Reply:

1. My Department encourages measures to extend the available water resources in South Africa which include the utilization of ground water, re-use of water, rainwater harvesting and desalination of sea water. A sea water desalination plant is essentially a water purification plant and the norm is for water purification plants to be developed and owned by Water Boards and Water Services Providers (municipalities). In the conciliation strategies developed for the coastal towns, sea water desalination is an important option being considered for implementation by Water Boards and Municipalities, depending on the particular institutional situation in the area  Currently the Durban area is investigating the desalination as an option and there will be a decision made soon on whether to implement a medium sized sea water desalination plant to the south of the city, or to develop conventional water storage close by is expected soon. 

Experience shows that sea water desalination is becoming more and more economically competitive when compared with other available water resource options and with the comparative advantage of coastal cities having an abundance of sea water available close by, we can expect see medium to large sea water desalination plants being implemented there in future.  We can also expect to see small sea water desalination plants, making use of less expensive beach well raw water abstraction (as compared with expensive ocean abstraction for larger sea water desalination plants) becoming viable in certain local applications. 

(2) I have noted and acknowledged the humanitarian support that the civil society is playing in distributing drinking water to needy communities across the country. In this regard the effort by Operation Hydrate, Gift of the Givers, Nelson Mandela Foundation and Proudly South Africa, among others, are greatly appreciated. These organizations are most encouraged to work with my Department in continuously monitoring and identifying communities that have been hit the most by the drought, and therefore who can benefit the most from this gesture.

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(1) The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province is the only province with approved Business Plan and dedicated budget for drought interventions thus far, refer to Annexure A. All other provinces are using funds which are reprioritized/adjusted within the Departmental budget.

(2) Refer to the table below for the specified provinces declared drought areas.

Province	Date Declared	Type of Declaration
KwaZulu-Natal	17 December 2014	Old declaration, Provincial Gazette 167
	8 February 2016	Updated declaration to include 2 additional Municipalities, Provincial Gazette No 1600.
North West	24 July 2015	Provincial Gazette 7501
Free State	4 September 2015	Provincial Gazette 83
Limpopo	13 November 2015	Provincial Gazette 2630
Mpumalanga	04 December 2015	Provincial Gazette 2619 (Not all local municipalities in the DM)
Western Cape	25 November 2015	Council Resolution
Eastern Cape	4 December 2015	Provincial Gazette 3560 Ugi Town declared a Local State of Organic Pollution
	22 January 2016	Provincial Gazette 3582 Council Resolutions in the following DMs: OR Tambo on 11 Jan 2016, Alfred Nzo on 17 Dec 2015.
	04 March 2016	Extension, including Ugu Town Provincial Gazette 3606.
Northern Cape	29 January 2016	Provincial Gazette 1983

(3) (a)Restrictions for Dams are applied starting from different levels for different Dams as per the Dam’s operating rules to prevent the Dams from complete failure to supply water or to prolong water supply from each Dam provided the restrictions are adhered to. For additional information on Dam Levels kindly refer to https://www.dwa.gov.za/Hydrology/Weekly/ProvinceWeek

(3)(c) No applications were received for further abstraction past the restricted level.

(3)(d) Not Applicable (N/A).

(3)(e) Annual Operating Analysis is conducted each year at the end of the rainy season to determine allocable amount for the particular year.

(4) Requesting Honorable Member to refer to NA 428 on February 2016 as this question was adequately responded to.

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(a) The E. coli counts of the tests conducted on the Msunduzi River between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016 range from 1 313 counts per 100ml to 1 000 000 counts per 100ml.

(b) There were approximately thirteen (13) pollution incidents reported to my Department.

(c) My Department engaged the identified polluters and requested that corrective measures be taken. Based on the severity of the pollution incident, my Department issued the identified polluters with Section 19 non-compliance notices in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998).

(d) The Mvoti to Mzimkulu Classification Study has highlighted the need to improve water quality of the Msunduzi River citing nutrients as a variable requiring improvement. Hotspots contributing to poor water quality in this river system have been identified, and the Msunduzi Municipality together with Duzi-Umgeni Conservation Trust, and my Department engages in monitoring all the identified hotspot areas. There has also been the installation of Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTV) which operate 24 hours to identify surcharging manholes and allow for swift response and corrective action. Water quality monitoring is done on a weekly basis on both downstream and upstream of problematic manholes and pump stations along the Msunduzi River and its tributaries. My Department has also increased the frequency of inspections of hotspot areas.

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Reply:

No, neither myself nor the Deputy Minister have met with any member employee and/or close associate of the Gupta family and/or attended any meeting with the specified persons at the Gupta’s Saxonwold Estate in Johannesburg or anywhere else since taking office.

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Reply:

(1) No, I have not earned any additional income from any businesses.

(2) No, no members of my family have earned any additional income from any businesses doing business with government.

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Reply:

The responsibility to provide water to households in the Municipalities lies with the respective Water Service Authorities in the different provinces as follows:

(a) Northern Cape: Pixley ka Seme District Municipality

(b) North West Province: Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality

(c) Free State Province: Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality

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Reply:

(i) There is a need to improve on the microbial quality of the Umbilo River, the nutrient levels of the Palmiet River and in the Vungu River system, nutrients and microbial quality requires improvement.

(ii) Yes, these river systems are being monitored.

(iii) My Department, as well as the eThekwini Municipality has increased the frequency of inspections of hotspot areas to enable early detection of potential problems and allow for swift corrective action. The Department also engages with the Ugu District Municipality at the Ugu Coastal Management Committee where issues relating to pollution are addressed. The Department, together with the respective Municipality, ensures that all the sources of pollution are addressed timeously.

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Reply:

(a) The current phosphate levels of the Inanda Dam near Hillcrest in KwaZulu-Natal is 40 µg/l.

(b) Inanda Dam receives flow from the Msunduzi River. The Mvoti to Mzimkulu Classification Study has highlighted the need to improve water quality of the Msunduzi River citing nutrients as a variable requiring improvement. Hotspots contributing to poor water quality in this river system have been identified and the Msunduzi Municipality together with Duzi-Umgeni Conservation Trust, and my Department engages in monitoring all the identified hotspot areas. There has also been the installation of Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTV) which operate 24 hours to identify surcharging manholes. Water quality monitoring is done on a weekly basis on both downstream and upstream of problematic manholes and pump stations along the Msunduzi River and its tributaries. My Department has also increased the frequency of inspections of hotspot areas.

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Reply:

Yes, I have been engaging with the Minister of Environmental Affairs on different platforms to collectively come up with a coherent programme for preserving our ecological infrastructure. These engagements have resulted in several strategies and action plans, as follows:

1. Chapter 5 of the National Water Resource Strategy 2, outlines the protection strategies for our fresh water ecosystems which are inclusive of rivers, and wetlands. The progress in the implementation of these protection measures is monitored in the outcome 10 report of the Minister of Environmental Affairs as a key performance indicator on the number of rivers that have been classified. A joint Implementation Plan with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has been developed to ensure the implementation of protection measures and the sustainable functioning of ecological infrastructure. It is important to note that this Implementation Plan is also in alignment with the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan developed by the DEA.
2. The Classification, determination of the Reserve and Resource Quality Objectives work done by my Department, takes into cognisance the information contained in the National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Areas (NFEPA) and Strategic Water Source Areas developed by DEA, in collaboration with SANBI & the CSIR and stringent protection conditions are prescribed to protect ecologically important and sensitive ecological resources e.g. threatened wetland habitat, rivers, lakes, pans and estuaries which have been identified within these studies.
3. These protection measures outlined above are further translated into license conditions when the different water use authorisation applications are approved with clear recommendations on the management of the ecological infrastructure. My Department and DEA have a joint responsibility in the management of estuaries, where my Department is responsible for determining the ecological state, importance and sensitivity of estuaries and DEA is responsible for the regulatory measures for maintaining the ecological state. The ecological information determined by my Department is taken into consideration by DEA when issuing of permits for the utilisation of estuaries.

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Reply:

(1)(a) The latest results available for E coli for Apies River reveal medium to low risk. This can be attributed to the improvement made at the Rooiwal waste water treatment plant since my Department’s intervention.

(1)(b) Tests conducted in adjacent boreholes revealed low to medium risk levels of E-coli found.

(2) The action plan was requested for end of August 2015.

(3) Yes. The action plan was submitted on 31 August 2015. A copy of the action plan is attached. It must be noted that the action plan is a living document and it is revised as and when required.

(4)(a) If all avenues provided for by the Inter- governmental relations framework Act, Act 13 of 20015 has been exhausted and no noticeable improvement can be observed, Criminal Charges are laid against the relevant organ of state.

(4)(b) These criminal charges are pursued in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998).

(5) No. My Department has not pursued the alternative (criminal charges) thus far. My Department is engaging with the City of Tshwane on the action plan and the last engagement was on 8 December 2015. During the engagement, the City Manager committed R140 000 000 to upgrade the plant. Furthermore, the municipality is currently looking at all legal avenues within the supply chain process (SCM) to fast track the procurement of the contractors to urgently start with the required upgrade. My Department is closely monitoring the SCM process and the development at the woks. The last visit at the plant was on 15 January 2016 and there is promising improvement, within the current treatment capacity.

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(1) Refer to Table 1 below for towns in each province affected by water shortages and intervention measures.

(2) Refer to Table 2 below for the dams in each province which ran dry during the period 1 June 2015 to 15 February 2016, the affected communities and the current status of each dam.

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Table1. Towns in each province affected by water shortages and intervention measures

Province	Towns Affected	Intervention measures
Northern Cape	Philandersbron, Welkom and Groot/Klein Mier, VanWyksvlei, Bendell, Deurham, Ditshipeng, Gamorona, Gamokatedi, Gasehunelo, Ganap, Glenred, Heuningsvlei, Laxey, Kilokilo, Metsimatse Wyk 1, Klipham, Kome, Letlhakajaneng, Loopeng, Madibeng, Magojaneng, Saamsukkel, Tsiloane, Van Zylsrus, Tweed, Klein Eiffel, Eiffel, Sydney, Dealand Tsinengkop Dikgatlong, Magareng, Phokwane, Maruping, Brandvlei, Loeriesfontein, Calvinia, Garies, Klipfontein, Spoegrivier, Hondeklip Bay, Eksteenfontein, Lekkersing, De Aar, Strydenburg, Blaauwskop, Warmsand, Eenduin, 7de laan, McTaggerskamp, Noudonsies and Eksteenskuil, Eilande	Rainwater harvesting tanks have been installed at present for the benefit of indigent households. Drilling of boreholes was done as part of the bulk infrastructure program Refurbishing of non-functional boreholes Water is supplied by tankers to some of these affected communities
Free State	Kroonstad, Viljoenskroon, Steynsrus, Brandfort, Winburg, Verkeerdevlei, Boshof, Dealsville, Bloemfontein, ThabaNchu, Botshabelo, Fouriesburg, Rosendal, Kestell, Qwaqwa, FicaPatso, Ladybrand, Excelsior, Tweespruit, Hobhouse, ThabaPatshoa, PetrusSteyn, Lindley, Arlington, Vrede, Memel, Ficksburg, Clocolan, Marquard, Senekal, Phillipolis, Bethulie, Springfontein, Trompsburg, Petrusburg, Smithfield, Dewetsdorp, Wepener, Vanstadensrus, Bethany, Fauresmith, Jackobsdal, Koppies, Kroonstad, Oranjeville, Parys, Theunissen, Vredefort, Warden, Winburg, Zastron, Soutpan	Katse dam water released since early August 2015 Groundwater augmentation Welbedacht dam water release in early January 2016 Drilling of boreholes Boreholes were equipped and connected. Sterkfontein water scheme project is providing water 12 DWS and municipalities’ water tankers provided to relieve water crisis Water released through Orange River Restrictions gazetted for 5 dams and 1 system (3 dams) 32 Boreholes equipped and connected.
Mpumalanga	Mbuzini, Gomora, Magogeni, Managa, Mgobode, Dludluma, Jeppes, Reef, Schoemansdal, Buffelspruit, Driekoppies, Langeloop, Aniva, Steenbok, Louville, Hectospruit, Komatipoort, Malelane, Marloth Park, Badfontein, Draaikraal, Shaga, Boschfontein, matibidi, Moremela, Leroro, Madubula, Rainbow ZFarm, Mahiyane, KaMashayane, Silver Creek, Mtaliyane, Honeybird, Siyalima, Sheba, Paradors, Noordkaap, Mandela Place, Mlambongwane, Castlekop, Hangingstone, Goedehoop, Kamadakwa, Ndlovu, Dixie Farm, Mandela Village (Maviljan), Mamba Mencisi, GaRelani, Violet bank, Kofifi (shatale), Zoeknog A& B, Benoni, Zimbabwe, Mahashe, Tsakane/Greenvalley, CottondaleIslington, Burlington, Mambumbu/Zola/Songeni, Role, Kumani, MP Stream, Hluvukani, Newington, Xanthia, Agincourt, Metsi, Ximhungwe, Kildare, Huntington, Lilydale, Belfast, Cork, Sommerset, Mashonamini, Madras, Goromane, Mkhuhlu A & B, Cargo Inn, Jimbrown, Carlton, Mathibela, Alexandra, Takamahala, Oakley, Chavelagaza, Thushaneng, Cunningmore A, Cunningmore B, Morongwane, Mphenyatsatsi Township, Newforest, Sibambayana, Tsuvulani, Edinburg, Leratong/Zakheni, Kwagafontein/ Emasimini, Vreisgewaght, Kleipfontein, Suncity D, Mandela, Msholozi, Pankop/Masobe, Rakaile, Phake-Thabeng, Mametlhake, Nokaneng, Katjibane, Seabe, Greenside, Marapyane, Ramantsho, Loding, Semotlase, Malopoamogale/Kameelpoort, KwaMakola, Kgaphamadi, Wonderfontein, Tweeloop, Sycamore, Paardeplaats, Zwartkoppies, Waaikraal, Sewefontein, Groenvlei, Lothaire/Silindile, Sheepmore, Sheepmore, Warburton, Skaaprouse, Elm Tree, Biermani, Cedermont, Groenvlei, Keslek, Pamietkuil, Rietvlei, Rondavel, Rooikoppies, Platokop 1, Maizefield, Uitkom, KwaMathibela, De Kuilen, Platrand, KwaMadlebe, Wolvespruit (Mkhwanazi), majojobeni, Katdoornkraal, Morakane, Mkomeni, Emnyama, Sterkfontein, Vaalvrede, Alzu borehole, Matafuleni, Tshondo, St Helena, Msinyane, Bushman band, Sgudada, Derby-ntintinyane, Derby-marondweni, Dalia, Kamavumbuka, Emakhwabeni, Haarlem, Newpitoli, Groenfontein, Mooihoek, Madola, Matsheni, Bothashope, Sunbank, Athalia, Bergplaas, KwaMagadla, KaJesus, Qalokusha, Kwarati, Aggendrift, Moolman, Alman, Congo, Vezokuhle, Berbice, Kwashuku, Esiqhintini, Ezintabeni Ezimnyanma, Jikagogo, Bakenkop-Kwanyisi, Madanca, Madabukela, Kafiti, Stafford, Sihanahana, Emaswazini. Elandspoort, Wolwspruit, Parmlford, KoppieAleen, Rust Hoek, Elantfontein, Odewood farm, Smooltlof, Voorseg, Ekukhanyeni, Schuihoek, Mabhondo, Brontol, Rust Hoek, Thuthukani, Oodendal rust B, MinigScheilhoek, Sterkfoutein VK, Spitkop, Sckoongeseg, Wakk-sttaion, Duck in farm, Gunmwane, 51 plot, Verkerk 1, Sunspruit, Lowra farm, Elandfontein/Rooipot, Vemrky far, Rooiport farm, Uitkyk farm, Goedeluk, Kaffieskraal, Kalfantein, Vleifontein, Kalfontein, Mooifontein, Rietspruit A, Goodewoop farm, Zamokuhle, Rietspruit, Welgelegen Farm, Enon farm, Emabhosi farm, Somershoek, Bethamoya, Mzwele, Kalkoenkraas, Valpoort, Fickland, Verkyk, Daggakraal, Skurwepoort, Vaalbank, Njusuthu, Syde, Nordeen, Ndonga, Mafufumbe, Mandela, Sthobile Robisndale, Hartebeeskop, Emganwini, Sincobile, Redhill, Waverley, Faith Mission, Nhlaba, Ngonini, Josephdale, Khuzulwandle, Elukwatini	29 new boreholes drilled to augment surface water supply boreholes refurbishment: 107 91 Static tanks provided Rehabilitation of Queens River Pump Station and SuidKaap WTW was completed and commissioned and Five (5) kilometre bulk pipeline complete linking Queens river pump station and Suidkaap Water Treatment Plant.  Construction of 2 reservoirs and drying bed in progress. Restrcitions gazette for 6 dams (including 1 system) and being prepared for 2 more systems.
KwaZulu-Natal	Durban (North), Tongaat, Balito, KwaDukuza, Mandeni, , Maphumulo, Kokstadt, Ixopo, Port Shepstone, Kelso, Pennington, Scottburgh, Sezela, Umdoni, Harding, Hluhluwe, KwaMsane Mthubathuba, St Lucia, Greytown, Melmoth, Eshowe, Vryheid, Nongoma, Ulundi,Hlabisa, Jozini, Manguzi, Ndwedwe, Manguzi, Dundee, Msinga, Nquthu, Greytown, eNhlalakahle, Sithembile Emnambithi/Ladysmith, Imbabazane, Indaka, Okhahlamba, Umtshezi, Wembezi, Melmoth, Nkandla, Ntambanana, Mambuka, Dlangubo, Richardsbay, Esikhaleni, Empangeni, Ngwelezana, kwaDlangezwa, Eshowe, Vryheid, eDumbe, Obivane, Tholakele, Bellavista, Mfenyane, Nongoma, Ulundi, uPhongolo Ingwe, KwaSani, Ubuhlebezwe, Umzimkhulu Ezingoleni, Umdoni, uMuziwabantu, Umzumbe Vulamehlo, Impendle, Mkhambathini, Mpofana, Richmond, Msunduzi, uMngeni, uMshwathi, Umhlabuyalingana	The Department with the Provincial CoGTA’s Disaster Management Unit has established Joint Operating Committees to assess the options to ensure water shortages are not experienced in each supply system. Drought operating rules have been developed for systems supplied by dams and are being implemented. Other measures include implementation of water restrictions, augmentation of supplies through boreholes and transfer systems, active leak detection and pressure management and the installation of water restrictors. In some areas where the required water savings have not been achieved, water supplies have been limited and static tanks installed to ensure access to water 53DWS tankers deployed, 86 new boreholes drilled, 80 springs protected. 464 Static tanks with stands have been purchased and installed at various communal points. Restrictions gazette for 8 dams and 2 systems (6 dams) 38 500 restrictors installed in 4 Local Municipalities. In Amajuba DM, water is released from Ntshingwayo Dam to support several towns. In iLembe DM water is transferred from uThongathi River to augment Hazelmere dam. Several water schemes have been repaired and many smaller repairs are being made to schemes. In Ugu DM, water is being transferred from Mpambanyoni River. In Umgungundlovu DM phase 2 of the Ophathe water supply scheme is underway. In Umkhanyakude DM contructionon and refurbishment of the Shemula rising main is underway, the refurbishment of the kwaMsane pipeline, a new pipeline from the existing Mtubatuba Heights reservoir to the existing KwaMsane reservoirs and the upgrading of the Hluhluwe phase 2 WTW from a 1.8ML/d to a 3.8Ml/d package treatment plant. In the Umzingyati DM, water is released from Ntshingwayo Dam, and a pump station is installated at Tayside. In the Unthungulu DM, water is transferred from Uthukela to supplement Goedertrouw Dam. In Zululand DM, water is being released from Klipfontein dam for Vryheid and Ulundi, and water is being transferred from Jozini Dam for Nongoma
Eastern Cape	Matatiele, Mbizana, Ntabankulu, Umzimvubu, Mbhashe, Mnquma, Amahlathi,Emalahleni, Inkwanca, Lukhanji, Engcobo, IntsikaYethu, Inxuba, Yethemba, Sakhisizwe, Tsolwana, Elundini, Gariep, Maletswai, Senqu, Aliwal North, Elundini, Mhlontlo, Ngquza Hill, Nyandeni, Port St Johns, King SabataDalindyebo	Refurbishment of boreholes Drilling, testing and equipping of new boreholes Water Conservation and Water Demand management programs (War on Leaks) Fast tracking of completing and commissioning Water Treatment Works (Chulunca, Mnceba, Installing new connections to reticulation systems like the delivery from Ludeke Dam Emergency bulk water pipelines like Mbase North to Dutwa WTW, Xilinxa to Gcuma weir, Deployment of 11 DWS water tankers Desilting and replacing pipelines Increase storage capacity and upgrade Cala Package plant Hydrosensus undertaken in Joe Gqabi DM Desiltattion of dams like Chippinisklip Upgrade of water supplies like Burgersdorp/Steynsville Restrictions gazetted for 1 system and 9 more being prepared. Water released from Katze Dam brought relief and assist in redirecting resources to Mount Fletcher Emergency transfer from Mooi River to WTW
Western Cape	Ceres, Tulbagh, Klaarstroom, LeeuGamka, Dysselsdorp and De Rust, Vredendal, Klawer, Clanwilliam, Lutzville, Citrusdal, Malmesbury, Mooreesburg, Piketberg, Vredenburg, Saldanha, Velddrift, Knysna, Breede Valley, Drakensteyn, Stellenbosch, Witzenberg, City of Cape Town, Bergrivier, Cederberg, Matzikama, Saldana Bay, Swartland	DWS is re-prioritizing its financial support to assist these municipalities with infrastructure e.g. leaking bulk water pipes, incorporation of groundwater to augment water supply. Water restrictions and awareness campaigns are in place to prolong the period of supply in these Municipalities. These Municipalities are also assisted with information and guidance to assist in making informed decisions regarding water supply. Restrictions gazette for 1 dam and 1 system.
Gauteng	Alexandra Park Res, Signal Hill, Bedfordview, Empire Palace, Isando, Kempton South, Germiston (Low Pressure in some areas), Spartan, Bonaeropark, Edleen, Bichley Area, Brandwood, Sunny Ridge, Primrose South, Chloorkop, Ester Park, City of Tshwane, Forest Hill, Town View, Chrisville, Robertsham, Rossetentville, Half of Winchester Hills , Turfontein, Forest Hill Tower, Oakdene, South Hills, Tulisa Park, Linmeyer, Risana, Moffatt View, Hursthill Areas Sharpville, Nordic, Meyerton-Midvaal, Meyerton Park (Samacor), EMSA, Riverside-Midvaal, Evaton, Sebokeng North, Ironsides, Eaton, boipatong, Bophelong, Emfulenie, Evalton, Golden gardens, Johandeo, lakeside, Sebokeng, Sharpville, Stretford, Tshepiso, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging	Water is being released from Sterkfontein Dam to Val Dam. Currently all drought alleviation activities are coordinated with, and implemented by municipalities. In general, consumers were requested to stop watering gardens, filling swimming pools, washing of pavements and to repair leaks; In several areas level one restrictions are imposed and residents are urged not to water gardens between 06:00 and 18:00, was cars with hosepipes or fill swimming pools. Static tanks are placed at selected points; At least one tender was published for the drilling of boreholes by a municipality. Studies are being conducted for the water network integration to enable water supply to be shifted from one network to the other in order to build redundancies in the system to improve operational resilience Tankers are provided for critical facilities that were currently affected . An office hour Joint Operations Centre (JOC) was establishd at the Joburg Water (JW) offices on 17 Marshall Street, Johannesburg. This facility serves as a nodal point for information A principle agreement was reached between District and its constituent local municipalities for the provision of potable water in the event of any eventualities in the Region; Disaster Management Officers are tasked with the responsibility to physically monitor any possible or related drought incidents through the established Volunteer Units; Daily early warning systems are circulated through the Short Messaging System (SMS) to all stakeholders in some Districts; Awareness campaigns are currently underway through the distribution of pamphlets, local newspapers and ward councillors across the municipal areas.
Limpopo	Roedtan, Groblersdal, Marble Hall, Mookgopong, Modimolle, Thabazimbi, Lephalale, Mokopane, Tzaneen, Giyani Sibasa, Thohoyandou, Polokwane, Alldays, Dendron, Botlokwa, Bakenberg, Lebowakgomo, Makhado, Mutale, Roedtan	Water restrictions implemented, Requests for funding for tankering and drilling boreholes compiled & submitted. Restrictions have been gazette for 8 dams and 1 more is being prepared
North West	SweitzerReneke, Naledi, Ottosdal, Sannieshof, Delarayville, Zeerust, Mahikeng, Vyburg, Koster, Koster, Swartruggens, Brits, Jericho and Majakaneng, Fafung,Waariekraal ,Jonathan and Klipvoorstad, Mapaputle, Boitekong, Maquasi Hill, Potchefstroom, Ventersdrop, Taung, Wentzel, Taung, Majemantsho,Mokgobistad, Mashutle, Motswedi, Dinoka, Khumutwane, Mosweu, Lekubu, Driefontein, Mokgola, Gopane, Pitsane, Greysdorp, Majaneng, Lichtenburg, Mafikeng, Pomfret, Ratlou, Sannieshof	The Department is providing support to the affected Municipalities through water trucks, water tanks and restore the water supply through drilling and equipping of boreholes. 12 DWS tankers have been deployed Restrictions have been published for 9 dams. Intensification of the WC/WDM programs, e.g. leak detection and repairs (War on leaks). Drilling of boreholes Construction of the Brits WTW Water augmentation inMabokoloka Maquasi Hills bulk water supply scheme completed. Ventersdorp Bulk Water Supply scheme completed. Taung/Naledi BWS completed RBIG programmes underway.

 

Table 2: (a) Dams in each province which ran dry during the period 1 June 2015 to 15 February 2016, (b) which towns and/or communities were affected and (c) what is the current status of each dam?

Province	Dams	Communities Affected	Current Situation
Northern Cape	None
Free State	Allemanskraal	Ventersburg	13.7%
	Armenia	Hobhouse	10.9%
	Erfenis	Theunisen, Brandfort, Bultfontein	9.3%
	Fiak-Patso	Qwaqwa	17.4%
	Groothoek	Mangaung	0%
	Kalkforntein	Koffiefontein, Luckhoff, Oppermansgronde, Jacobsdal, Fauresmith, Jaggersfontein.	6.2%
	Knellpoort	Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu, Botsabelo.	33.4%
	Koppies	Koppies, Vijoenskroon	39.4%
	Krugersdrift	Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu, Botsabelo	7%
	Rustfontein	Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu, Botsabelo	20.5%
	Tierpoort	Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu, Botsabelo	0%
Mpumalanga	Lomati	Bosfontein, Schuzendal, Magogeni, Mananga, Mgobodi, Dludluma, Amsterdam, Volksrust, Umjindi, Nkomazi, Nkomazi, Mkhondo, Pixley ka Isaka	Dry
	Mbambiso		Dry
	Mbuzini		Dry
	Gabosch		Dry
	Skuilhoek		Dry
KwaZulu-Natal	Harding	Harding area	Below 30 %
	Umzinto	Scottburg, Kelso, Pennington, Umdoni, Sezela.	100%
	Dumbe	Greytown, Ixopo, Kokstad, Harding, Port Shepstone, Hluhluwe, Glencoe, Hattingh Spruit, Dundee, Nquthu, Msinga, eDumbe, Hlabisa, Mbazwana, Ingwavuma, Ballito Maphumulo, KwaDukuza, Mthubathuba, KwaMsane, St Lucia, Vryheid, Ulundi, Eshowe, Melmoth, Nongoma	0%
	Vuna		0%
	Melmorth		0%
	Donald Mchardy		0%
	Prestine Pan		0%
	Velrdruk		0%
	Tom Worthington		0%
	Bloemfeld		0%
	Lake Merthley		Below 30%
	Hazelmere	Tongaat Durban North	34.1%
Eastern Cape	Dutywa	Golfcourse dam, Mputi&Ngxakaxa Dam	20% on average
	Aliwal North	Orange River ran dry	River flowing normally again
	Lady Grey	Lady Grey Dam	50%
	Maclear	Aucamp dam & Town Dam	30%
	Mount Fletcher	Mount Fletcher Dam	Full, but 70% silted
	Dordrecht	Dordrecht Dam	Still very low- exact level not gauged.
	Matatiele	Mountain Dam	20% - exact level not gauged. Connected pipeline to Mountain Lake, tankering.
	Ngeleni	Nzwakazi Dam	Still very low- exact level not gauged.
North West	Swartruggens	Borelelo, Ipelegeng, Glaudia, Atamelang, Mathibestad, Khunotswane, Ganyesa, Pomfret, Morokweng, Ga-maloka, Tshidilamolomo, Setlagole, Lekoko, Makhubung, Majemantsho,Lomanyaneng, Phitsane, Masutle, Motswedi, Rietpan, Ntsweletsoku, Setete, Welbedatch, Letsopa, Geysdorp, Khunwana, Sannieshof, Delareyville, Taung, Karelstad, Diplankeng, Lokgabeng, Mathanthanyaneng, Gamokake, Lothwanyeng	0.3%
	Molatedi		7.2%
	Disaneng		35%
	Koster		37.9%
	Madikwe		22.7%
	Marico Bosveld		18.9%
	Pella		41.47%
	Wentzel		0.1%
	Sehujwane		34%
	Lindleyspoort		2.7%
Gauteng	None
Limpopo	Thapane/Mogoboya	Nwamitwa, Bolobedu and Modjadji	0%
Western Cape	None

Reply:

(1)(a)(i) The budget allocation for the upgrade of Brits Water Treatment Works (WTW) is R60 million.

(1)(a)(ii) The expenditure to date is R36 million.

(1)(b) The first module is envisaged to be completed by July 2016 and overall project completion is August 2018.

(1)(c) The estimated cost for the first module is R 93 million and overall project estimate cost is R800 million.

(2) No, the cost has not increased.

(2) (a) Falls away.

(2) (b) Falls away

(3) The Madibeng Local Municipality is not providing financial support due to financial constraint.

(3)(a Falls away.

(3)(b) Falls away.

(4)(a) The funding is enough to carryover the construction, for the completion of module 1 upgrade.

(4)(b) The construction will be done in phases until completion.

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Reply:

a) Yes, my Department did buy advertising space in The New Age. Refer to the table below for the break down per financial year.

Financial Year	Number of times	Amount
(a) 2012/13	Once (1)	R97 723.08
(b) 2013/14	Five (5)	R 175 091.40
(c) 2014/15	Thirteen (13)	R 953 887.97

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Reply:

(1)(a) Yes, I am aware of the water challenges faced by the Vryheid (Abaqulisi Local Municipality (LM) within the Zululand District Municipality (DM).

(1)(b) My Department, after the 2014 drought declaration has allocated R39 693 million to the Zululand DM to address the drought to all its local municipalities which included Abaqulusi LM. The Zululand DM identified the following interventions to address the critical water shortages in the Abaqulusi LM:

• Drilling of new boreholes and refurbishment of existing boreholes
• Refurbishment of existing water schemes
• Springs protection and
• Water tankering

These interventions are currently underway to address the drought under the Abaqulusi LM and can be summarized as follows:

Drilling of new boreholes and refurbishment of existing boreholes: An existing borehole in Vryheid has been successfully refurbished and people are fetching water from this borehole during the day. Since the drought began, a number of new boreholes have been successfully drilled by the Zululand DM with the aim of augmenting the supply in the various rural water supply schemes. A total number of 7 new boreholes are planned specifically for the Abaqulusi LM and all have already been drilled and tested. The contractors have recently been appointed for equipping the boreholes with hand pumps and are currently undertaking this task.

Refurbishment of existing water schemes: Excellent progress has been made in regards to the refurbishment of existing water supply schemes; R17.5 million has been set aside by my Department for these much needed urgent refurbishments, of which the Zululand DM have expended at least R12.5 million. Four of the water schemes are nearly complete and the Odushwini Water Supply Scheme is at 20% completion, it is estimated to be completed by the end of May 2016.

Springs: Four springs have been identified in the Abaqulusi LM for protection and developing by the Zululand DM, using the DWS existing funding. The installation of 10 000l Jojo tanks and reticulation from the tanks to standpipes will be undertaken. The contractors were appointed in the late October 2015 and this work is being fast tracked to be completed by middle March 2016.

Water Tankering: The Abaqulusi LM owns two water tanker trucks and as such, struggles to service the vast areas of the Abaqulusi LM that are without formal water supply. DWS has approved the business plan and had budgeted R 4,123 million for the 7 tankers hired by the Zululand DM to supply water to severely affected areas within its 5 LMs. The Zululand DM confirms that at least two of their tankers were being sent to assist in parts of the Abaqulusi LM periodically.

Further to this, on 19 February 2016 the Zululand DM has allocated R3, 78 Million to Abaqulusi LM to deal with the current drought. The Department of Water and Sanitation, through its Branch: National Water Resource Infrastructure has also made 20 (5000 litres) JoJo tanks available to be used in Vryheid Town when the reticulated water is limited during the restricted period. The department has also set up the committee to monitor the drought situation in the Abaqulusi LM which is currently taking place weekly.

(2) Refer to the table below for the level of dam for the specified periods.

Name of Dam	30 November 2015	31 December 2015	31 January 2015	as at 15 February 2016
Klipfontein Dam	22, 46%,	20, 39%	19, 88%	21, 14%
Grootgewacht Dam	96%	96%	96%	92%
Bloemveld Dam	0%	0%	0%	0%

(3) The Grootgewacht Dam is reserved as a backup resource, when the other resources including the Klipfontein Dam are completely unavailable.

(4) Piped water for Vryheid is safe for human consumption as it goes through water treatment process to meet drinking standard prior to distribution.

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Reply:

(1)(a) The expected delivery date of water to Gauteng is December 2024.

(1)(b) The cost at completion is expected to be R22.9 billion. This includes contingencies, escalations and exchange rate fluctuations.

(1)(c) The second phase will be funded through raising bonds in the market for which Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA), as the funding agency, has National Treasury approval.

(1)(d)(i) Construction contractors have not been appointed yet.

(1)(d)(ii) Consulting engineers have not been appointed yet.

(2)(a) The original cost based on a feasibility study dated 2007 was R6.6 billion. The amount did not include contingencies, escalations and exchange rate fluctuations.

(2)(b) The original completion date for Lesotho Highland Water Project (LHWP) Phase II was 2019.

(3) No, Dr Zodwa Dlamini is not the Republic of South Africa’s (RSA) Chief Delegate for the Lesotho Highland Water Commission (LHWC).

(3)(a) Dr Dlamini was replaced in December 2015.

(3)(b) The Republic of South Africa’s Chief Delegate is Mr. Bhekizwe Nkosi who was appointed in December 2015.

(3)(c) I have appointed the new delegate.

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Reply:

(a) The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been appointed to develop a dam basin management strategy for my Departmental dams, which will inform on where dredging and/or other operative methods could be employed to address the siltation phenomenon. Hazelmere Dam and the Welbedacht Dam are some of the dams subjected to the study which will inform this strategy and subsequent operational strategy development.

(b) The time lines and costs for each siltation management operations plan will be informed by the output of the CSIR project.

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Reply:

1. In the First Edition of the National Water Resource Strategy (NWRS1) of 2004 the total volume of water available from the river systems in South Africa on a reliable basis for 2025 was estimated at 14 166 million m3/a.
2. The total water requirements for 2025 base and high scenario was estimated at 14 230 million m3/a and 16 814 million m3/a respectively. The amount of water that could potentially be available for development in the year 2025 was estimated at 5 410 million m3/a. This surplus amount is however only available in some catchments throughout the country. This analysis was done considering a projected population of 54 million and economic growth trends at the time.

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Reply:

My department and its entities are performing well above the target of 30% in terms of procuring goods and services from Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs).

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Reply:

1. Yes, investigations were conducted most recently on 04 February 2016 to determine the extent of lack of water in Jourbertina, Koukamma Eastern Cape.

(1)(a) It was discovered that the dam level is critically low at 0,5m, the storage enough to last for a day or two.

(1)(a)(i) The gravity pipeline from Joubertina to the Water Treatment Plant is exposed due to flooding.

(1)(a)(ii) The pipeline has to be relocated and other sections have several leaks and have to be repaired/ upgraded.

(1)(b) Funding was made available by my Department to relocate the exposed pipeline including plugging the leaks, Amatola Water has been appointed and is already onsite.

(1)(b)(i) This part of the project should be completed by end March 2016.

(1)(b)(ii) Further repairs to the system will be funded through Accelerated Community Infrastructure Programme (ACIP).

My Department has been involved in Koukamma Local Municipality (LM) since 2014/15 where a community water supply project was implemented to do research on existing water use within the Koukamma area, research on surface water resources within the Koukamma area, investigate raw water storage at Krakeel and investigate the condition of the Kareedouw Water Treatment Works (WTW) and on the groundwater resources within the Krakeel and Kareedouw area.

Based on the outcomes of the research done, the Water Treatment Works (WTW's) of Kareedouw was refurbished since it was basically non-functional. Several boreholes were drilled and equipped, chemical analysis of the water was done and electricity had to be provided where boreholes were drilled. Meters were also installed.

Water Conservation Demand Management (WCDM) Project was also implemented to develop a WCDM strategy. Water Safety Plans were prepared for each of the 11 water supply systems, retrofit Programme (Toilet Retrofit Project) was implemented, awareness and education program was implemented at schools, a water meter and leak audit was done for each and every town in Koukamma LM as well as water balances, marketing and publicity was done through posters, entrance town billboards, pamphlets and information.

2. Yes, my Department is providing assistance to the municipality in the following.

• A 18 000L tanker was sent to Joubertina and has been operational during
  February 2016.
• 200 X 25L of clean water was also sent to Jourbertina on
  1 February 2016
• Amatola Water has been appointed to replace and relocate a section of the exposed bulk pipeline to the town. Leaks will also be detected and repaired. The project is currently under construction.

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Reply:

(1)(a) Sekhukhune: has not yet benefited from De Hoop Dam. The Pump station and water treatment plant at the Steel Bridge as well as the main pipeline that will provide water to Jane Furse is the responsibility of the Sekhukhune District Municipality.

(1)(b) Waterberg: has not yet benefited from De Hoop Dam. Communities in the Waterberg area will only be able to receive water from the system once the Phase 2B pipeline and the extension of the pipeline from Pruissen to Sekuruwe has been installed. This pipeline is not yet constructed. This pipeline is largely commercial, and is highly contested by the Mining House. Discussions with the Mining House are now at a high level.

(1)(c) Capricorn: The communities in the Capricorn district municipal area are currently receiving water from the Olifantspoort water treatment plant which is fed from the Flag Boshielo Dam. As soon as Phase 2D, 2E and 2F are completed, water will be delivered at the Olifantspoort treatment plant from the De Hoop Dam. The current shortages of water in that area will then also be augmented through these pipelines. These phases have not yet been constructed. The project is currently at design phase.

(2)(a) Phase 2C (pipeline from De Hoop Dam to Steelpoort) is under construction and is nearing completion. Phase 2B a pipeline between Flag Boshielo and Pruissen must still be constructed to provide water to platinum mines in the Pruissen area. In order for Phase 2C infrastructure to integrate the Olifants and Steelpoort system with the remaining sub-phases, there is a need to construct the remaining sub-phases (Phase 2D, E and F).

(2)(b) Although Phase 2C pipeline for bulk raw water is projected to be finished by July 2016, for the water to reach the people other works need to be completed by the municipality. The Department will commence with the construction of Phase 2 (bulk distribution system, phase 2D, E and F) in the 2016/17 financial year. The Department is in the process of engaging the municipalities involved in order to assist with the acceleration of reticulation so that the process can run parallel with bulk distribution. It must be noted that the pipelines will not be able to supply water to the villages if the three Water Treatment Plants in the area are not refurbished/ rehabilitated.

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Reply:

There is no decrease in the number of monitored gauging sites. My Department’s annual reports for financial years 2013-14 and 2014-15 indicate that we monitored 1458 sites for the 2013-14 financial year and 1641 sites for 2014-15 financial year.

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Reply:

(a) The water supply systems that were assessed in 2014-15 financial year were totaling at 842 waste water collector and treatment systems and the results have been published in the 2014 Green Drop Report. This information is also available on my Departmental website at www.dws.gov.za/Dir_WS/GDS/News/NewsDefault.aspx

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Reply:

(1) Current capital cost estimate of the project to augment Mangaung and surrounding areas' water supply from Gariep Dam is in excess of R 7 billion.

(2) A Feasibility study will have to be done to confirm the preferred option to obtain water from the Gariep Dam. This is the only part that has been funded as yet and the funding model of the rest of the project will be confirmed as part of the work done during the Feasibility study. Options to be considered will include project finances both on-budget and off-budget..

(3) The fast-tracked implementation programme, consisting of a Feasibility Study, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, and Design and Construction phases, will take 5.5 years to completion. The Feasibility Study will be finalised over an eighteen (18) months period before design and construction can start. Construction is expected to start during financial year 2018/19 with completion during the 2022/23 financial year.

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Reply:

(a) A number of projects in various regional offices and municipalities will be affected by the disapproval of rollover in that their completion date will be delayed due to budgetary shortfall.

(b)(i) The risk will however be mitigated by the reallocation and prioritisation of the 2015/16 allocation towards some of the affected projects on rollover disapproval.

(b)(ii) This will delay the implementation of new projects which were to start in 2015/16 as their allocation would be reprioritised towards rollover.

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Reply:

Refer below for the supply and demand ration for each municipality supplied by each water board.

Water Board	Municipality	Supply and Demand Ratio
Amatola Water	Amathole District Municipality	6.49%
	Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality	6.28%
	Ndlambe	6.22%
Bloem Water	MangaungMetropolitan Municipality	91%
	Naledi Local Municipality	2%
	Kopanong Local Municipality	6%
	Mantsopa Local Municipality	1%
Lepelle Northern Water	Polokwane Municipality	1:1,4%
	Mogalakwena Municipality	1:1,09%
	Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality	1,41:1%
	Greater Letaba Municipality	1: 1,7%
	Greater Tzaneen Municipality	1:1,3%
	Elias Motswaledi/Fetakgomo/Makhuduthamaga municipalities	1,1:1%
	Tubatse Municipality	1:1,75%
	Ephraim Mogale Municipality	1:0,85%
Magalies Water	Bela-Bela Local Municipality	81%
	City of Tshwane Metro	44%
	ModimolleLocal Municipality	93%
	Moses Kotane Local Municipality	132%
	Rustenburg Local Municipality	135%
	Thabazimbi Local Municipality	126%
Mhlathuze Water	City of uMhlathuze	1:1%
	UThungulu	0,1:1%
Overberg Water	The Municipalities supplied are Theewaterskloof and Hessequa in the Western Cape. % cannot be provided per Municipality as the water schemes do not only provide to Municipalities, but also for agricultural customers. Below are schemes
	Duivenhoks	63.96%
	Ruensveld East	44.21%
	Ruensveld West	61.11%
Rand Water	Johannesburg Water	1,784%
	Ekurhuleni	1,185%
	City Of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	864%
	Emfuleni	301%
	Mogale City Municipality	96%
	Metsimaholo Local Municipality	58%
	Rustenburg Municipality	113%
	Govan Mbeki Municipality	77%
	Midvaal	32%
	Merafong	88%
	Randfontein Municipality	32%
	Westonaria Local Municipality	51%
	Lesedi Local Municipality	22%
	Ngwathe Local Municipality - Heilbron Town Council	8%
	Delmas Local Municipality	17%
	Royal Bafokeng Nation	20%
	Madibeng Local Municipality	12%
	Thembisile Local Municipality	39%
Sedibeng Water Free State	Matjhabeng	1,79%
	Nala	1,79%
	Maquassi Hills	1,79%
Sedibeng Water Northern Cape	Dikgatlong LM	1,3%
	Tsantsabane LM	1,3%
	Gamagara LM	1,3%
	Joe Morolong LM	1,4%
	NamaKhoi LM	1,3%
	Khai Ma LM	1,5%
Sedibeng Water North West Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality	Mahikeng	1,10%
	Ditsobotla	1,16%
	RamotshereMoiloa	1,13%
Umgeni Water	eThekwini Municipality	99%
	Msunduzi Municipality	100%
	uMgungundlovu District Municipality	89%
	iLembe District Municipality	8%
	uGu District Municipality	100%
	Harry Gwala District Municipality	89%

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Reply:

Refer to Annexure A for the list of WWTW where the spillages occurred, progress and additional cases reported. The Blue and Green Drop reports, is still due to be submitted to Cabinet for approval in line with the exercise of executive authority in terms of section 85 of the Constitution.

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Annexure A

 

No	Name of WWTW	Name of Municipality	Nature of Spillage	Water Use License
	Alexandria WWTW	Ndlambe Local Municipality	Untreated sewer discharged into the environment from the WWTW.	No Water Use Licence application submitted.
	Cradock WWTW	Chris Hani District Municipality	Final effluent discharged not meeting prescribed General Standard limit.	General Authorisation by the Regional Office
	Bothaville WWTW	Nala Local Municipality	Final effluent discharged not meeting prescribed General Standard limit and malfunctioning pump station causing spillage.	No Water Use Licence application submitted.
	Manhole overflow	Mangaung Metro	Spillage at the manhole due to presence of solids in system.	Not Applicable
	Deneysville WWTW and Refengkgotso Pumpstation	Metsimaholo Local Municipality	Final effluent discharged not meeting prescribed General Standards limit and malfunction at the pump station causing sewer spillage.	Not Applicable
	No WWTW linked to the sewer line.	Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality	Spillage at the manhole due to presence of solids in system.	Not Applicable
	Mokopane WWTW	Mogalakwena Local Municipality	Spillage at the manhole due to presence of solids in system.	No Authorisation
	Matibidi District Hospital WWTW	Matibidi District Hospital WWTW	Untreated sewer discharged into the environment from the WWTW.	No Authorisation
	Thabazimbi WWTW	Thabazimbi Local Municipality-	Final effluent not meeting limits prescribed in the Water Use License.	Authorised: Licence Issued for 21(c,f,g&i) 07/02/2014
	Barkley East WWTW	Joe Gqabi DM - Burgersdorp	Untreated sewer discharged into the environment from the WWTW.
	Ekangala WWTW	Tshwane Metropolitan	Untreated sewer discharged into the environment from the WWTW.
	Wemmershoek WWTW	Stellenbosch Local Municipality	Final effluent not meeting prescribed General Standards limit
	Kathu WWTW	Gamagara Local Municipality	Untreated sewer discharged into the environment from the WWTW.
	Dibeng WWTW	Gamagara Local Municipality	Final effluent not meeting prescribed General Standards limit.
	Dingleton WWTW	Gamagara Local Municipality	Untreated sewer discharged into the environment from the WWTW.
	Olifantshoek WWTW	Gamagara Local Municipality	Final effluent not meeting prescribed General Standards limit.
	Barkley West WWTW	Dikgatlong Local Municipality	Untreated sewer discharged into the environment from the WWTW.
	Warrenton WWTW	Magareng Local Municipality	Final effluent not meeting prescribed General Standards limit.
	Randfontein WWTW	Randfontein Local Municipality	Untreated sewer discharged into the environment from the WWTW.

 

No	Name of WWTW	Name of Municipality	Nature of Spillage
	Standerton WWTW	Lekwa Local Municipality	Final effluent not meeting prescribed General Standards limit.
	Bothaville WWTW	Nala Local Municipality	Final effluent not meeting prescribed General Standards limit.
	Viljoenskroon WWTW	Moqhaka Local Municipality	Final effluent not meeting prescribed General Standards limit.

Reply:

(1)(a) The agreed mega litre to be supplied by Magalies Water is 4.5 mega litres per day.

(1)(b) Magalies Water is currently supplying an average of 2.6 mega litre per day.

(1)(c) The tariff is R5.65 per kilolitre.

(2) Magalies Water is in the process of implementing the Klipvoor scheme, which, upon completion, will augment supply to the Bela-Bela Local Municipality (LM). The scheme will comprise of a new Water Treatment Works and bulk supply mains to the 3 Local Municipalities: Mookgophong, Modimolle and Bela-Bela. The scheme is at detailed design phase and the next phase is tendering. The scheme will be funded mainly by my Department and the shortfall will be funded by the Municipalities and Magalies Water.

(3)(a) The Bela-Bela Treatment Plant is designed to produce 7 megalitres per day.

(3)(b) It is currently producing 6.8 mega litres per day.

(3)(c) The Bela-Bela LM intends to upgrade the purification works to produce 13 mega litres per day. A request for funding through Accelerated Community Implementation Programme (ACIP) and Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) has been submitted to my Department.

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Reply:

(1)(a) The agreed allocation with Modimolle Local Municipality is 5.3 Ml/d.

(1)(b) The supply on average is 3.8 Ml/d. The current plant upgrade at Klipdrift Water Treatment Works will help to close the supply gap and meet contractual obligations.

(1)(c) The cost is R 5.65 /kl.

(2)(a) Yes, the booster pump will be installed at Sondela.

(2)(b) Yes, currently the plant has been upgraded to a capacity of 10 megalitres per day. What needs to be upgraded is a bulk pipeline from Donkerpoort plant to the command reservoir. A technical report has been approved to an amount of R106 million through Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) funding.

(2)(c) No, my Department is not assisting Modimolle municipality in cleaning the reservoirs, however, the municipality is cleaning the reservoirs once a year during winter season.

(2)(c)(i) Modimolle municipality is cleaning the reservoirs once a year during winter season.

(3)(a)(i) There are 8 boreholes in Modimolle with 2 boreholes in use.

(3)(a)(ii)(aa) There are 2 boreholes equipped.

(3)(a)(ii)(bb) There are 2 boreholes functional. The municipality is currently conducting yield tests to 6 boreholes.

(3)(b) The quality of water is within the required standard which is SANS 241 of 2015.

(4)(a) There is a standby pump at Golf Street reservoir.

(4)(b) Refer to (a) above.

(5) Yes. A telemetry system will be installed in Modimolle – the system will be installed as soon as the funding has been made available.

(5)(a) During the implementation of upgrading the bulk pipeline from Donkerpoort plant.

(5)(b) There will be a complete telemetry system from the plant to the distribution system.

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Reply:

(1) The Modimolle Wastewater treatment plant is functional.

(1)(a) The municipality has appointed contractor to upgrade the wastewater treatment works from the initial capacity of 3.5 megalitres per day to 6.5 megalitres per day and to also repair aerators.

(2) To date two Directives dated 22 April 2014 and 21 August 2014 have been issued to the Municipality for the abattoir manhole blockages and ongoing site inspections are conducted to ensure compliance to the Directive and monitor the situation of which the latest inspection was conducted on the 06 November 2015 and it was found that the manhole was operating well and there were no blockages.

(3)(a) The anticipated completion date for Modimolle Waste Water Treatment is February 2016.

(3)(b) The capacity of the new plant will be 6.5 megalitres per day. (c) The final cost will be R43 million.

(3)(d) The budget amount for the project is R43 million.

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Reply:

(1)(a)There are 7 boreholes used in Vaalwater in Limpopo.

 

(1)(b)(i) There are 7 equipped boreholes.

(1)(b)(ii) All 7 boreholes are functional.

 

(1)(c) The quality of water is within the required standard which is SANS 241 of 2015.

(2) The Modimolle Local Municipality (LM) is a Water Service Authority and Water Service Provider, however my Department has allocated an amount of R10 million under the Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) in the current financial year 2015/16 for Modimolle LM. Out of R10 million, Vaalwater is allocated R3.8 million which will be used to supplement the water supply.

(3) The Modimolle LM supplies water through water tankers at Vaalwater merely where there is no reticulation system and any affected areas within Vaalwater.

(4)(a) The cause of the leaks is dilapidated infrastructure.

(4)(b) The Modimolle LM is finalizing the procurement processes of appointing contractors to seal the leaking reservoirs/towers.

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(5)(a) Medium term solution is that the municipality is currently sourcing to explore groundwater development to supplement the current water supply to Vaalwater.

(5)(b)My Department is currently conducting the Mokolo Crocodile Feasibility Study where Vaalwater is anticipated to be covered by the outcomes.

 

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Reply:

1. The capacity of the old water purification plant in Parys, Free State, is 15 Mega litres per day

(2)(a) The new purification plant will add 10 Mega litres per day.

(2)(b) The cost of the specified plant will be R34 million.

(2)(c) The new plant will be completed by the end of December 2015.

(2)(d) An amount of R34 million was budgeted for this project.

(3) Yes, it will be completed within the budgeted amount. The cost obviously differs with capacity size. The fluctuations are as a result of the dollar exchange rate, shipping conditions, and the conditions of the site where the plant is built. Such include the turbidity status of the area where the plant is drawing the water, and the overall layout and terrain of the construction area.

(4) The telemetry system is usually installed at the storage reservoirs (and not at the plant) to monitor and manage the water levels. Programmes such as Sequence Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), is normally utilized for such functions.

The focus of the Water Services Authority (WSA) is to ensure that reservoir levels are

sufficiently filled to provide adequate pressure on the reticulation network and realized sustainable water supply.

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Reply:

(1) Ngwathe is currently engaged in a process of research and development on how to utilise alternative ways of sludge disposal. The Municipality is currently looking at piloting the use of sewer sludge for producing energy. This energy will drive the plant during purification process, whilst preventing pollution. The sludge is also available for Local and neighbouring farmers.

(2) Refer to the table below for the waste water quality status of Parys Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) (January – October 2015).

Local Municipality	WWTW	Period 2015	Chemical	Physical
Ngwathe LM	Parys	January February March	99.9% 0% 99.9%	75% 77.78% 92.86%
		April May June	99.9% 0% 99.9%	0% 0% 88.89%
		July August September	100% 100% 0%	100% 100% 0%
		October	0%	0%
Colour Codes
	95-100%	Excellent
	90 - ≤ 95	Good
	80- ≤90%	Satisfactory
	≤ 80%	Poor

(3)(a) 7.4 Mega litres of water inflow per day.

(3)(b) 7.4 Mega litres of water outflow per day.

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Reply:

1. The capacity of the water purification plant in Koppies, Free State is 3.5 Mega litres per day.
2. Yes, there are plans. Through the Accelerated Community Infrastructure Grant (ACIP), electrical and mechanical components of the plant have been refurbished at a cost of R2.5 million. The project was completed in June 2015. There will still be a need to expand the plant further because of the pending developments in Koppies, mainly of new households - a total of 5000 houses over the next 4 Years.
3. Drinking water quality status for Koppies (January 2015 – October 2015):

Colour Codes
	97-100%	Excellent
	95 - ≤ 97	Good
	90-≤95%	Satisfactory
	75 - ≤90%	Poor
	0-≤75%	Critical State

WSA	WTW	Period 2015	Chemical	Physical	Operational	Monitoring Compliance
Ngwathe LM	Koppies	January February March	77.8% 99.9% 99.9%	99.9% 99.9% 99.9%	92.9% 90% 63.2%	22.9% 15% 26.7%
		April May June	0% 99.9% 99.9%	0% 99.9% 99.9%	0% 95% 99.9%	0% 27.1% 40.4%
		July August September	99.9% 0% 99.9%	99.9% 0% 99.9%	83.3% 0% 99.9%	8.1% 0% 11.5%
		October	0%	0%	0%	0.0%

The municipality was advised to pay more attention to its operational monitoring, especially the microbiological quality to prevent water failures. Action taken by the Department for not uploading full data: non-compliance letter was issued to the Ngwathe Local Municipality.

4. The Wastewater Treatment Plant has been refurbished hence no sludge is directly flowing into the river currently. The dried sludge will be disposed (as per the normal practice) through the local and neighboring farmers.

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Reply:

1. (a) The estimated percentage of non-revenue water the Tlokwe City Local Municipality at the end of 2014/15 municipal cycle was 10,59%.

1. (b) The estimated amount of litres of non-revenue at the end of 2014/15 municipal cycle was 5.2292m/l per day

(2) (a) The estimated percentage of non-revenue at the end of 2010/11 municipal cycle was 12,9 %.

(2) (b) The estimated amount of litres of non-revenue at the end of 2010/11 municipal cycle was 5.34424m/l per day.

(3) The water demand target for Tlokwe City Local Municipality as set by my department’s Water Reconciliation Strategies is 10%

(4) Yes, the Tlokwe City Council has a Water Conservation and Water Demand Management Plan (WCWDM) in place, and the Business Plan has been submitted to my Department for the Accelerated Community Infrastructure Programme (ACIP) financial support for 2016/17 financial year. The project is also included in the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) to cover the following work:

• replacement of water meters older than 10 years
• replacement of bulk water meters
• leak detection and repairs
• replacement of old water mains

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Reply:

1. The Vingerkraal Borehole will not be providing water to Bela-Bela but Vingerkraal community only. My Department and the municipality are not aware of any investigations regarding the service providers in Vingerkraal.

(1)(a) The service provider appointed for Vingerkraal is AURECON SOUTH AFRICA (Pty) Ltd employing a Turn - key implementation method to fast track the project.

(1)(b) The summary of scope is: Ground water study and borehole siting drill and equip 2 boreholes, erect 40kl storage tanks in a tank stand, reticulation pipelines and stand taps, and link the new pipelines to existing network.

(1)(c) The total project cost is R1 700 000.00 (excl: VAT) including professional fees and construction works as per (b) above.

(1)(d) The appointed service provider is in the panel of Civil Engineers appointed following the Supply Chain Regulations and policy of the municipality.

(1)(e) Currently the Geohydrology studies are complete with 3 boreholes drilled; borehole testing and quality analysis is in progress.

(1)(f) The drilled borehole will yield ±4 litres/second and will be able to provide 200 kilolitres/day to Vingerkraal community.

(2) (a) The Bela-Bela Local Municipality is busy with a demand management programme which include bulk meter installations for remote monitoring;

(b) The project is funded by Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) and is currently in its design phase for a remote monitoring technology.

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Reply:

(a) Below are amounts for each province that has been declared a drought disaster area:

Province	Budget Requested	Allocated Budget
KwaZulu-Natal	R 502 304 426.33	R 502 304 426.33
Free State	R311 843 331.00	R0
Mpumalanga	R153 710000.00	R0
Limpopo	R114 600 000.00	R0
North West	R222 211000.00	R0

(b) Funds are re-prioritised in my Department’s budget.

(c) The Municipalities in the affected provinces are paid in accordance with their approved drought intervention plans once work has been completed and on receipt of valid invoices with the necessary supporting documentation. The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province is the only province with allocated funds thus far. As of the 8 December 2015, a total of R 214 713 491.16 has been paid and a further R94 451 166.47 is in the process of being paid in KZN.

(d) Funds are prioritised according to need, level of stress (criticality), expected effectiveness, viability & speed of interventions and numbers of households being affected.

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Reply:

(1)(a) The contract referred to is a bulk water supply contract.

(1)(b) The duration of the contract is for 30 years.

(1)(c) The contract did not go out on tender. My Department allocates water to Water Boards in general, the Water Board (Lepelle Northern Water in this instance) needs to find clients who will utilise such allocation and alternatively other businesses approach LNW to check if the board can meet their demands for either their expansion or extension or starting up a business.

The above is not done through the form of a tender but through water supply agreements between its customers, whether it is industries or Municipalities in LNW’s area of supply.

(2) No, there was no need as this was a normal bulk water supply agreement between LNW and Southern Palace 440 (Pty) Ltd.The contract is valid but has outstanding suspensive conditions which have not yet been agreed to.

(3)(a) R0, 07658 cents per m3 adjustable annually,

(3)(b) Through meters.

(3)(c) The water was intended for Agricultural purposes.

(4) The contract has not been implemented.

(5) No, my Department does not approve agreements, the LNW signs agreements with clients, in line with the delegations of authority.

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Reply:

(1)(a) The reasons for the water supply interruptions to Delmas is due to the following:

• Breakages of the pipeline ageing of bulk water pipe line which was made of Asbestos in Sundra, Rietkol and Eloff.
• Increasing of the pipeline size to increase the volume of water supply in Boetleng.

(1)(b) Remedial actions are as follows:

• With regards to the Sundra, Rietkol and Eloff areas, the Municipality has made a request to the Provincial Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs(COGTA) for the replacement of the Asbestos Pipeline that will be at an amount of R120000 000.
• In terms of the Boetleng area, water has been restored and the community is receiving water without any interruptions.

(1)(c) The date which water supply stabilisation in Victor Khanye will be determined by the outcome of the request submission which has been made to the Provincial COGTA.

(2) As indicated above, the temporary disruptions are an unintended consequence of government efforts to redeem the state of infrastructure within the municipality consequently reducing the risk of breakdowns in future. There is regular liaison with the residents on these infrastructure upgrades. Considering that there is no undue intention to deprive residents of their basic rights, my Department supports the infrastructure upgrades. Naturally, most major infrastructure upgrades may render temporary disruptions; these are intended for the good of all residents concerned. Other than supporting the good cause the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) does not deem necessary to pursue action against the municipality at this stage. The DWS will work together with the municipality to ensure that the process is carried out in a manner that will bring reduced impact to the residents.

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Reply:

 

(1) Yes, my Department has taken steps in line with the National Water Act, Act 36 of 1998 against Govan Mbeki Local Municipality in terms of Section 19 to ensure that pollution or potential pollution does not have a detrimental impact on water resources.

(1)(a) A “notice of intention to issue a directive” and a “directive” (all in terms of Section 19 of the NWA) were issued to Govan Mbeki Local Municipality for pollution incidents as per Table 1 below.

Table 1

Name	Relevant details	Date issued
A directive was issued to Bethal Wastewater Treatment Works	Sewerage spills associated with pump stations failures. A task team was established with other relevant Departments such as (Department of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Human Settlements and Gert Sibande District Municipality to monitor progress on the plan required as per the directive. Currently all the pump stations are operational.	13 January 2013
A notice was issued to Embalenhle Wastewater Treatment Works	Sewerage spills associated with pump stations failures. The plant is currently being refurbished to cater for an extra load.	01 September 2015

(1)(b) See relevant dates as provided in Table 1.

(2) My Department does not allow effluent from being discharged to the environment before being suitably treated. The water quality in the Vaal River system is slightly affected as the current infrastructure of the wastewater treatment works has aged, overloaded and there is lack of maintenance. My Department is responding to this threat by implementing programmes such as Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant. Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant and Accelerated Infrastructure Programme. In addition, the Green Drop reports are compiled annually to provide an indication on the level of compliance of wastewater treatment works and whether conditions of authorisation are met.

(3) There are no health hazards which have been exposed to the communities of the specified towns as the sewerage spills have been localised and the areas rehabilitated speedily after the municipality was notified. In addition, no water is drawn from the adjacent rivers by the communities as potable water is provided by the municipality. Furthermore, my Department’s ongoing regulation and enforcement measures will ensure that any current and future wastewater impacts on the water resources are adequately addressed.

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Reply:

1. Rand Water has 24 primary, secondary and tertiary sites with an additional 74 energy supply points which requires extensive planning for the energy matrix to complement current energy supplies. Rand Water has targeted smaller tertiary sites with smaller energy requirements for installation of mobile energy supplies. However, the larger municipalities such as Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni are part of a larger energy mix. Presentations by potential energy suppliers points to a requirement of between R3 and R10 per KWh which will have a knock-on effect on the potable water tariffs. It is estimated that the total matrix of energy requirements will cost an estimated R20 billion. Given the required capital injection, Rand Water’s investigation informs that it will take up to five years for energy to be produced.
2. The procurement of electricity for Rand Water’s pumping stations from Independent Power Producers has started with proposals sought for the most appropriate technology for large scale and long-term electricity generation plant, and its deployment and utilisation to cover the whole of Rand Water. The assessment has been concluded and enabling further tendering process towards the acquiring of the Independent Power Producers. The tender process will be concluded by first quarter of the year 2016.

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Reply:

(1) There are only Six (6) wastewater treatment works (WWTW) under the metropolitan municipalities reusing effluent. The following are WWTW that are currently treating effluent for reuse:

• eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality reuse wastewater treated at Durban Water Reclamation Plant;
• Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality re-use wastewater treated at Eastbank WWTW;
• City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality re-use water at Baviaanspoort WWTW, Daspoort WWTW;
• Rooiwal WWTW; and
• Zeekoegat WWTW.

Refer to table below for the percentages and purpose of the effluent reused.

Name of Metro	Name of WWTW	Percentage of Re-use	Purpose of effluent reuse
eThekwini Metro	Durban Water Reclamation Plant	100%	100% of 47.5 Ml/d treated at Durban waste reclamation plant is being re-used.
Buffalo City Metro	Eastbank wastewater treatment works (WWTW)	20%	20% of 50 Ml/d treated at Eastbank WWTW is being reused
City of Tshwane Metro	Daspoort WWTW	46.5%	Effluent from Daspoort WWTW flows via the Bon Accord Dam and used for agricultural irrigation. This agricultural use is not measured at point of abstraction by the Municipality.
	Rooiwal WWTW	49.4%	The effluent of the Rooiwal WWTWs used by the Rooiwal Power Station at a rate of 8.6ML/d. There is a long standing operational agreement that the neighbouring farmers must get 8ML/d and the average is currently at about 5ML/d.
	Zeekoegat WWTW	61.4%	The effluent from Zeekoegat WWTW is also used by a Dry Beans Seed Test Centrum (0.8ML/d)and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) (0.6ML/d)
	Baviaanspoort WWTW		Effluent re-use is with respect to internal use for process water and supply of treated effluent to the Pretoria Power Station for cooling purposes. Also it is estimated that a volume of 1.2 Ml/d being re-used for irrigation purposes for internal purposes only.

(2) My Department has encouraged recycling of effluent by municipalities more especially in water stressed areas of our country. Recently Lephalale LM has signed a contract with Resource Generation, which plans to open Boikarabelo Mine in Limpopo. Under the terms of the agreement, Resource Generation will build, operate and maintain a wastewater treatment facility at Marapong for the Boikarabelo mine site. The treated water will be pumped to the firm's planned Boikarabelo mine site through a new pipeline. Resource Generation will pay for the Marapong wastewater treatment plant upgrade works and expansion works to extend capacity to 4Ml a day, increasing to a daily 16Ml by January 2017.

Also in Lephalale, Waterberg Coal Company entered into an agreement with the Lephalale Municipal Council (LMC) to take over the management and operation of the Paarl WWTW for the purposes of supplying water to the Waterberg Coal Projects (WCP). The facility has a treatment capacity of 10 million litres per day.

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Reply:

 

My Department through its Enforcement Unit has investigated a total of One Hundred and Three (103) cases in quarter one and two of this financial year. From the 103 cases, fifty six (56) cases were in terms of the agricultural sector, thirty seven (37) cases were in the mining sector, eight (8) cases were in water service authorities and two (2) cases were regarding organs of state. Refer to Annexure A for details of each case investigated.

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Annexure A

(a) No:	Province	(i)(ii)(iii) Sector	CaseID	(b) (i) Water User	(b)(ii) Regulated Water Use Activities	(b)(iii)Authorization Status	Date Investigated	Case Status
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Government [National/Prov]	-	Albert Falls Dam	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorization	01/24/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	40156	Ally Sand	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorization	6/22/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40193	Amanzi Farm	Storing water; Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorization	8/19/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40145	Arum Valley Estates Pty Ltd	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorization	7/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40203	Aslockton Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorization	9/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Autumn Skies Resources (Pty) Ltd	Taking water from a resource;	Schedule 1		Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	70097	Burk Mining (Pty) Ltd	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorization	4/9/2013	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Byrne Village Lovu Catchment KZN	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	Schedule 1	07/21/2015	Still under investigation
	Eastern Cape	Local Government [WSA/WSP]	10087	Central WWTW	Pollution Discharging waste or water containing waste into a water resource;	No Authorisation	9/3/2015	Still under investigation
	Limpopo	Agriculture	-	CJ Roos Farm	Pollution, Taking water from a resource;	No Authorization	06/03/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40196	Cloverton Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorization	9/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40199	Crover Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorization	9/10/2015	Still under investigation
	Free State	Agriculture	20757	De Berg 453/0 - De Berg Trust	Taking water from a resource;	Existing Law Water use	8/14/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Department of Agriculture – State Land	Control of emergency incidents	No Authorisation	05/26/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40138	DH Heritage Property (Pty) Ltd	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/7/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	70120	Diacor CC/ Good Hope Mine	Pollution Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	9/15/2015	Still under investigation
	Limpopo	Agriculture	50059	Ditubatse Business Enterprise CC	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	8/5/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	70113	E&RKadgame Holdings	Pollution Taking water from a resource; Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characterisctics of a water cource;	No Authorisation	6/24/2015	Still under investigation
	Gauteng	Local Government [WSA/WSP]	30188	Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality	Pollution	No Authorisation	7/21/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40163	Emagxabeni Community Trust	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	7/21/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	70109	EmangMmogo Mining (Pty) Ltd.	Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	5/19/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40135	Erf 1623 Dundee	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ;	No Authorisation	5/26/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40147	ERW Trust / Justin Family Trust	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40148	ESTORF	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40149	FreshmarkCanelands	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/8/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40140	GandhilallChunderlall Farm	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/7/2015	Still under investigation
	Gauteng	Mining	30181	Glen Douglas Dolomite Mine	Taking water from a resource; Discharging waste or water containing waste into a water resource; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource; Removing discharging or disposing of water found underground; Section21k	Existing Law Water use	6/2/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40204	Goodland Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	9/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Limpopo	Agriculture	50058	Greystone 469/32 Machimane Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	8/5/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	70115	Guilford Limited	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	6/17/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Hazelmere Systems KZN	Taking water from a resource;	Schedule 1	07/09/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	-	Helpebietjie Manganese Minefirst	Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	05/21/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Hlanganani Plant and Civil	Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;		05/18/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40143	Honey Glen Family Trust	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	40155	Inter- ocean Sand and Plant Hire	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	7/22/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	40157	Isibaya Manufacturing	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	6/22/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40201	Island View Farm	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	9/10/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	-	Kareepan Manganese Miningfirst	Taking water from a resource;	Schedule 1	05/20/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40200	Kedron Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	9/10/2015	Still under investigation
	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	-	KleinbeginBoerdery Piggery & Abattoir	Pollution	N/A	06/18/2015	Still under investigation
	Limpopo	Agriculture	50056	Klipdrift Farm: MakepiseAgri (Pty) Ltd	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	8/13/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Northern Cape	Mining	-	Kudumane Manganese Mining NC	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;		06/25/2015	Still under investigation
	North West	Mining	80142	Logibrik Brick Works	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/9/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Gauteng	Local Government [WSA/WSP]	-	Mafube Villiers (Gauteng)	Pollution	No Authorisation	09/15/2015	Still under investigation
	Limpopo	Local Government [WSA/WSP]	50063	Makhado DorpsRivier Abstraction	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	9/2/2015	Still under investigation
	Gauteng	Agriculture	30190	Marais Trust- PORTION 216 Oudedorp 376	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	Existing Law Water use	8/6/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40144	Marcel Wittig Family Trust	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	-	Marlow Boerdery Milking Parlours (EC)	Taking water from a resource;	Schedule 1	08/12/2015	Still under investigation
	North West	Agriculture	80134	Melrose 524 JP8, Inyati Lodge	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	6/3/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Mondi Paper KZN	engaging in a stream flow reduction activity contemplated in section 36;		07/22/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	-	Morokwa Manganese	Taking water from a resource; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	05/19/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Mr. FaizalAkoonjee	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	04/22/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Mr. Vishal Ramlakan Sands	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	04/23/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40146	Neil Witting Family Trust	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40162	New Brough Grange Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	7/21/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Local Government [WSA/WSP]		New England Landfill	Pollution		05/20/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	40154	Njomane Investment	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	6/24/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	70105	North Cape Mining (Pty) Ltd	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	5/19/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40142	Nundhlal Farm S29.56967” E 31.01504	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/7/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40141	Nundhlal Farm S29.56984” E 31.01596	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/7/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	-	Pensfontein Manganese Mining	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	05/22/2015	Still under investigation
	Limpopo	Mining	50051	Radoo (Nyakelani) village	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	7/1/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40139	RamnarainPraimrajh Farm	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/7/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40158	RampulShanthee Farm	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/7/2015	Still under investigation
	Gauteng	Local Government [WSA/WSP]	-	Refengkgotso Waste Water Treatment Works	Pollution; Discharging waste or water containing waste into a water resource through a pipe, canal, sewer, sea outfall or other conduit;	No Authorisation	06/22/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	70102	Rex Exploration (Pty) Ltd	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	5/20/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Richards Bay Mining Pty Ltd	Engaging in a stream flow reduction activity contemplated in section 36;	No Authorisation	04/23/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Rietfontein and Riet Vallei Farms	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	Water Use License	05/06/2015	Still under investigation
	Limpopo	Agriculture	50057	Rietvlei Farm Portion 29	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	8/5/2015	Still under investigation
	Northern Cape	Mining	70103	Ringside Trading 520 (Pty) Ltd	Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	5/20/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Riverbend(KZN)	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	09/22/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Riverside Farm KZN	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	07/22/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	40159	RochRoopnarain Side	Taking water from a resource; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	6/26/2015	Still under investigation
	North West	Local Government [WSA/WSP]		Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant	Pollution; Discharging waste or water containing waste into a water resource through a pipe, canal, sewer, sea outfall orother conduit;		09/09/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	S & S Mining (KZN)	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	04/23/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Sand Mining (Crocodile Creek Farm)	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	04/23/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Sand Mining (Mr. Byron Biller owner of Inter Ocean)	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	04/23/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	40136	Sand mining activities at Wasbank river in KZN	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	5/26/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Sand Mining Umgeni near N2 Bridge	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	04/23/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Sand Mining Umgeni River	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	04/23/2015	Still under investigation
	Gauteng	Government [National/Prov]	30169	SANRAL and Tau Pele Construction Company	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	5/6/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Northern Cape	Mining	-	Selective Sands (NC)	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	04/23/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Sendhlm Farm KZN Silverleaf Farm KZN	Storing water;	No Authorisation	07/23/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Sigh Harware and Espirit Investments	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	06/26/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	-	Spekboomberg Dairy (EC)	Pollution	No Authorisation	08/12/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40198	Stockton Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	9/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	10072	Stormberg Abattoir	Pollution;	No Authorisation	6/24/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	North West	Local Government [WSA/WSP]	-	Sunderland Ridge WWTW	Pollution; Discharging waste or water containing waste into a water resource through a pipe, canal, sewer, sea outfall orother conduit;		08/06/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40195	Sunnyside Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	9/10/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40151	Sunshine	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Limpopo	Agriculture	-	Tia Farming (LP)	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;Discharging waste or water containing waste into a water resource through a pipe, canal, sewer, sea outfall orother conduit;	No Authorisation	08/05/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Tongaat-Hulett Heatonville	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	05/18/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Tri Sand cc	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	06/26/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Ubuntu Sand and Blocks	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	05/18/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mining	-	Umzumbe Mining Company	No Water Use Activities	N/A	04/02/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40205	Valhalla Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	9/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40197	Vlei Villa Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	9/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	10067	VleilandLRCopeman	Storing water; Discharging waste or water containing waste into a water resource; Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;	No Authorisation	8/12/2015	Still under investigation
	Eastern Cape	Agriculture	10086	VLR Trust	Engaging in a controlled activity Disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource; Section21h;	No Authorisation	9/3/2015	Administrative Enforcement Taken
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	-	Vrystaat Farming Durleigh Farm	Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	04/24/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40153	VusiOakford community/ KWA-Zulu Natal Department of Housing	Taking water from a resource;	No Authorisation	7/9/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40161	Wiveton Plant Growers	Taking water from a resource; Storing water; Impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse ; Altering the bed; banks, course or characteristics of a water course;	No Authorisation	7/20/2015	Still under investigation
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Agriculture	40206	Wozani Farm	Taking water from a resource; Storing water;	No Authorisation	9/10/2015	Still under investigation

Reply:

(1)(a) The previous suspended Director-General, Mr Maxwell Sirenya was appointed as Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Eastern Cape: Catchment Management Agency (CMA), in terms of the President’s Minute 45 of 2015 from 1 March 2015 until he reaches the age of 65 years.

(1)(b) Mr Maxwell Sirenya is appointed on salary level 16.

(2) Yes, the Director-General is appointed on salary level 16 and her transfer from the Office of the Premier: Gauteng Provincial Government was approved by the President of the Republic of South Africa on the 26 February 2015.

The Director-General has the following qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts Degree (University of the Western Cape);
• Bachelor of Arts with Honours (University of the Witwatersrand);
• Higher Diploma in Education (University of the Witwatersrand);
• Master’s degree in Psychology (University of the Western Cape); and
• Advanced Executive Programme (Graduate School of Business Leadership – UNISA).

The Director-General meets the minimum entry requirements in terms of executive management experience and academic qualifications with nine (9) years of experience the public sector.

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Reply:

(1) Ngwathe Local Municipality is currently engaged in a process of research and development on how to utilize alternative ways of Sludge disposal. The Municipality is currently looking at piloting the use of sewer sludge for producing energy. This very energy will be used to drive the wastewater treatment plant, whilst preventing pollution. The Sludge is also available for Local and neighbouring farmers. Furthermore activated sludge is needed inside the aeration tanks to improve the process.

(2) The full details of the quality of the water tested from the specified plant can be provided by the specified municipalities for the period in question.

(3) The design capacity of the plant is 5.5Ml/day. Inflow and outflow readings per day can be provided by the Ngwathe Local Municipality.

(4) The sewage is no longer flowing to the oxidation ponds as the plant is operational.

(5) The project was budgeted for R17 000 000.00 and the actual cost is R16 889 500.00. The scope of work included the refurbishment of wastewater treatment works, Outfall sewer line, dry beds and three pump stations. Two main contractors were appointed.

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Reply:

(1)(a) Bela-Bela Waste Water Treatment Plant in Limpopo is installed with three Biofilters, two are fully functional and one is not in working order due to a faulty pump. This process is followed by two humus tanks, both are operational however there is a standby pump that is faulty, thus reducing standby capacity of the plant should the pump in duty fail. The two anaerobic digesters installed are both blocked and non-functional.

(1)(b) The municipality has appointed a service provider to maintain the non-functional components of the waste water treatment plant and the contractor is on site and is anticipated to complete work by end of February 2016.

(2)(a) Yes the plant will be upgraded (b) the municipality has developed a Business Plan to source funding under Accelerated Community Infrastructure Programme (ACIP) for the upgrade of the plant. The Business Plan is still under evaluation.

(3) The capacity of Bela-Bela Waste Water Treatment Plant is 5 mega litres /day.

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Reply:

My Department is currently undertaking a comprehensive functional assessment of the 850 waste water treatment plants for South Africa.

The immediate priority and intervention is that my Department has appointed a professional service provider under its Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) programme to deal with the 26 plants in the Vaal River System. This is in line with my Department’s National Campaign entitled War on Water Pollution.

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Reply:

Yes my Department did comply with recommendations of the SA Human Rights Commission Report. During 2011/2012 financial year the Department provided training on process control to Emalahleni Local Municipality, extending to all Water Services Authority (WSA) within the Mpumalanga Province. In addition to the training provided the Department undertakes annual symposia on water quality compliance training as part of the blue drop compliance assessment process. The most recent symposium on the assessment tool were held from 30 - 31 July 2015.

As recommended by the report, the Department undertakes regular water quality compliance monitoring aimed at determining the safety of water for human use. The supply and infrastructure monitoring is carried through the blue drop assessment programme.

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Reply:

 

(1) Royalties, as defined in the Treaty, are paid to the Government of Lesotho for the benefit of receiving South Africa’s share of the yield from the Orange River through the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), a gravity scheme, rather than through the least cost Orange-Vaal Transfer Scheme (OVTS), a pumping scheme wholly located within South Africa. Royalties are based on the amount of water actually delivered and correspond to 56% of the capital, operation and maintenance and pumping electricity cost savings realised by Republic of South Africa (RSA) through the implementation of the LHWP water transfer component rather than the costlier next best Orange Vaal Transfer Scheme.

In terms of Article 12, Paragraph (10) of The Treaty between Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho, royalties comprise of a fixed and a variable component. The cost savings on capital costs are referred to as fixed royalties since a fixed amount in real terms is paid out as royalties every month. The compensation will be for fifty years and commenced from January 1995.

The variable portion is related to the cost savings on O&M costs and amounts related to the pumping electricity cost savings and these amounts depend on water actually delivered to RSA. The variable component is based on the volume of water delivered to South Africa and is made up of the net benefit on being able to gravitate from LHWP rather than pumping from OVTS. It comprises:

• The difference in electricity costs. This component is adjusted on a monthly basis in accordance with the Producer Price Index (PPI) and corrected on a yearly basis when the Eskom selling price of electricity becomes available (usually in October of every year), and
• The difference in operation and maintenance costs, which is also adjusted on a monthly basis in accordance with the PPI.

(2) Refer to table below. Please note that the price per cm3 for both the O&M and the electricity is determined on a monthly basis due to the monthly PPI adjustments, the amounts reflected below are therefore the average price for the year.

(3) No, there is no sliding scale. The royalties are calculated as per (1) above as stipulated in the Treaty.

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Reply:

(a) Currently, my Department is implementing 329 Water Supply Projects through the Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant within the 27 prioritized district municipalities as well as 33 Regional Bulk Schemes. The 33 Bulk Schemes consist of 30 Bulk Water Supply and 3 Bulk Waste Water Schemes. Refer to Annexure A.

(b) The following projects are located in Priority District Municipalities (colour coded in yellow) and a total of 230 Sanitation Projects. Refer to Annexure B.

The Bucket Eradication (BEP) programme is aimed at eradicating the legacy of bucket toilets in use as a form of sanitation in formal areas. This programme in the main seeks to deliver water borne sanitation to peri urban and urban settlements neglected with the provision of sanitation. The programme will include the construction of water and sewer reticulation (which ever is applicable or appropriate) complimented with new Toilet structures (replacing the bucket toilet) with connections to the bulk water and sewer (Waste Water Treatment Works). Alternatively, where water availability is a challenge and bulk infrastructure (Waste Water Treatment Works) not available and or the settlement patterns (low and dispersed settlements) as well as topography does not allow, alternative sanitation solutions will be provided i.e Dry, on site sanitation.

The Rural Household Infrastructure Grant (RHIG) programme seeks to provide basic level of service to households in amongst other the 27 Priority District Municipalities in South Africa (see table). The RHIG Grant allocation takes place in two fold i.e Direct and Indirect Grant. The Division of Revenue Act defines a Schedule 5b grant (which are grants allocated to municipalities for a specific purpose) are direct transfers to District Municipalities whereas Schedule 6B (Allocations-in-kind to municipalities for designated special programmes) grants to Local municipalities. In the main, the solution provided is a dry, on-site sanitation or a Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine (VIP) toilet addressing issues of water scarcity, bulk infrastructure availability, often dispersed settlement patterns and unfavourable topography.

Both Sanitation Projects are funded through a National Treasury Grant and for the 2015/16 financial Year, a total of R975 399 000,00 million is allocated towards the Bucket Eradication Programme and R115 510 million for the Rural Household Infrastructure Grant (RHIG) of which R48 182m is for direct grant (Schedlue 5B) and R67 328m is an Indirect Grant (Schedule 6B).

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With regards to Bucket Eradication Programme, the Implementing Agents in 2014/15 financial year was Public Entities affiliated to the Troika Departments and are as follows:

PROVINCE	IMPLEMENTING AGENT
Eastern Cape	Nurcha
Free State	Bloemwater
Limpopo	Lepelle Northern Water
North West	Magalies Water
Northern Cape	Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) Sedibeng Water

However, following a recommendation from the Select Committee on Appropriations, the Department will phase out the use of Public Entities and accordingly, appointed Turnkey Contractors in the provinces where bucket toilets are still prevalent and include North West, Northern Cape, Free State and Eastern Cape.

With regards to the Rural Household Infrastructure Grant (RHIG) my Department will transfer the Direct Grant (allocation) to all Water Services Authorities (WSA’s) for implementation whereas the Indirect Grant (allocation) will see the appointment of suitable contractors by my Department for implementation. Refer to Annexure C.

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Reply:

(1) There are a total of companies appointed as Professional Service Providers.

(2)(a)(i) The Department has evaluated all the proposals submitted by the Professional Service Providers in terms of the preferential procurement policy regulations, 2011 pertaining to the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act no.5 of 2000 (PPPFA). All invited bids were evaluated on the basis of functionality as a criterion taking into account quality, reliability, viability and durability of a service and the bidders’ technical capacity and ability to execute a contract.

(2)(a)(ii) When the bids were invited, the following aspects were clearly specified in the bid documents:

• Evaluation criteria for measuring functionality

The evaluation criteria may include criteria such as the consultant’s relevant experience for the assignment, the quality of the methodology, the qualifications of the key personnel, transfer of knowledge etc.

- Weight of each criterion

The weight that is allocated to each criterion was not generic but determined separately for each bid on a case by case basis.

- Applicable value

The applicable values that were utilized when scoring each criterion were objective. As a guide, values ranging from 1 being poor, 2 being average, 3 being poor, 4 being very good and 5 being excellent, were utilized.

- Minimum qualifying score for functionality

The minimum qualifying score that was obtained for functionality in order for the bid to be considered further was not generic but specific for each bid. It was determined separately for each bid on a case by case basis. The minimum qualifying score was not prescribed so low that it jeopardized the quality of the service required nor so high that it was restrictive to the extent that it jeopardized the fairness of the SCM system.

(3) Responded to in (1) above.

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