1. IT’S WAY TOO SOON TO PANIC!!!!

2. DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR WATER ALLOCATIONS
THE FRAMEWORK WILL HELP PROMOTE THE BENEFICIAL USE OF WATER IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

3. WHY DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK?
National Water Policy for SA; NWA preamble; s2(b,c,d,e); s3(2); s9(e,h); s27; s43-48
1) TO PROMOTE REDRESS (RACE & GENDER)
2) TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
3) TO SUPPORT POVERTY ERADICATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROWTH
4) TO ENSURE RESOURCE PROTECTION IN BALANCE WITH EQUITY AND GROWTH

4. WHAT ARE THE UNDERLYING CONSIDERATIONS?
THE WAY WE ALLOCATE WATER CAN HAVE SEVERE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES.
2) WHERE WE MUST RE-ALLOCATE WATER – MINIMISE THE IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMY (beneficial use in public interest)
3) WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT “ NEW ” & EXISTING USERS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO USE THE WATER PRODUCTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY
4) WE MUST SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT – BUT IN AN ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE WAY

5. FROM THIS WE DISTILL “BENEFICIAL USE OF WATER IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST” AS:-
WATER ALLOCATION MUST PROMOTE:
ECONOMIC GROWTH & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
JOB CREATION
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO WATER
SOCIAL STABILITY
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
PROTECTION OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
EFFICIENT AND NON-WASTEFUL USE OF WATER
A BALANCE BETWEEN SECTORS

6. HOW DO YOU PROMOTE BENEFICIAL USE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST?
PROMOTE APPLICATIONS FROM, AND AUTHORISATIONS TO, DISADVANTAGED USERS
COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
CAPACITY BUILDING TO SUPPORT PRODUCTIVE USES
CAPACITY BUILDING TO SUPPORT PRODUCTIVE USES
FACILITITATING AUTHORISATIONS WITH A HIGH PUBLIC INTEREST
PROMOTING BEE AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES

7. WATER ALLOCATIONS AND REALLOCATIONS MUST BE FAIR AND REASONABLE.
MINIMISE THE IMPACTS ON THE EXISTING LAWFUL USERS
PROMOTE THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BENEFITS OF PRODUCTIVE WATER USE

8. MUST PROMOTE BENEFICIAL, PRODUCTIVE AND EFFICIENT USE.
SUPPORT LIVELIHOODS BUT NOT SUSTAINABLE POVERTY
INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME PER DROP USED
CAPACITY BUILDING TO SUPPORT PRODUCTIVE USES
PROMOTE A BALANCED USE OF WATER IN A VARIETY OF SECTORS
CAPACITY BUILDING AND AWARENESS wrt THE MOST BENEFICIAL USES

9. MUST BALANCE IMPACTS WITH PUBLIC INTEREST.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BALANCES CURRENT NEEDS WITH FUTURE NEEDS
AIM TO SECURE A MINIMUM LEVEL OF ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING FIRST
GRADUAL MOVEMENT TO IMPROVED FUNCTIONING AGREED BY STAKEHOLDERS
ACCEPT PROVISIONAL DETERMINATIONS OF LIKELY IMPACTS IF PUBLIC INTEREST IS HIGH

10. MUST SPEED UP PROCESSING OF HIGH PUBLIC INTEREST – LOW IMPACT APPLICATIONS [S 27]
SCHED 1
GENERAL AUTHOR.
RAPID PROCESS
DETAILED PROCESS
COMPULSORY LICENSING

11. LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT MUST VARY BETWEEN CATCHMENTS.

12. Consolidation of prep-phase information for public engagement
HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THIS?
PREPARATORY
MID- COMP. LIC / W-ALLOCATION
POST- M & E
RDM
Verification of existing lawful use
Water Balance
Initiate Communications Campaign
Engagement with other spheres of Govt
Internal Strategic Perspectives / Situational Assessments
Public
Engagement
Monitoring impact of process & outcomes (socio-economic indicators)
Consolidation of prep-phase information for public engagement
- RDM & Allocation Plans + Schedules (incorporated into Catchment Management Strategies) -

13. HOW DOES IT ALL FIT TOGETHER?
Water Availability (Model)
Installed Modeling System
Reserve
scenarios
Ecological class & Reserve
Process to
finalise
Interactive
developing of
reconciliation options
Recommendations
Existing
lawful use
Allocation
schedule
License
applications
Future use
Water required for equity, rural
development
Public Participation
Publication, Appeals, etc
Process to finalise
CMS
Develop Catchment Management Strategy
NWRS
ISP
Public Awareness
CMA & WUA establishment
Water use licensing
WC & DM

14. WHAT APPROACHES DO YOU USE? THE CATCHMENT IS APPROACHING CLOSURE
COMPULSORY LICENSING
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT
WATER ALLOCATION IN
DIFFERENT CATCHMENTS?
THE CATCHMENT IS APPROACHING CLOSURE
WATER IS NOT LIMITED