Department of Water Affairs (Mpumalanga) Support and Intervention to Local Government Institutions

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Department of Water Affairs (Mpumalanga) Support
and Intervention to Local Government Institutions

• Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Water
  and Environmental Affairs
• 02 September, Cape Town
• Regional Head Mpumalanga
• Fanyana Mntambo

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CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Overview of past Water Affairs achievements in
  supporting Local Government
• Overview 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, Water Boards, Departments
• WUA Water Users Association
• CGTA Co-operative Governance Traditional
  Affairs
• 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
• STRIP Short Term Intervention Programme

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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
• OM 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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INTRODUCTION

• Department of Water Affairs, as a national sphere
  supports Local Government (WSAs) in the context
  of the constitution.
• The Departments mandate in terms of the Water
  Services Act is to provide a framework for
  providing sustainable water and sanitation
  services by Water Services Authorities and Water
  Service Providers.
• The National Water Act provides for the
  regulation of bulk water abstraction and effluent
  discharges in to the rivers.

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DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs)
(2006 2008)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Municipal Planning (WSDP/ IDP) Provision of guidelines for the development of WSDP Make inputs to IDP in forms of Water Services and Water Resources All WSAs 17 WSAs. (excl. Bushbuckridge-still falling in Limpopo)
WCWD Management Assessments of WC/WDM status quo/ practices Development of WC/WDM BP Implementation of the 4 WC/WDM pillars. (Technical, Social, Financial Legal/ Institutional Interventions) Rain Water Harvesting for food gardening (augmentation of existing water supply) Nkomazi LM, Dr. JS Moroka LM, Albert Luthuli LM, Bushbuckridge LM Dr. JS Moroka Skhwahlane
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DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs) (2006
2008)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Water Services Bylaws. (continue) Provision of the DWA model bylaws STRIP All WSAs Thembisile Nkomazi Dr JS Moroka
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DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Water Sector Policies Free Basic Water Provision of water on privately owned land (Intermediaries) All WSAs
Institutional Arrangements Municipal Systems Act Section 78 implementation pertaining to water services. Section 78 (1) completed. Establishment of Water Users Associations (WUA) Four In the Olifants Two in the Inkomati All WSAs Olifants Sekhukhune, Ilanga Tubatse Loskop. Inkomati Upper Komati and Elands.
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DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Infrastructure Development Bulk infrastructure Feasibility studies Western Highveld Feasibility Studies and the Lowveld feasibility studies Bulk infrastructure development - Augmentation of existing schemes package plants and boreholes Acornhoek and Inyaka Bulk Schemes Bloemendal pipeline Hoxane Scheme Mjejane Bulk All Municipalities Delmas, Bushbuckridge Bushbuckridge Delmas Bushbuckridge Nkomazi
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DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Capacity Building Training of treatment process controllers through FET colleges Civil Society Organisations (CSO) training in Basic project management and basic computer skills All plant operators in the 3 districts including new recruits 21 CSO members spread across the 3 districts
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DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Water Sector Collaboration Collaboration with the Province through clusters, PCF, MUNIMEC and CGTA in the context of the Local Government 5year Strategic Agenda district sector All WSAs and Water Sector partners
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DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Customer Care Establishment of customer care offices Bushbuckridge and Nkomazi
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DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs)
(2007/08 2009/10)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Operation and Maintenance (OM) Development of OM manuals for the treatment plants Refurbishment of transferred Schemes (subsidy and/or human resource Albert Luthuli, Bushbuckridge, Dr JS Moroka, Mbombela, Nkomazi Thembisile
Drinking Water and Waste Water Management (DWWWM) DWWW monitoring and audits Blue / Green Drop assessments and Mbombela Three towns won the Blue Drop All WSAs
Working for Water 10914 ha of Invasive Alien Plants have been cleared. 2815 (April-July 2009) jobs have been created All municipalities in Ehlanzeni District and Albert Luthuli in Gert Sibande
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DWA PAST SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WSAs)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Drought Relief Equipping of boreholes and /or erection of new boreholes, tankering of water, etc R10 million allocated to drill boreholes in all the municipalities Challenge water sales All municipalities
National youth service Skill development of the youth in process controlling in waste water treatment plants All municipalities
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DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED INTERVENTIONS/
CURRENT SUPPORT)
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Waste water infrastructure refurbishment programme. Boreholes Refurbishment of ageing and overloaded Waste Water Treatment Plants in order to ensure compliance to standards. 91 boreholes have been refurbished. Installation of disinfection systems in 28 boreholes Albert Luthuli Bushbuckridge Dr JS Moroka Mbombela Nkomazi Thembisile Bushbuckridge Bushbuckridge
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DWA OVERVIEW OF CURRENT REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Water Sector Regulation (Reporting) Regulation of WSAs in line with the RPMS (Regulatory Performance Management System) All WSAs
Non-compliance interventions Issuance of 20 non- compliance notices and 1 directive due to one or more of the following Not metering raw bulk water abstraction volume Non-compliance to effluent discharge standards Failing sewer pump stations Emalahleni (also for a Directive), Kungwini, Greater Sekhukhune, Umjindi, Bushbuckridge, Albert Luthuli, Nkomazi, Mbombela, Emalahleni, Emakhazeni, Govan Mbeki, Delmas, Greater Tubatse, Thaba-Chweu, Bushbuckridge Water Board
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DWA OVERVIEW OF CURRENT REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Criminal/Court cases No court (criminal) cases has been opened by DWA against any Municipality but the following cases were opened Delmas Police Station MPC Chicks for unlawful water use and failure to comply with directive. Marble Hall Police Station Joan Botes for unlawful water use and the docket is with the prosecutor. Warmbaths Police Station De Kuil Brodery for unlawful water and unauthorised building of a dam. Docket with prosecutor
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CRIMINAL/COURT CASES cont.
Functional Area Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Criminal/Court cases Groblersdal Police station Mr. Deon Meyer for unauthorised building of a dam. Case with prosecutor. Ogies Police Station P. Herbst. Police still investigating Barberton Police Station A.P Vos Seuns for unlawful building of a dam. Police still investigating.
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DWA OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNED INTERVENTIONS AND
CURRENT SUPPORT)
Support/ Intervention Nature of support Beneficiary WSA
Working for Water The Working for Water programme operates at the Albert Luthuli, Mbombela, Umjindi, Thaba Chweu, High lands, Bushbuckridge and Nkomazi municipal areas. Creating employment opportunities for women in the Working for Water programme. Contractors currently employed are 8320 Contractors to be exited are 104. 1717 of the contractors are females, 647 are youth and 168 are disabled. 61 for Working for Water in the first quarter during 2009/10
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CHALLENGES

• DWWWM challenges - treatment plants that require
  refurbishment, operations and maintenance as well
  as upgrading of those that are beyond their
  carrying capacity. The latest study has shown
  that almost all our sewage works in the province
  are overloaded.
• Monitoring systems data not submitted to the
  Department waste water quality assurance.
• Most plants do not have authorizations.
• Skills shortage and vacancy rate of operators.
• Lack of proper planning and not ring fencing
  funding for by WSAs WSDP, WCWDM, Asset
  Management Plans, OM, etc

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CHALLENGES cont.

• DELMAS
• In 2007/2008, the department spent about R18
  million to refurbish the boreholes and install a
  temporal treatment works of 12mg/l/day.
• The recommendations presented to the municipality
  by DWA were not fully implemented.
• The current diarrhea cases stand at 1664 as at 25
  August 2009.
• Upon investigation, it was discovered that
  chlorine levels were very high and that a
  borehole from MPC chicken was contaminated where
  a lot of cases were seen.

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CHALLENGES cont.
Statistics cases of the diarrhea
Reporting Facility 14/08/2009 Cumulative 15/08/2009 16/08/09 17/08/2009
3 42 2 5 8
Botleng Clinic 13 58 17 27 18
Botleng Clinic Ext 3 5 11 Closed Closed 12
F.C Dumat Clinic 4 21 Closed Closed 10
Delmas Pharmacy 4 57 6 6 11
C.J Williams Pharmacy 71 204 70 43 46
Bakavor(Farm) 3 15 Closed Closed 1
Rosgro 17 52 Closed Closed 7
Day Break(Farm) 5 13 Closed Closed 8
Medicross 10 10 9 5 7
Total 135 483 104 86 128
Reporting Facility 18/08/2009 Cumulative 19/08/2009 20/08/09
2 59 15 6
Botleng Clinic 15 125 2 11
Botleng Clinic Ext 3 4 24 9 6
F.C Dumat Clinic 7 37 6 6
Delmas Pharmacy 13 93 0 9
C.J Williams Pharmacy 81 484 66 58
Bakavor(Farm) 1 17 1 0
Rosgro 0 59 2 3
Day Break(Farm) 4 25 1 3
Medicross 7 38 3 0
Total 134 961 105 102
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CHALLENGES cont.
Statistics cases of the diarrhea
Reporting Facility 21/08/2009 22/08/2009 23/08/09 24/08/2009 25/08/2009
4 7 3 10 2
Botleng Clinic 14 6 8 21 10
Botleng Clinic Ext 3 25 Closed Closed 6 2
F.C Dumat Clinic 5 Closed Closed 4 2
Delmas Pharmacy 8 2 6 1 3
C.J Williams Pharmacy 50 40 33 33 61
Bakavor(Farm) 0 1 0 0 0
Rosgro 0 0 0 1 2
Day Break(Farm) 2 0 0 1 2
Medicross 3 3 2 11 14
Total 111 59 52 88 98
No one has been hospitalised and DWA continues to monitor the water quality No one has been hospitalised and DWA continues to monitor the water quality No one has been hospitalised and DWA continues to monitor the water quality No one has been hospitalised and DWA continues to monitor the water quality No one has been hospitalised and DWA continues to monitor the water quality No one has been hospitalised and DWA continues to monitor the water quality

• Poor water quality and non compliant waste water
  discharge.
• Funding for backlog is currently at R360.920
  million and R1.4 million shortfall for water and
  sanitation after taking into consideration the
  MIG over the MTEF period
• Sanitation backlog currently is at 2 303 506
  (population) 481 938 (household) and the 2010
  target will not be realised (moving target).
• Lack of payment of services
• Relationship between the Water Board and the
  municipalities

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• The Department of Water Affairs will strengthen
  the IGR approach and framework focusing on the
  following broad areas, as a way forward
• Increased collaboration with the provincial
  government Water Sector Forum,LG5YSA.
• Reconfiguration of the Bushbuckridge Water Board
  through consultations with the provincial
  government
• Increase the collaboration with Water User
  Associations through the Water User Association
  Forum meetings.

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RECOMMENDATIONS Cont..

• Engaging the province to intervene in WSAs that
  are failing to discharge their mandate in terms
  of service delivery.
• Increased regulation of the WSAs (support will
  be regulatory driven).
• Implementation of recommendations from the
  Ministerial (COGTA) task team on community
  protests report in Mpumalanga
• Supporting municipalities to get authorizations
  for their plants (10).
• Rand Water to assists Delmas Municipality with
  Water Management.
• WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS BUSHBUCKRIDGE
  WATER BOARD
• Water Board to have representatives as Board
  members from Local Government.
• Change of the current name from Bushbuckridge
  Water Board to the proposed name of Mpumalanga
  Water Board
• Three water boards to service Mpumalanga province.

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RECOMMENDATIONS Cont..

• Province to facilitate the signing of the Service
  Level Agreement
• Bulk MIG and equitable share funding to be ring
  fenced to water boards
• Ehlanzeni Water Board to take over functions of
  the entire province over a five year or more
  period.
• Increasing funding for the regional bulk water
  supply projects i.e the Inyaka and Acornhoek bulk
  projects.

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THANK YOU