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WATER QUALITY PRESENTATION PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE

WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY local government perspective

BYWILLIAM MORAKA

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Structure of the Structure of the presentationpresentation

• Water Chain in South Africa

• Benchmarking Results Study

• LG Challenges

• Recommendations

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1st TierNational security

of supply 2nd TierRegional supply

to WSA’s3rd Tier

Local service delivery and

customer management

SOURCE

BULK

DISTRIBUTION

CONSUMER

CRITICAL POINT (Safe Drinking Water)

WHERE DOES WQ START

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MOZAMBIQUE

CapeTown

Port Elizabeth

East London

Durban

Pretoria

Johannesburg

Bloemfontein

BOTSWANA

ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA

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8. 9.

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ProvincialBoundaries

Water ManagementArea Boundaries

WATER MANAGEMENT AREA

1. LIMPOPO 2. LUVUVHU AND LETABA 3. CROCODILE (WEST) AND MARICO 4. OLIFANTS 5. INKOMATI 6. USUTHU TO MHLATUZE 7. THUKELA 8. UPPER VAAL 9. MIDDLE VAAL10. LOWER VAAL11. MVOTI TO UMZIMKULU12. MZIMVUBU TO KEISKAMMA13. UPPER ORANGE14. LOWER ORANGE15. FISH TO TSITSIKAMMA16. GOURITZ17. OLIFANTS/DOORN18. BREEDE19. BERG

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WRM: CMA’s WRM: CMA’s

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Returns

Reliability

79%

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Drinking Water Quality Monitoring programme in place

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

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Metro District Local Totals

YesNoNo data

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Effluent Quality Monitoring programme in place

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

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Metro District Local Totals

YesNoNo data

Returns

Reliability

63%

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Wastewater treatment Status of licences

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Metro District Local Totals

Number WWTWNumber licensed

Returns

No license

58%

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Staffing levels

Staffing levels(staff per 1000 water connections)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

DM

4

DM

5

DM

6

DM

7

DM

9

DM

10

DM

2

M1

M5

M6

M4

LM

4

LM

6

LM

8

LM

5

M3

LM

1

LM

7

M2

LM

3

DM

8

DM

3

DM

1

LM

2

No dataprovided

Probablyunder-staffed

Resourceconstrained

Note: there are issues of definition and DMsprobably have not accounted for all WSP staff?

Returns

Reliability

71%

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Returns

Reliability

71%

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CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL

GOVERNMENT Spillages onto the river systems

Competing demands for water – domestic, environmental and industrial

Water and wastewater treatment

Meeting National drinking water quality standard – SANS 241

National wastewater discharge quality standard – DWAF General Authorisation (General Wastewater Limits)

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CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL

GOVERNMENT WSAs often not aware of necessary

requirement to set up an effective Drinking Water Quality Management Programme (DWQMP)

Management and monitoring of drinking water and wastewater services often inadequate

Infrastructure is poorly maintained

WSAs may be hindered by institutional capacity problems – insufficient and untrained staff, budgetary constraints

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CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL

GOVERNMENT WSAs often not aware of necessary

requirement to set up an effective Drinking Water Quality Management Programme (DWQMP)

Management and monitoring of drinking water and wastewater services often inadequate

Infrastructure is poorly maintained

WSAs may be hindered by institutional capacity problems – insufficient and untrained staff, budgetary constraints

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CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL

GOVERNMENT WSAs often not aware of necessary

requirement to set up an effective Drinking Water Quality Management Programme (DWQMP)

Management and monitoring of drinking water and wastewater services often inadequate

Infrastructure is poorly maintained

WSAs may be hindered by institutional capacity problems – insufficient and untrained staff, budgetary constraints

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CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL

GOVERNMENT Several WWTW’s are approaching or have

reached capacity

Housing developments in certain areas are outpacing the ability to provide adequate treatment capacity

Equipment is ageing and some needs to be replaced

Risk of asset stripping through sustained inadequate capital funding

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CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL

GOVERNMENT cont.

Appropriate interventions not in place to deal with poor drinking water quality

Urban (surface water) vs Rural (groundwater)

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RESOURCES NEEDED MEET DRINKING WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

Require accredited laboratory facilities

Require appropriately qualified staff

Require appropriate number of staff

Require a supply of laboratory consumables

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RESOURCES MEET DRINKING WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

Various sources of funding can be leveraged:

WSA Internal funding

SMIF funding

Masibambane

CBG

Equitable share

Donor funding

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HOW TO IMPROVE ACCEPTABLE DRINKING WATER QUALITY?

Commitment to drinking water quality management and multi-stakeholder involvement

System analysis and management

Support programmes (Awareness and training; Community involvement and awareness; and documentation and reporting)

Review and audit (data evaluation and drinking water quality audits)

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PRACTICAL PROGRAMMES

Free State Dept. of Local Govt. & Housing programme:

Run by CSIR

Water and treated wastewater sampling and analysis monthly

Enables identification of problems and highlights service delivery improvements

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SALGA INITIATIVES

NATIONAL BENCHMARKING INITATIVE

(SALGA, DWAF AND WRC)

WATER SERVICES PROVIDER NETWORK

PARTNERING WITH SAAWU

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The Water Services Provider Network

Structure

New WSP

New WSP

New WSP

New WSP

New WSP New

WSP

New WSP

New WSP

Established WSP

Established WSP

Established WSP

Established WSP

Established WSP

Established WSP

Established WSP

Established WSP

Sector Role Players

Sector Stakeholders

Sector Support Programme

National Government Programmes

Private SectorInitiatives

Donor Agencies

Sector Support Programme

National Departments

Sector Support Initiatives

Networking

Supporting

Supporting SupportingProgrammatic

support network or sphere

Established WSP support

network or sphere

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RECOMMENDATIONS

SHORT-TERM:

Metros to assist the WSAs in WQM

Waste Water Management

Training of operators at Water and Treatment works level

Highlight the lack of funding in drinking water quality with the premiers Office

Awareness creation and communication of responsibilities for urgent cases

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RECOMMENDATIONS

MEDIUM-TERM:

Implementation of drinking water situational assessments

Initiation of provincial drinking water quality consultative audits

Conduct an audit of Accredited laboratories in the Country

Private Sector involvement

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RECOMMENDATIONS

LONGER-TERM:

WSAs undertake drinking water quality compliance monitoring Programmes assisted by DWAF

Benchmarking Process to assess the quality of the data on Drinking Water Quality

Frequency of consultative audits decreases as conformance improves

Where there is still lack of adherence to monitoring requirements, then the DWAF intervenes

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THANK YOU