Question NW3499 to the Minister of Water and Sanitation
12 December 2023 - NW3499
Buthelezi, Ms SA to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
Whether his department receive reports that records (a) the amount of water used in each municipality, (b) the breakdown of costs of hired water tankers in each province and (c) what actionable interventions have been adopted to provide potable water to all municipalities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
a) The Department receives reports in the form of International Water Association (IWA) Water balance from Water Services Authorities as prescribed in Regulation 509 of Water Services Act (act No. 108 of 1997). However not all the Water Services Authorities are able to report their records of water use. The information on municipalities that submitted to the DWS is attached hereto as Annexure A.
b) Details relating to the cost of hired tankers can be sourced from municipalities and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
c) The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is implementing bulk water and sanitation projects to address major backlogs across all provinces. Currently the DWS is implementing over 90 projects funded through Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) and over 250 projects under Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) across the country. The following major water and sanitation projects have been implemented in the past four years through these grants:
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Name of the Project |
Households benefiting |
Completion date |
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Eastern Cape: |
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1 |
Nooitgedagt Coega Low Level Supply Scheme (NCLLS) phase three: Increasing the capacity of the WTW’s with 70Ml/day to 210Ml/day) |
246 000 |
June 2023 |
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2 |
Lower Sundays River GWS: The works are inclusive of earthworks, canal realignment, servitude rehabilitation, etc. |
86 000 |
September 2025 |
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3 |
Greater Mbizana Regional Bulk Water Scheme (GMRBWS) & Repair of Ludeke Dam Upgrade Nomlacu Water Treatment Plant from 10 Mℓ/day to 20 Mℓ/day. |
45 641 |
June 2024 |
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4 |
Nqamakhwe Regional Bulk Water Scheme: To provide bulk water infrastructure to supply approx.120 rural villages with domestic water. |
19 882 |
April 2024 |
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5 |
Ndlambe BWS : The construction and commissioning of the 5 Mℓ/day Port Alfred RO-plant and 16 Mℓ reservoir, including the brine sea outfall pipeline, the construction of 2Mℓ reservoirs in Cannon Rocks |
33 139 |
December 2024 |
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Free State |
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6 |
Maluti –A- Phofung Water and Sanitation Intervention Projects: Refurbishment and Upgrading of a number of WTWs, a rising main, bulk water supply & drilling of boreholes, as well as improving water revenue and reducing non-revenue water. |
21 244 |
April 2027 |
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7 |
Matjhabeng Water and Sanitation Intervention Projects: Unblocking of Sewer Networks , refurbishments of various WWTW, construction of outfall sewer line. |
8 786 |
April 2027 |
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Gauteng |
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8 |
Vaal River Systems Interventions: Various WWTW and pump station upgrades and refrubishments, rising mains, gravity mains, critical collapsed pipes replacement, etc. |
165 345 |
June 2027 |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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9 |
Acceleration Of Mandlakazi Bulk Water Scheme: Pipeline includes abstraction of raw water from Jozini Dam, laying of 28km bulk line, pumpstation and upgrading of Mandlakazi WTW, Mkhuze WTW and others. |
98 432 |
June 2026 |
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10 |
uMkhanyakude DM: Scope includes bulk-pipelines, upgrade of WTW, extending the services from RDP to yard connections. |
33 543 |
June 2024 |
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Limpopo |
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11 |
Nandoni To Nsami Regional Bulk Water Scheme: Provision of bulk pipelines and upgrading of Nandoni WTW from 60Ml/day to 120Ml/day. |
321 000 |
November 2023 |
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12 |
Giyani WTW Refurbishment (Phase 1) Giyani - Reticulation of 24 Villages (Phase 1) |
April 2024 |
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13 |
Olifantspoort /Ebenezer Water Supply Scheme |
August 2026 |
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14 |
Olifants River Water Resources Development Project Phase 2 (ORWRDP-2) To develop the infrastructure required in the Middle Olifants River (in the areas of Sekhukhune and Mogalakwena Districts of Limpopo) to meet the water demands in the area. |
86 000 |
June 2030 |
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Mpumalanga |
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15 |
Loskop Regional Bulk Water Supply: Construction of Bulk water pipeline, reservoirs, pumpstations and secondary mains |
145 000 |
September 2025 |
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North West |
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16 |
Pilanesburg bulk water supply |
13 087 |
June 2025 |
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Northern Cape |
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17 |
Kimberley bulk water supply: Phase 1 - Emergency Interventions Phase 2 - Emergency Intervention Medium term interventions Scope entails: WCDM, installation of zonal bulk meters, replacement of old AC pipelines, upgrading of WTW’s, upgrading of pumpstations, construction of additional storage. |
78 000 |
March 2027 |
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Western Cape |
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18 |
Drakenstein Bulk Water Supply |
16 453 |
March 2027 |
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19 |
George Bulk Water Supply |
17000 |
June 2028 |
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