YSA, WSA / WSP functional areas, government imperatives / mandates / priorities and any other water related intervention or crises issues.

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DWA DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs) (2006 – 2008)

Functional Area Nature of support Achievement Beneficiary WSA

Municipal Planning (WSDP/ IDP)

Provision of guidelines for the development of WSDP

Guide WSDPs were developed for all WSAs

Matjhabeng and Mantsopa have Council approved WSDPs

Mangaung and Maluti a Phofung have draft WSDPs

All WSAs

WCWD Management •Assessments of WC/WDM status quo/ practices •Development of WC/WDM BP

Assessments of WC/WDM and development of BPs

Kopanong, Letsemeng, Mafube, Moqhaka, Matjhabeng, Masilonyana, Setsoto, Tokologo

Water Services Bylaws

•Provision of the DWA model bylaws•Development/ customization of the model bylaws to the WSA

•Models provided to all WSA’s•Customizes model

by-law

•All WSAs

Masilonyana, Matjhabeng, Moqhaka, Mantsopa,Ngwathe, Letsemeng,Tokologo, Kopanong, Mafube, Setsoto

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Functional Area Nature of support Achievements Beneficiary WSA

Water Sector Policies

•Free Basic Water•Provision of water on privately owned land

•Total Households: 800,675 •Total Poor: 435,244 •Total Households Served: 743,709 (92.89%)•Total poor served: 433,517 (99.60%)

•All WSAs •Mantsopa and Setsoto LMs

Institutional Arrangements

•Municipal Systems Act Section 78 implementation pertaining to water services

•Establishment of Water Users Associations (WUA)

•Section 78 study completed

•Constitution approved by Minister•Operation and Maintenance finalised

MantsopaMangaungNalediMohokareKopanongLetsemeng

Sandvet WUA (Matjhabeng, Tswelopele & Masilonyana)

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Infrastructure Development

•Bucket eradication – support to Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG), lobbying of extra funding on behalf of LMs•Bulk infrastructure – Feasibility studies

Bulk infrastructure development

•All WSAs supported with 15 Technical Saff•Monitoring and evaluation done monthly and reported and MIG bi-monthly meetings

•Feasibility studies completed•IRR studies to be done in 2009/10 •Kopanong LM: implementation of phase 1 infrastructure 90% completed. Water treatment works 100% complete.•Maluti a Phofung LM: Site selection for Sterkfontein Dam water treatment works and survey completed, water quality evaluation completed, design completed, testing of existing Tshiame pipeline completed and being repaired.

•All WSAs

Mohokare and Tokologo

Maluti a Phofung, Ngwathe and Kopanong

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Water Resource Scarce Areas RBIP

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Capacity Building

•Councillor development workshops

•Hosting of the Water Sector Skills Indaba

•Councillors development on DWQ, Waste water Treatment, River Health, Health and Hygiene

•Successfully hosted and action plan developed which form part of the support currently provided

All the LMs in Lejweleputswa and Fezile Dabi districts

•All WSAs and the water sector partners

Capacity Building

•Training of treatment plant operators

•Civil society organisations (CSO) – training in Basic project management and basic computer skills

•Motheo, Xhariep, Lejweleputswa, Fezile Dabi and Thabo Mofutsanyana operators trained on water purification and waste water

•Training of 20 CSO members in basic project management and basic computer skills in all 5 districts

17 plant operators in the 5 districts

20 CSO members spread across the 5 districts

Water Sector Collaboration

•Collaboration with the Premier’s office and LG&H in the context of the Local Government 5year Strategic Agenda on water sector issues

•Water Sector forums held quarterly Quarterly and bi-annual reporting at the LG5yr SA forum

All WSAs and Water Sector partners

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Customer Care Deployment of 79 customer care officers leak detectors and repairers for a year in collaboration with WSAs

Provision of sample Consumer Charters as part of customer care

One Stop Shop customer relations management toll free number (0800 200 200)

•39 customer care officers deployed16 leak detectors deployed17 leak repairers deployed

•All WSAs provided with sample consumer charters

•Queries responded to within 48 hours and site visits conducted when the need arose

Kopanong, Letsemeng, Matjhabeng, Masilonyana, Mantsopa, Moqhaka, Ngwathe, Nketoana, Mafube, Setsoto, Mohokare, Tokologo

All the WSAs

All community members in all WSAs

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Operation and Maintenance (O&M)

•Development of O&M manuals for the treatment plants•Refurbishment of transferred Schemes (subsidy and/or human resource

•O&M manuals for treatment plants developed

•Refurbishment of transferred schemes

•Matjhabeng

•Maluti-A-Phofung•Kopanong • Metsimaholo •Mangaung

Drinking Water and Waste Water Management (DWWWM)

•DWWW monitoring and audits •Blue / Green Drop assessments and strategy development

DWWW monitoring and audits done at all WSAsBlue/ Green drop strategy developed and incorporates all WSAs

All WSAs

Working for Water 14 393.09 ha of Invasive Alien Plants have been cleared.

2997 jobs have been created

TswelopeleTokologoNgwatheDihlabengSetsotoLetsemeng

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Functional Area

Nature of support Achievements Beneficiary WSA

Rain Water Harvesting tanks

•Training of beneficiaries Maluti a phofung (Qwa qwa) 40 beneficiary households and 6 training sessions done

•Letsemeng (Jacobsdal) 12 beneficiary households, 6 training sessions done

•Kopanong (Springfontein) 18 beneficiary households and 6 training sessions done •Mangaung (Thaba Nchu) 115 beneficiary households, 3 training sessions done.

•All beneficiaries have been trained and 100% tanks have been installed.

•All beneficiaries have been trained and 100% tanks have been installed.

•All beneficiaries have been trained.

•50% Training have been done on beneficiaries

Maluti a phofung (Qwa qwa) Letsemeng (Jacobsdal) Kopanong (Springfontein)Mangaung (Thaba Nchu)

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Functional Area

Nature of support Achievements Beneficiary WSA

Drought Relief •Equipping of boreholes and /or erection of new boreholes, tankering of water, etc

•Drilling/ erection of new boreholes, equipping/ resuscitation of existing boreholes and ferrying of water to municipalities (GWAP)

Kopanong Mantsopa Masilonyana Setsoto Dihlabeng Nketoana Naledi Ngwathe

National youth service

•Skill development of the youth in Brick laying, Plumbing, O&M of treatment plants

•75 youths developed in brick laying, plumbing and O&M of treatment plants

Letsemeng Local Municipality

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ROLE OF WATER BOARDS IN WATER SERVICE PROVISION

Institution Role in service delivery

Bloem Water Responsible for provision of water services to:

Mantsopa LM

Naledi LM

Kopanong LM

Mangaung LM

Mohokare LM

Sedibeng Water Matjhabeng LM

Nala LM

Maluti A Phofung Water (Pty) Maluti A Phofung LM

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ROLE OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS IN WATER SERVICE PROVISION

Institution Role in service deliveryOranje Riet WUA Responsible for provision of water to:

Industries;

Irrigation farmers;

Letsemeng LM

Vanderkloof WUA Responsible for provision of water to:

Industries;

Irrigation farmers;

Thembelihle LM

Kalkfontein WUA Responsible for provision of water to:

Industries;

Irrigation farmers;

Letsemeng LM

Modder River WUA Responsible for provision of water to:

Industries;

Irrigation farmers;

Sand Vet WUA Responsible for provision of water to:

Industries;

Irrigation farmers;

Sedibeng Water;

Tswelopele LM;

Masilonyana LM

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ROLE OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS IN WATER SERVICE PROVISION


Koppies WUA Responsible for provision of water to:

Industries;

Irrigation farmers;

Ngwathe LM

Schoonspruit GWS Responsible for provision of water to:

Industries;

Irrigation farmers;

Ventersdorp LM

Ventersdorp GroundWUA Responsible for provision of water to:

Irrigation farmers

Kalkveld Ground WUA Responsible for provision of water to:

Irrigation farmers

Leeurivier IB Responsible for provision of water to:

Irrigation farmers;

Mantsopa LM

Tierpoort IB Responsible for provision of water to:

Irrigation farmers

Klerksdorp IB Responsible for provision of water to:

Irrigation farmers

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ROLE OF CMAs IN WATER SERVICE PROVISION


Proto CMA - Middle Vaal WMA •Sand Vet Catchment Management Committee established

Function: Advisory

•Schoon/Koekemoer CMC in process of being established

Function: Advisory

Proto CMA - Upper Oranje WMA •Modder & Riet CMC in process of being established

Function: Advisory

No CMA has been established in the Free State Region as yet.

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DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED INTERVENTIONS/ CURRENT SUPPORTINTERVENTIONS/ CURRENT SUPPORT

Functional Area Nature of support Timeframes Beneficiary WSA

Municipal Planning (WSDP/ IDP)

•Roll out of the new WSDP guidelines

•End of March 2010 10 WSAs

WC/WD Management

•Assessments of WC/WDM status quo/ practices •Development of WC/WDM BP

• Implementation of Developed WC/WDM BP

•End of March 2010

•End of March 2010

Ngwathe, Dihlabeng, Mantsopa, Mohokare, Nketoane, Phumelela

Kopanong, Letsemeng, Mafube, Moqhaka, Matjhabeng, Masilonyana, Setsoto, Tokologo

Water Services Bylaws

• Support the customization of model bylaws

•December 2009 • Phumelela LM•Tokologo LM

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DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED INTERVENTIONS/ CURRENT SUPPORTINTERVENTIONS/ CURRENT SUPPORT

Functional Area Nature of support Timeframe Beneficiary WSA

Water Sector Policies

•Roll out of the policy of provision of water service on privately owned land

•March 2010 Nala, Setsoto Phumelela

Institutional Arrangements

•Institutional Oversight (Water Boards and Water Users Associations (WUA) )

•March 2010 •All WSAs that have Water Boards or WUAs within their operational areas

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PROVISION OF WATER SERVICE ON PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (SETSOTO LM)

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DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED INTERVENTIONS/ CURRENT SUPPORTINTERVENTIONS/ CURRENT SUPPORT)


Infrastructure Development

•Bulk infrastructure – Implementation Readiness Report

•Bulk infrastructure development

•October 2009

•March 2011 (implementation)

•Mohokare, Tokologo and Phumelela, Nketoana, Dihlabeng and Moqhaka

•Maluti a Phofung, Ngwathe and Kopanong

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JAGERSFONTEIN MILESTONES (KOPANONG LM)

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• Jagesfontein / Fauresmith Phase 1: supply of portable water to Jaggersfontein & Fauresmith

to meet current domestic demands

Phase 2: supply additional water for mining operations at Jagesfontein & connect a dedicated supply to Fauresmith,

Phase 3: Long term sustainability of water supply from the Kalkfontein Dam.

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JAGERSFONTEIN• [PMGNote: photo’s have been removed]

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STERKFONTEIN MILESTONES (MALUTI A PHOFUNG LM)

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• Sterkfontein Bulk Water Supply The construction rising main to Sterkfontein water treatment works, Raw water pump station at Sterkfontein Dam, Pipeline from Sterkfontein Dam to Tshiame pipeline, Re-commissioning of Sterkfontein Dam to Tshiame pipeline, Rising main from WTW to Escol reservoir.

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STERKFONTEIN[PMGNote: photo’s have been removed]

Construction of the Escol Reservoir

Construction of the WTW

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NGWATHE MILESTONES 2009/10

Ngwathe Bulk ProjectCompletion of the reservoir,Complete of the pipeline,Construction of the pump stations,

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NGWATHE[PMGNote: photo’s have been removed]

(Reservoir) Preparation of the earthworks

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Capacity Building •Councillor and ward committee development workshops

•March 2010 •80 Councillors Motheo, Xhariep and Thabo Mofutsanya DMs500 Ward committee members in all DMs

Capacity Building

•Training of treatment plant operators

•Civil society organisations (CSO) – training in Monitoring and Evaluation

•March 2010

•December 2009

•Identified plant operators in the 5 districts

•35 CSO members spread across the 5 districts

Water Sector Collaboration

•Collaboration with the Premier’s office, COGTA & HS, SALGA and other water sector partners in the context of the Local Government 5year Strategic Agenda, SPCD Cluster linkage with Operation Hlasela on water sector issues

•Monthly and Quarterly

•All WSAs and Water Sector partners

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PRIORITY MUNICIPALITIES OF OPERATION HLASELA• At the heart of Operation Hlasela is accelerated service delivery

based on locality. The following has been identified as priority municipalities based on their growth potential and needs:

• Matjhabeng, • Metsimaholo, • Moqhaka, • Setsoto, • Maluti a Phofung, • Ngwathe with specific emphasis on the towns of Sasolburg,

Parys, Heilbron, Welkom, Harrismith, Ficksburg and Ladybrand.

• Thaba Nchu, Botshabelo and Qwaqwa will also be prioritiesed .

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STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATION OF OPERATION HLASELA

Governance, Security, Communication and

International Relations Political Cluster

Economic and Infrastructure

Development Political Cluster

Social Security and Community

Development Political Cluster

Motheo Steering

Committee

Governance, Security, Communication and

International Relations Technical Cluster

Economic and Infrastructure

Development Technical Cluster

Social Security and Community

Development Technical Cluster

Xhariep Steering

Committee

Lejweleputswa Steering Committee

Fezile Dabi Steering

Committee

Thabo Mofutsanyane

Steering Committee

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Drinking Water and Waste Water Management (DWWWM)

• Blue / Green Drop assessments and strategy implementation

• Continuation of the DWWWM monitoring and audits

•March 2010

•Quarterly

• All the WSAs

• All the WSAs

Working for Water

•10 572 hectares to be cleared for 2009/10

•5, 472 jobs to be created

•March 2010

•March 2010

Tokologo, Tswelopele, Ngwathe, Dihlabeng, Setsoto, Letsemeng and Kopanong

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Functional Area

Nature of support Timeframe Beneficiary WSA

Waste water infrastructure refurbishment programme

•Refurbishment of Waste Water Treatment Plants in order to ensure compliance to standards

•June 2010 Matjhabeng Moqhaka Ngwathe

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DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED INTERVENTIONS and CURRENT SUPPORTINTERVENTIONS and CURRENT SUPPORT)

Functional Area


Water Sector Regulation

•Regulation of WSAs in line with the RPMS (Regulatory Performance Management System)•Ensure compliance and monitoring and produce bi-annual reports

•Finalization of non-compliance cases

•March 2010

•March 2010

•March 2010

•All WSAs

•All WSAs, other water users and Water Management Institutions

•All defaulters (WSAs, water users and other Water Management Institutions

Water Use Validation and verification of existing lawful use

•March 2010 •All water users in the Upper Orange and Middle Vaal Water Management areas

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Rain Water Harvesting tanks

Installation of Tanks:•Maluti a phofung (Qwa qwa) 160 Tanks to 40 beneficiary households

•Letsemeng (Jacobsdal) 12 Tanks to 12 beneficiary households

•Kopanong (Springfontein) still busy with installation to beneficiary households

•Mangaung (Thaba Nchu) still busy with installation to beneficiary households

•Completed

•Completed

•March 2010

•March 2010

Maluti a phofung (Qwa qwa) Letsemeng (Jacobsdal) Kopanong (Springfontein)Mangaung (Thaba Nchu)

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Support/ Intervention


Gender mainstreaming

•Capacity building workshops for women•Development of the Water Sector Gender Mainstreaming strategy

•December 2009

•20 women from all the 5 Districts

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COST OF SANITATION CHALLENGE

Note 1: This amount is for the basic needs only and does not include upgrading needs over the infrastructure design life.

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COST OF WATER CHALLENGES Cost of Water Challenges (2009 Update)

Description Backlog (Households) Current NeedAvailable Funding

(2008-2010)Shortfall

Streettap for Farmworkers 12,584 90,222,314R Rural below to RDP 13,264 95,097,646R Urban below to Yard connections 64,724 542,325,690R Total Reticulation need 90,572 727,645,650R 275,660,462R 451,985,188R Internal Bulk 351,986 1,194,457,030R 1,194,457,030R Regional Bulk Water Supply 236,821 2,157,607,641R 92,125,000R 2,065,482,641R Housing Solution - Yard Connections 77,937 1,316,056,173R 113,213,520R 1,202,842,653R

Totals 5,395,766,494R 4,914,767,511.9R Excl Housing 3,711,924,858.9R

The Farmworker and Rural RDP needs above include households with no services and household with below RDP services

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High level challenges Possible intervention

•DWWWM challenges - treatment plants that require refurbishment and others that are beyond their carrying capacity

•Lack of funding – Motheo and Xhariep DM’s RBIG feasibility studies for infrastructure development, Emergency work needed to address Hotspots and drought stricken towns

•Lack of proper planning by WSAs – WSDP, WCWDM, Asset Management Plans, O&M, etc

• Currently funding Mathjabeng,,Moqhaka and Ngwathe Local municipalities with R46 million and the funding is not enough to address the challenges even in the other municipalities

• Requesting for funding to address the challenges regarding Bulk Infrastructure( feasibility and implementation), hotspots and drought stricken towns

•Participation in IDP process, collaboration in terms of planning by sector department , participating in the Provincial Planning commission

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WAY FORWARDWAY FORWARDThe Department of Water Affairs will focus on the

following broad areas, as a way forward:• Increased collaboration with the provincial

government – Water Sector Forum, AgriForum, Operation Hlasela, SPCD and EID clusters participation, LG5YSA.

• Strengthen the collaboration with the Water Boards through the Salga, Water boards and Department (SWD) Forum meetings

• Strengthen the collaboration with Water User Associations through the Water User Association Forum meetings

• Increased regulation of the water sector (support will be regulatory driven).

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Thank you

1 Department of Water Affairs (Free State) Support and Intervention to Local Government Institutions Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Water and.

Documents

additional water

water affairs mandate

water services act

water services authorities

supply of portable water

national water act

water related intervention

role of water boards