Briefing on Actions Taken in “Water Hotspots”

Portfolio Committee27 – 28 March 2013

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Presentation Framework• Mandate• Why service delivery disruptions?• Strategic Actions to address “hotspots”• Interventions in “hotspots” 2012\13• Examples: Provincial approaches• Cases• Conclusion

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Mandate

• Local Government has the constitutional responsibility to ensure service delivery and Water Services Authorities (WSAs) in particular are required to plan, ensure access to and regulate the provision of water services (water supply and sanitation) within their area of jurisdiction. DWA on the other hand, has a responsibility to support.

• Local Government is also a water resource user and their actions have a major impact on water resources and its management

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Mandate (cont’d)

• The Minister of Water Affairs is expected to solve all water related challenges at local government, hence the Department has taken a view that water should be managed looking at the whole water value chain.

• However, the realities on the ground require stronger collaboration and breaking down of silos between various government departments and between spheres of government. The Department cannot fix the problems of Local Government on their own and clarity on leadership and roles of respective departments required.

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Why Service Delivery Disruptions?• 28% of all the towns and community clusters’ water resources

are inadequate and require urgent intervention• 83% of all towns don’t have effective water demand

management in place• 34% of all schemes (more than 1169) experience water

resource challenges– 48% require urgent refurbishment

• Majority of communities experience serious operational challenges including vandalism and theft

• Focus of effort and resources on development of new infrastructure with neglect on operations and maintenance of existing infrastructure

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Definition and Categorisation of “hotspots”

• “Hotspot\High Risk” area is defined as a municipality or community where:– There is considerable public dissatisfaction due to prolonged poor service

delivery– There is a health or environment risk due to the quality of water and the

quality of the wastewater discharged– There is no formal water infrastructure in place (will link closely with the

interim water supply programme)– There is no water (could link to the functionality or water resource scarcity)

• DWA has categorised its interventions as re-active or proactive and tracks and monitors actions on a monthly basis– Reactive interventions are where service delivery protests have taken place– Proactive interventions are aimed at averting a crisis or near crises

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• 905 All Town studies were assessed

• 28% of the ‘towns’ water resources are inadequate

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• 905 All Town studies were assessed (exclude Metros & large cities)

• 83% of the towns do not have water use efficiency actions in place

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• 1 664 water schemes assessed (excl metros/cities)

• 48% of the schemes are in need of refurbishment

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Census 2011 – Wards in SchemePiped Water Supply Interruption in past 12mth

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Municipal IQ System 2012-11-29

2012 Count of Protests by TypeProtest Type - Year

Strategic Actions (1)• Decentralised Rapid Response Unit established within each regional office with

the water boards acting as the RRU– Enables rapid diagnoses of the problem and quick fix intervention– Acts as a catalyst to re-direct existing programmes where applicable

• Partnership between DWA and DCoG strengthened with the establishment of a high level task team chaired by the COO of each respective department reporting directly to the two Ministers– Under task team a working group focusing on accelerating water services

delivery and addressing “high risk” areas established with composition from all 3 spheres of government

• DCoG recently resuscitated the national and provincial structures to drive the implementation of the Local Government Turnaround Strategy (LGTAS) and the Department is actively engaging with this initiative to ensure that issues emerging from the “hotspots” intervention are raised and dealt with particularly when re-direction of funding is required

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Strategic Actions (2)

• At provincial level, DWA engages with provincial stakeholders (MEC of Local Government, Premiers of the Province, Provincial CoGTA and provincial SALGA)– Collaborative structures dealing with water issues in place in all 9

provinces• DWA has very limited funding to deal with “hotspots” and often re-

direction of the MIG funding is required to address issues identified • DWA has put in place the Accelerated Community Infrastructure

Programme (ACIP) to assist with acceleration of service delivery and responding to problems in wastewater treatment works and with water conservation and demand management– ACIP allocation 12/13 R225 million (3,4% of the MIG water component of R7,4

billion per annum)– ACIP allocation 13/14 R231 million

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Strategic Actions (3)• DWA, working in partnership with the 24 district municipalities

with highest backlogs, has categorised each settlement without water into the following 4 classes:Class 1: Communities having no formal Water Infrastructure.Class 2: Communities requiring extension to existing

infrastructureClass 3: Communities with Access to infrastructure but no access

to water because of functionality problems.Class 4: Communities with access to infrastructure but no access

to water because of source problems.• Proposed projects and actions for the short medium and long

term to address specific intervention requirements for each settlement or group to be finalised end March 2013.

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Strategic Actions (4)• Process to ensure better alignment of existing infrastructure programmes:

RBIG; MIG (water); ACIP; National Transfers in place• Development of the Interim\Intermediate Water Supply Strategy and the

securing of a Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) with budget allocations over the MTEF amounting to R4,3 billion– MWIG provides resources to tackle the remaining households without

any water infrastructure and to a limited extent to deal with functionality issues in “hotspot” areas falling within the 24 district municipalities

• DWA has completed Municipal Vulnerability Assessments for the 24 priority district municipalities, and is in the process of finalising assessments for all Water Services Authorities. In KZN, a municipal priority action planning process, based on the assessments has been initiated with great success (4 DMs have councillor approved plans in place)

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TIME (project duration)

Quick fix Technical solutions

Asset Management,

WC/WDMRETICULATION WATER RESOURCE

REGIUONAL BULK

BULK

FUNCTION

SIZ

E-B

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GE

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RRU

RBIG

ACIP

NATIONAL TRANSFER

MIG

MWIG

NWR:infrastructure

Difference is MWIG focuses on projects linked to backlogs

Interventions in “Hotspots” 2012/13

Hotspots actioned and tracked (Details attached in Annexure)

Province # of Service Delivery

Protest

# of Proactive

Interventions

Total resolved

MP 9 18 9NW 3 9 2FS 11 7 5EC 7 10 0KZN 5 8 1G 8 0 2NC 7 4 3WC 10 6 0LP 12 2 1

Total 72 64 23

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Programmes supporting interventionREGION PROGRAMMES TOTALMpumalanga RBIG 7

MWIG 3CoGTA 2National Transfers 2WSS 1RRU 7

Eastern Cape ACIP 14RBIG 6RRU 1Disaster relief funds 1

Free StateRBIG 5ACIP 16

North West WCWDM 1MIG 9RBIG 5ACIP 1

Western Cape MIG 14RBIG 4

Limpopo ACIP 4National Transfers 5Disaster Relief 1

Programmes supporting interventionREGION PROGRAMME IDENTIFIED WITHIN DWA TOTALGauteng RRU 2

NWRI 1Northern Cape RBIG 8

ACIP 1

MIG 4KwaZulu-Natal ACIP 4

MWIG 1

RBIG 2

RRU 1

CoGTA 1

MIG 2

Disaster Funding 2

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Utilisation of RRU• RRU is triggered by DWA regional office to do rapid

diagnostics in a number of cases where reactive and proactive interventions taken place

• DWA has very limited funding to deal with “hotspots” and, once diagnostics are complete, often re-direction of the MIG funding is required or re-direction or re-prioritisation of ACIP and RBIG programmes to address issues identified

• Direct intervention through the RRU has taken place in 3 provinces and in 11 Municipal Areas

RRU CasesMpumalanga

Municipal Area Service Delivery Challenges Intervention Progress of intervention

Chief Albert Luthuli LMCarolina

Water quality problems high levels of heavy metals detected from water. Water supplied by water tankers.

A Task Team was established to attend to the problem. Various directorates of DWA, other Departments are involved, as well as the ICMA. Support from RRU is active in addressing the problem. Pressure filters with the capacity of treating about 3mega litres of water and removing heavy metals will be installed as a post purification process to remove metals. ten jo-jo tanks were given to the municipality to serve as communal storage tanks.

The intervention was completed and service delivery challenges addressed

Mbombela Northern Nsikazi (Daantjie, Pienaar, Ngodini, Makoko)

water service delivery related protests due to pump breakdown

the municipality repaired the pumps and people were supplied through water tankers

The intervention was completed and service delivery challenges addressed

Bushbuckridge Lillydale

water service delivery related protests due to stealing of transformers, illegal connection to the mainline

the municipality and Eskom replaced the transformers and water tankers were deployed to provide water as a relief.

The intervention was completed and service delivery challenges addressed

Nkomazi steenbok

water service delivery related protests due to stealing of transformers, illegal connection to the mainline

the municipality and Eskom replaced the transformers and water tankers were deployed to provide water as a relief.

The intervention was completed and service delivery challenges addressed

RRU CasesEastern Cape

Municipal Area Service Delivery Challenges Intervention Progress of intervention

Blue Crane Route LM DWQ and sewage pollution complaints,Blue drop score 59.05%.,Green Drop score 4,8%

Blue and Green Drop support provided through the RRU RRU support well received and project in progress

Gauteng

Midvaal De Deur Farm

In the past financial year, DWA intervened by providing the interim sanitation facilities in a the form of 4 chemical toilets, and water infrastructure. The toilets have been removed as of today due to the contract coming to an end.(31 August 2012)

Through RRU contract with Rand Water, 2 X Water tanks "Jojo" were put on site as an interim measure for the community to at least have some drinking water. Also, 4x Chemical toilets were provided for the time being and they are being serviced every two weeks. The region is currently engaging the Midvaal Municipality to provide a permanent solution on potable water supply and sanitation to the community.

In progress

Msukaligwa Municipality, Ermelo

Construction of above ground pipeline to supply potable water to the town, Dam desilting, addressing WCWDM issues.

Through RRU and NWRI IA contracts, Rand Water is to provide professional assistance / advice to the Municipality and to Mpumalanga region on all aspects related to addressing the Ermelo water crisis. Bill of quantities for priority items have been developed by Rand Water.

In progress

KwaZulu Natal

Uthekela DMEzakheni

Water shortages in this area An emergency Busines Plan has been drafted and submitted to DWA and the rectification of this pipeline is going ahead ie contract going out to tender.

Out on tender; however deciding to go as per Section 36 of MFMA due to urgency of the programme.

Eastern Cape Approach• EC has good working relationship with Province and has had

planning meetings between SALGA, MISA & DWA on Rapid Response interventions.

• Funds from slow spending projects re-directed to new priorities (eg. Emergency water supply to three villages at Peddie and ACIP funds from Oviston to Sterkspruit in same DM).

• EC is holding Planning Sessions with WSAs to prioritise the use of MWIG funds to address Hotspot areas first.

• Highest profile cases in EC has been Sterkspruit where the success of Water Projects is recognised.

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Gauteng Approach• Municipalities are engaged on the water services delivery issues,• The region monitors on a regular basis, progress of intervention

done by the Municipalities. • Rand Water as an implementing agent for Rapid Response Unit

provides technical support to the municipalities to assist in resolving the service delivery issue.

• High profile cases which the region attended to:-– Diepsloot sewer-line burst and contamination of potable water– De Deur Farm drinking Water and sanitation crisis– Msukaligwa Municipality Water Crisis (worked with MP R/O to deal

with intervention)

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Free State Approach• Examples of close working arrangement with CoGTA to resolve “hotspot”

issues: – In Setsoto the water crisis intervention has yielded very positive results in

the resuscitation of the water supply in Ficksburg town with the release of water from Caledon River; construction of temporary weir boosting water supply and valve management programme (WCWDM)to raise reservoir levels. An emergency pipeline project in Marquard was also implemented

• Other high profile cases included:– Ngwathe LM -Heilbron outfall sewer to curb sewer spillages– Mafube LM - Villiers – low water levels in Vaal River causing abstraction

challenges. Old abstraction point utilized and weir construction in 2013/14

– Masilonyana LM – Brandfort water shortages due to refurbishment of old pipeline. Liaising and communication with community

– Theunissen complaint about poor water quality and inadequate water supply – old filter media replaced and old plant to be refurbished to increase capacity

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Limpopo Approach• DWA District offices conducts regular scheme functionality assessment and provide

early warnings to WSAs to attend to.• Step in where water crisis and emergency situations arises through ACIP, National

Transfer funding and RRU.• Currently coordinating integrated water services planning through development of

water master plan for WSAs with CoGHSTA.• Assisted 4 WSAs in developing action plans of projects to be implemented through

MWIG funding.• Engage Mayors ,Municipal Managers, Members of municipal Council on Infrastructure

on hotspots • High profile cases which the department attended to are: Polokwane Municipality water crisis (Joint intervention with Polokwane LM). Vhembe DM -Mutoti village(next to Nandoni dam) water crisis. Sekhukhune DM – Masemola and Ga-Phaahla Village water crisis interventions.

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Case: Eshowe Area (KZN)• Continuous water supply challenges experienced in Eshowe water supply

network (interruptions; breakages and loss of pressure) due to ageing asbestos cement pipelines (in excess of 50 years) and lack of zoning leading to water supply to entire town being shut off when repairs took place– Affected urban area of Eshowe, King Dinizulu; Sunnydale– Affected densely populated rural areas of Nyanini to the south and

Kwamondi area to north of King Dinizulu township• Eshowe is transit point for bulk pipelines and when town supply cut, rural

communities further along supply line suffer (Mabokweni to Nyonibizumuntu and Mathibelane and Khoza areas)

• Interventions taken– design of Phase 1 Eshowe Water Upgrade– replacement of 46km of pipelines at a cost of approx R60m– Implementation of 2 projects (Kwahlokohloko SSA 1 (R263m)and Eshowe SSA 1

(R152m) to increase capacity to Eshowe supply area– Application to DWA ACIP funding to assist the WSA with water demand and

conservation management.– Assistance to WSA to prepare an action plan for the district area and to finalise

projects that will be funded through the new Municipal Water Infrastructure grant. This will allow acceleration of a reliable water supply to the areas mentioned and will enable the replacement of asbestos cement pipes.

Case: Ermelo and Wesselton (MP)• Water supply shortages in Ermelo & Wesslton due to low dam levels and high

water losses (estimated at 40%) plus imbalance in pressure management• December 2012, joint task team (DWA; CoGTA; Msukaligwa WSA; Gert

Sibande) developed action plan indicating immediate; medium and long term interventions

• January 2013, municipal council declared area disaster and established Joint Operation Committee

• Progress on Implementing action plan:– Municipality under the leadership of the Municipal Manager and Executive

Mayor commenced the introduction of water restrictions – Ministerial approval for the appointment of Rand Water as implementing

agent for swift implementation of an emergency pipeline to augment water supply to the northern parts of the town of Ermelo;

– Rand Water Appointment also included• Conduct a conditional assessment of an existing asbestos cement (AC) pipeline

for consideration to be included in the emergency option;• Assist the Msukaligwa Local Municipality (water services authority) to conduct

water balancing together with pressure management in an attempt to improve the demand management; and

• Assist the Department with the assessment of storage restoration of the two municipal dams.

Ermelo and Wesselton (MP) (contd)

– Rand Water’s engineers made various recommendations for improved reticulation management and this was accepted by the municipality for implementation

– DWA Geohydrology is busy conducting exploration studies to ascertain whether groundwater viable augmentation option. If potential boreholes are sited DWA Northern Cape drilling section will be requested to assist

– Dispatchment of 4 to 6 water carts (local munic with assistance from the district)

– 70 JOJO tanks to be made available through the DWA Rainwater harvesting programme.

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Case: Moses Kotane (NW)Water Supply challenges in Saulspoort; Tlhatlhaganyane; Mabeskraal due to inadequate bulk supply and demand exceeds supply•Permanent solution is to put in a bulk supply line from Tussenkoms Reservoir to Tlhatlhaganyane and then from there supply to Mabeskraal and northern villages of Saulspoort

– Funding is a challenge with only R14m of a R28 million project approved– Negotiations have commenced with the Boynton Platinum and the Bojanalo District

Munic to try to secure full funding required•Interim measures

– Moses Kotane LM to tanker water– WCWDM measures (WCWDM BP developed and submitted to DWA for funding)– DWA inspected boreholes in Mabeskraal and has recommended refurbishment to Moses

Kotane LM

Water Supply challenges in Pella due to inadequate capacity of the water treatment plant (package plant)•DWA inspected boreholes in Pella and has identified 4 boreholes which could be refurbished and 2 boreholes to be repaired (electrical problems)•The sustainability of boreholes is a concern because of vandalism and theft which Moses Kotane is trying to address but it remains a challenge

Case: Ratlou LM area (NW)• Many communities in the Ratlou LM area experience frequent shortages of

potable water. They are dependant on groundwater resources as no sustainable surface water resource exists. Western part of Ratlou very arid and existing boreholes have been drying up

• Actions taken by the NMM WSA– tankering water– additional boreholes cleaned and equipped– repaired boreholes to be operated with diesel engines while Eskom

installing new transformers which were vandalized– revise the initial estimated cost to upgrade villages to basic level of water

supply• Actions taken by DWA

– assist with equipping two boreholes– recommended funding for implementation of R43 m through MIG– through RBIG to explore possibility of utilising Disaneng Dam as a possible

bulk water resource covering areas around the Ratlou LM which currently rely on underground water resources

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Concluding Comments• RRU acts as catalyst to inform infrastructure programmes and

possible re-direction of existing allocation of funds (MIG; ACIP; RBIG; National Transfers)

• MWIG provides opportunity to influence the manner in which water is delivered and to address those communities with no water infrastructure

• Collaboration with sector partners and 3 spheres of government crucial to tackle water challenges

• Accountability for “hotspot” areas must remain with municipality– Clear protocol with MM and Mayors required

• DWA to provide proactive oversight on Municipal Dams• Service delivery disruptions will continue until infrastructure

better managed and maintained and funding made available for extensive refurbishment• infrastructure asset management, operation and maintenance and financial

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