partment: Water Affairs and Forestry Water Research Commission Towards a WDCS PRESENTERS: Pieter Viljoen (DWAF) Dr. Judex Oberholzer (Urban-Econ) Assisted by: Robyn Arnold (Communication) Martin Grosskopf (Modeling) TOWARDS A WASTE DISCHARGE CHARGE SYSTEM for SOUTH AFRICA 1
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Department: Water Affairs and Forestry Water Research Commission
Department: Water Affairs and Forestry Water Research Commission
National Water Act
NATIONAL WATER ACT (NWA)
The Minister may, with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance, from time to time by notice in
the Gazette, establish a pricing strategy for charges for any water use within the framework of existing
relevant government policy.
1. For funding water resource management
2. For funding water resource development and use of waterworks
3. For achieving the equitable and efficient allocation of water
Section 56 of the NWA instructs the Minister to establish a Pricing Strategy:
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Elements of Pricing Strategy
ELEMENTS OF PRICING STRATEGY
1. Only applied to water management areas or schemes where annual water use has been registered or licensed.
2. End user for which unit sectoral charges will be calculated are: water services authorities industrial, mining and energy irrigation stream-flow reduction activities
3. Funding Water Resource Management: regulate, manage and maintain the water resource / catchment.
4. The budget allocated to the following: Functional support (from regional offices) Planning and implementation of catchment management strategies Dam safety control Water quality management Water utilisation Water conservation (including the Working for Water programme).
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Point sourc
e discharges
Notes
Point sources Diffuse sources
EvaporationPond
Section 21(g)
POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES
Controlled activity(Irrigation)
Section 21(e)
Groundwater S21(e)
S 21(f)
Riv
er
Water use sectors
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Overview of charges
Waste Water Treatment
Treatment Plant
OVERVIEW OF CHARGES (NWA) AND WATER SERVICES ACT TARIFFS
Resource: Dam
Resource: River
Mining
Domestic users
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3
4
6
6
6
5
3
2
Industry
Recreation charge (NWA)
Abstraction charge (NWA)
Water supply tariff (WSA)
Trade effluent tariff (WSA)
Sewerage tariff (WSA)
Waste discharge charge (NWA)
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1
3
4
5
6
2
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Marine outfall
Estuary
Domestic
Pump station
Water use sectors
Ocean
River
Note:Legal mandateResource definition (exclude marine environment)Water containing wasteWater is used to transport waste
MARINE OUTFALL: DWAF RESPONSIBILITY
Fresh water resource
Section 21(f)
Section 21(h)
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WDCS and the Policy
Environment
Important conclusion….
The WDCS will become a subcomponent of the Pricing Strategy. This research process is to determine how to incorporate a Waste Discharge Charge System into the Pricing Strategy