MOPANI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY TECHNICAL DIRECTOR N.L. RAMATHOKA

2 Vision of Mopani “ To be the food basket of Southern Africa and a Tourism destination of choice.”

3 Key features of the district  Extent: about km² ( 1,14mil ha) plus the District Management area (being Kruger National Park, north of Lepelle river).  Overall population number is  It is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier park, the park that combines South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

4 Geographical location of MOPANI district municipality  Located in Limpopo province, within north- eastern quadrant of the province.  Bordered in the east by Mozambique,  In the north by Zimbabwe and Vhembe District municipality,  In the south, by Mpumalanga province through Ehlanzeni District municipality,  In the west by Capricorn and Vhembe DM  And in the south-west, by Greater Sekhukhune District municipality.

5 Key features of the district  Island with natural wilderness;  Home to the ‘Big Five’;  Food basket of the country;  Baobab tree confirmed to be the biggest in the world with the height of 24 metres and the circumference of 39 metres;  Home to the ‘Rain Queen’;  The District has been named Mopani because of the abundance of the nutritional mopani worms.

6 Mopani District Context  The district consists of five local municipalities.  Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality  Greater Giyani Municipality  Greater Letaba Municipality  Greater Tzaneen Municipality;  Maruleng Municipality and;  The District Management Area.

WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE WSDP  WSDP pages 138 to 149 caters for water quality information.  Main focus is on the water plants.  Retail distribution networks and end user points not regularly sampled.

8 WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE WSDP CONT…..  Some bulk water distribution networks are regularly sampled.  VIP’s mainly in rural areas as a basic service.  Water borne system s mainly in urban areas.  Two well equipped laboratories.

9 WATER TREATMENT WORKS Middle Letaba21.6 Ml/day Mapuve 3.6 Ml/day Giyani29.4 Ml/day Nondweni1 000 kl/day (500 kl/day AADD) Politsi (Vergelegen Dam)6.1 Ml/day (peak) Georges Valley (Tzaneen)9.0 Ml/day Tzaneen Dam (Tzaneen)6.0 Ml/day Modjadji 7.4 Ml/d (2005) Thapane Water Works kl/day Ritavi : Nkamboko (Letaba) 3.13 Ml/day

10 WATER TREATMENT WORKS CONT…..  Nkowankowa Water Works 24 Ml/day  Thabina Water Works Conventional Plant6900 kl/day  Tours Water Works2 x kl/day modules  Olifants River Barrage W 63 Ml/day  Nkowankowa Water Works 24 Ml/day

11 CHALLANGES  Insufficient surface water.  VIP’s posing threats on ground water protocol.  Inadequate personnel to monitor water quality.

12 RELATIONSHIP OF VARIOUS ROLE PLAYERS  DWAF provides regulatory support.  Province coordinates compliance by WSA.  DEAT monitors environmental related matters and implement law enforcement.  WSA’s monitors water quality and implement by law enforcement.

13 AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS  The water demand management strategy include awareness campaigns on:  Health and hygiene  Water pollution  Safe use of water.  There is a joint implementation by DWAF, the municipality and the Lepelle northern water board.

14 MONTHLY REPORTS TO DWAF  Not yet complied.  We are currently being assisted to be able to respond on the format.

15 BUDGET ALLOCATION  R1.5 million set aside from O&M.  This excludes personnel budget.

16 TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SKILL S TO PURIFY WATER. MDMDWAFLNW 4 water quality technicians 2 water quality technicians 4 Lab assistants 5 Satellite Managers Plant Managers 4 Plant Managers

17 WATER QUALITY TESTS  The following tests are performed in our 2 laboratories:  Physical Tests  Chemical Tests  Bacteriological Tests

18 ROLE AND SUPPORT BY OTHER ROLE PLAYERS  National DWAF-Develop policies, water quality regulations and standards.  Regional DWAF-coordinate provincial support to WSA’s and funding.  DPLG-provide policies and guidelines.  LNW Board- share the implementation with MDM.

19 Thank You