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

2. Free State Backlog

3. 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

4. Budget versus Shortfall

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

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

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

12. 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 buckets of the backlog

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

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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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