PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY FREE STATE PROVINCIAL BUCKET ERADICATION STATUS MEC: J. MAFEREKA 3 May 2007

Free State Backlog

Free State Backlog (Cont…) Number of units built per month decreased towards end of financial year due to some of the municipalities had already spent their allocations for 2006/07 Number of units built per month expected to increase by June 2007

Budget versus Shortfall

Key Challenges Technical Lack of Capacity within the Project Management Units (PMU’s) to ensure that they are fully functioning, Technical Project management skills,cash flows, and reporting Shortage of Bucket Eradication funds to eradicate all buckets in the municipalities. The non-availability of counter funding from Municipalities resulting in the non-implementation of projects.

Key Challenges (Cont…) Lack of integrated planning within municipalities No co-operation and communication within a municipality from other relevant internal units (eg PMU and Engineering Section Political stance on Water borne sewer versus VIP’s

What DWAF Regional office & LG&H Recommended on BE Challenges Through the MEC LG&H Task Team, municipalities requested to redirect or re-prioritize other less critical projects for buckets DWAF regional office is mobilizing funding for Bulk Water infrastructure for some municipalities

What DWAF Regional office & LG&H Recommended on BE Challenges (Cont…) During May 2007, DWAF will be increasing technical support by seconding 10 more engineers at the troublesome municipal level. Intensive political support from the Province, District and Local municipalities in oder to deal with issues of alternative sanitation systems.

Municipalities that will meet the target Of the 19 municipalities receiving bucket eradication funds, the following 13 municipalities do not have major challenges: Xhariep District Letsemeng LM Kopanong LM Mohokare LM Motheo District Naledi LM

Municipalities that will meet the target (Cont…) Lejweleputswa District Tokologo LM Nala LM Tswelopele LM FezileDabi District Mafube LM Metsimaholo LM Moqhaka LM

Municipalities that will meet the target (Cont…) Thabo Mofutsanyane District Nkeoane LM Dihlabeng LM Maluti A Phofung LM

Municipalities that will meet the target (Cont…) The 13 municipalities are expected to eradicate their pre 94 buckets by October 2007 In total they will eradicate 35 378 buckets of the 84 021 backlog

Municipalities that have genuine challenges Six municipalities have been identified: Motheo District Mantsopa LM Mangaung LM Lejweleputswa District Matjhabeng LM Masilonyana LM

Municipalities that have genuine challenges (Cont…) Fezile Dabi District Ngwathe LM Thabo Mofutsanyane District Setsoto LM The six municipalities collectively have a backlog of 48 643

Key Challenges Identified ; The need to have full waterborne services as compared to installing any other from of alternative sanitation system even in situations where full waterborne is impossible, Shortage of adequate funding due to high units costs per structure Delay in procurement processes by municipalities Shortage of all material due to high demand currently Poor performances of construction by certain contractors and consultants

Solutions by LG&H together with DWAF for the Six Municipalities Additional to the five (5) engineers already on the ground, ten (10) more engineers will be placed at these municipalities to help with site supervision during the May 2007 month Another more five (5) M&E personnel through Sedibeng Water will be deployed through out the six municipalities

Some of the challenges raised by the Seconded Engineers Procurement processes in some of the municipalities delaying progress (council resolutions) Incompetence by some of the contractors One contractor given multiple contracts on the same project with the same municipality

Some of the challenges raised by the Seconded Engineers (Cont…) Buying of materials which are not SABS approved Some of the projects are implemented not according to specification Due to lack of bulk infrastructure i.e. Phumelela Bulk Water Master Plan available but no funding Ngwathe R14.8 mil, Maluti A Phofung R7 mil & Kopanong R16 mil

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