1. Presentation by Department: Water Affairs 22 March 2011
Presentation to the
Select Committee: Land & Environment
Spending trends, challenges and achievements: selected programmes from the 2009/10 Annual Report
Presentation by Department: Water Affairs
22 March 2011

2. Outline Programme 2: Water Resource Management
Strategic goal 1: Ensuring sustainable and equitable water resources management
Strategic goal 3: Build, operate & maintain infrastructure
Strategic goal 4: Aligned and effective institutions
Programme 3: Water services
Strategic goal 2: Ensuring universal access to safe and affordable water services
Overview of expenditure trends

3. Programme 2: Water Resources Management
Strategic goal 1: ensuring sustainable and equitable water resources management

4. Branch: Policy & Regulation (P & R)
Strategic Objective: Forecasting and balancing of water demand and supply
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
Plans on the four-river
systems to reconcile
Water requirements and available resources
# of strategies for priority areas/systems completed
Reconciliation strategy/studies smaller towns in the 5 planning areas initiated
Complete strategies in 3 areas
Recon strategies completed in 3 areas

5. Branch: Policy & Regulation (P & R)
Strategic Objective: Ensure adequate information and knowledge to sustainably manage water resources
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
1 300 operational stations countrywide
# of operational monitoring stations
900 stations in good working condition
Monitor and maintain existing stations
All 900 stations are maintained and monitored
Strategic Objective: Improve water use efficiency
Implement water
conservation and demand management
(WC/WDM)
Volume of water saved
None of the metros and river systems are fully implementing WC/WDM
40 million m³/ annum saved in all WMA
40 million m³

6. Branch: Policy & Regulation (P & R)
Strategic Objective: Improve water resource quality
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
River health programmes
implemented in all regions (i.e. Crocodile,
Olifants, Vaal & Umsunduzi)
Regulated water use as per license conditions in four polluted river systems
Target polluted river systems such as Vaal, Olifants, Crocodile West and Umsunduzi
Identify critical sources of pollution
Critical source of pollution and extent of waste discharge in various water management areas identified.
River health programme implemented in the Crocodile River and the Vaal River

7. Strategic goal 1: Key challenges
Recommendations
Shortage of dedicated technical personnel such as climate change specialists to develop and implement climate change programmes
A directorate focusing on climate change issues has been established and personnel will be appointed to effectively perform this function in the next financial year.
Inability to successfully address all identified compliance cases due to shortage of suitable personnel to carry out the functions successfully
A directorate focusing on compliance, monitoring and enforcement has been established.
Inability to finalise all water use license backlogs due to capacity constraints
A project team that is fully resources has been established to ensure that all backlogs relating to water use license applications are eradicated during the next financial year.
The review of the National Water Resources Strategy, 2004 was not finalised, however, an inception report was completed.
This process will be carried over to the next financial year.

8. Strategic goal 3: build, operate & maintain infrastructure
Programme 2: Water Resources Management
Strategic goal 3: build, operate & maintain infrastructure

9. Branch: National Water Resources Infrastructure (NWRI)
Strategic Objective: Develop and construct new infrastructure
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
Implementation of new bulk water infrastructure to meet social water needs, economic growth and development
Percentage completion as per project specification
50%
Inyaka Water Treatment Works 57% complete
58% 6%
Groot Letaba RWRP 4%

10. Branch: National Water Resources Infrastructure (NWRI)
Strategic Objective: Asset management
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
Maintenance of water resources infrastructure to meet water supply demands
% maintenance of infrastructure availability
70%
80% availability
95% availability
% of Resource Management Plans (RMPs) to ensure
2 RMPs completed
2 RMPs implemented but not completed (Fika Patso and Metsi Matso)

11. Branch: National Water Resources Infrastructure (NWRI)
Strategic Objective: % maintenance of infrastructure as per maintenance plan
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
New bulk water resources infrastructure implemented
# of projects completed
One project commissioned
Implementation of four projects under construction monitored
Six regional bulk projects were implemented – EC (2), KZN (2) and MP (2)
One project advanced to completion of project

12. Branch: National Water Resources Infrastructure (NWRI)
Strategic Objective: Rehabilitation and refurbishment of water resources infrastructure
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
Fully functional and sustainable schemes
% of infrastructure that meet design standards
30% of infrastructure
50% of infrastructure
70% of infrastructure
% of expenditure and number of dams in the construction phase
0% expenditure and number of dams in the construction phase
12% budget expenditure on planned projects(22)
80% budget expenditure spent on planned projects

13. Performance against targets
Branch: Regions
Strategic Objective: Ensure the provision of regional bulk water
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
Fully functional and sustainable schemes
% of transferred schemes refurbished by 2012
40% of the schemes refurbished
40% of the transferred schemes refurbished
63% (Regions)
Regional bulk schemes implemented in all 9 regions to support access to water and sanitation programmes
# of regional bulk schemes initiated 45 49
49 regional bulk schemes initiated

14. Strategic goal 3: Key challenges
Recommendations
Training of staff on dam safety issues
Training of technicians regarding operating rules, operation and maintenance manuals and emergency preparedness plans
Shortage of dedicated technical personnel (e.g. Climate Change Specialists, Water Plant Superintendents, Artisans, Technicians & Engineers)
Implementation of the Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD) and the graduate development programme
Drought situation in the Southern Cape as well as the Algoa System
The situation needs to be managed and timely interventions implemented to ensure that adequate water supply continues
Poor water quality negatively affecting irrigation farmers
Develop a two-year cleaning programme for canals
The delay in the finalisation of the strategy for the conversion of dams resulted in the delay to convert the three dams planned from single to multi-purpose use.
The available draft strategy will be finalised and implemented during the next financial year.

15. Strategic goal 4: aligned and effective institutions
Programme 2: Water Resources Management
Strategic goal 4: aligned and effective institutions

16. Branch: Policy & Regulation (P & R)
Strategic Objective: Effective oversight of institutions
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
Compliance (aligned and effective institutions)
% of institutions business plans and annual reports submitted received and assessed
100%
100% achieved by all water sector institutions reporting to the Minister
Implementation of the Institutional Realignment project
Number of effective water institutions established as per guidelines
2 CMAs
14 water
boards
WUAs
Institutional realignment project finalised
2 WUAs established
2 Water User Associations established

17. Strategic goal 4: Key challenges
Recommendations
Delay in the finalisation of the
Institutional Re-alignment Project
contributed largely to the slow
process in establishing new CMAs
and WUAs
The project will be adequately funded and supported by policy makers (Parliament, relevant democratic institutions and Minister ) carried out in the new financial year.

18. Programme 3: Water Services
Strategic goal 2: ensuring universal access to safe and affordable water services

19. Performance against targets
Branch: Regions
Strategic Objective: Ensure water service delivery through policy and regulation
Outputs
Performance indicator
Baseline
Performance against targets
2009/10 Target
Actual achievement
Effective support provided to municipalities
# of provincial plans supported
2 (Limpopo & FS) 4
5 provincial plans supported (EC, MP, NC, GP & NW)
# of feasibility studies reported 11
11 feasibility studies reported
# of Water Services Development Plans (WSDPs) supported
168
168 WSDPs supported
Improved financing model to ensure accelerated and sustainable infrastructure development
Inter-dept. consultation
Draft revised MIG & Equitable Share Policy
Inputs on the development of the Equitable Share Policy provided to COGTA

20. Strategic goal 2: Key challenges
Recommendations
Technical capacity challenges at
municipal level
Assist municipalities in adhering to the Blue Drop and Green Drop certification programmes.
Dilapidating waste water treatment plants infrastructure
Mobilise for funding for infrastructure refurbishment, operation and maintenance.

21. Overview of spending trends 2008/09 to 2009/10
Overview of financial trends
Overview of spending trends 2008/09 to 2009/10

22. Overview of spending trends
Programme
2008/09 financial year
2009/10 financial year
Allocation
R 000
Expenditure
% spent
Programme 2:
Water Resource Management
85.8 99
Programme 3: Water Services
99.7 95
TOTAL
91.4
97.3

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