Question NW2690 to the Minister of Water and Sanitation
20 September 2023 - NW2690
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
Whether Rand Water has an allotment of water for each municipality; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) is the amount for each municipality, (b) total amount was used by each municipality for each month from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023, (c) is the optimal amount of water needed by each municipality and (d) are the reasons for the allotment of water?
Reply:
a) Rand Water has an allotment of water for each municipality as summarized in the table below:
|
Municipality |
Allocated amount (Ml/d) |
|
|
1. |
City of Johannesburg Metro |
1356 |
|
2. |
City of Ekurhuleni Metro |
1022 |
|
3. |
City of Tshwane Metro |
667 |
|
4. |
Emfuleni Local Municipality |
239 |
|
5. |
Mogale City Local Municipality |
93 |
|
6. |
Metsimaholo Local Municipality |
51 |
|
7. |
Rustenburg Local Municipality |
68 |
|
8. |
Govan Mbeki Local Municipality |
106 |
|
9. |
Midvaal Local Municipality |
28 |
|
10. |
Merafong Local Municipality |
86 |
|
11. |
Rand West Local Municipality |
91 |
|
12. |
Lesedi Local Municipality |
23 |
|
13. |
Ngwathe Local Municipality |
7 |
|
14. |
Victor Khanye Local Municipality |
17 |
|
15. |
Royal Bafokeng Administration |
10 |
|
16. |
Madibeng Local Municipality |
8 |
|
17. |
Thembisile Hani Local Municipality |
31 |
(b) The total amount used by each municipality from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023 is as follows:
|
Actual Average Monthly Consumption (Ml/d) |
||||||
|
Municipality |
Jan ‘23 |
Feb ‘23 |
Mar ‘23 |
Apr ‘23 |
May ‘23 |
Jun ‘23 |
|
City of Johannesburg Metro |
1751 |
1738 |
1731 |
1735 |
1751 |
1750 |
|
City of Ekurhuleni Metro |
1009 |
987 |
1019 |
989 |
982 |
980 |
|
City of Tshwane Metro |
765 |
754 |
790 |
784 |
789 |
796 |
|
Emfuleni Local Municipality |
299 |
308 |
304 |
291 |
285 |
288 |
|
Mogale City Local Municipality |
102 |
95 |
94 |
97 |
98 |
99 |
|
Metsimaholo Local Municipality |
45 |
39 |
39 |
40 |
39 |
41 |
|
Rustenburg Local Municipality |
96 |
91 |
97 |
96 |
97 |
97 |
|
Govan Mbeki Local Municipality |
93 |
93 |
83 |
84 |
87 |
87 |
|
Midvaal Local Municipality |
36 |
35 |
37 |
35 |
34 |
32 |
|
Merafong Local Municipality |
75 |
71 |
80 |
74 |
74 |
72 |
|
Rand West Local Municipality |
78 |
76 |
76 |
75 |
77 |
78 |
|
Lesedi Local Municipality |
23 |
24 |
21 |
19 |
23 |
22 |
|
Ngwathe Local Municipality |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
|
Victor Khanye Local Municipality |
18 |
18 |
17 |
16 |
11 |
16 |
|
Royal Bafokeng Administration |
16 |
13 |
18 |
17 |
15 |
16 |
|
Madibeng Local Municipality |
15 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
|
Thembisile Hani Local Municipality |
33 |
32 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
33 |
|
Grand Total |
4461 |
4396 |
4453 |
4401 |
4415 |
4426 |
c) The allocated amounts per municipality are the optimal amounts needed by each municipality. Any demand above the allotted amounts renders Rand Water non-compliant with the abstraction conditions imposed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).
(d) The main reasons for the allotment are to:
- Encourage the municipalities to improve their water use efficiencies and reduce their demand in line with the current abstraction conditions.
- Assist Rand Water to comply with the abstraction conditions from the DWS.
- Ensure sustainable abstraction of water from the resource (Integrated Vaal River System)
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