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This presentation discusses the current water quality status in the OR Tambo District Municipality, highlighting challenges and interventions. The district faces issues such as inadequate access to water services and a high percentage of the population using untreated water for consumption. The presentation also outlines current interventions and available funds for addressing water quality.
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O.R TAMBO DISTRICT STATUS ON WATER QUALITY Presentation to: Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Water Affairs and Forestry Date : 18 June 2008 By : Executive Mayor – Cllr. RZ. CAPA
Background O R Tambo District Municipality (DC 15) is located along the coast of the Eastern Cape Province within the former Transkei. The total population is approximately 1.7 million spread across seven local municipalities, namely King Sabata Dalindyebo, Nyandeni, Port St Johns, Ingquza Hill, Mbizana, Ntabankulu and Mhlontlo. The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry owned all water schemes in this region including provisioning in the rural areas. Local Municipalities were responsible for provisioning in the urban areas. The District Municipality became both the Water Service Authority and Water Service Provider throughout its area of jurisdiction since July 2003. With Effect from April 2004 all schemes (both rural and urban) were transferred (assets and liabilities) to the District Municipality in their existing status. This included amongst others the following:- • Usage and demand of most town water and sewage treatment plants is beyond their design capacity, which are also unlicenced. • Neglected, old infrastructure, mostly in a state of disrepair. • Lack of skilled human resource to effectively operate the schemes (non compliance with legislative requirements with regards to classification and operation of water plants). • All urban schemes in LMs owed DWAF for raw water approximately R53million and the DM inherited that debt as well The resulting situation is that
Status On Access To Water Services • Only 36% of population/households of ORTDM have access to RDP standard water • 50.4% of households still get water from rivers/streams • The rest either use springs or rain water tanks or other sources • 62% of the population do not have an adequate level of sanitation (at least a VIP or equivalent). • Of the 62% mentioned above, 172,582 households are located in the rural areas of the district.
Level of Water Service Per Local Municipality Some of the borehole schemes in Mbizana have dried up and therefore increasing the backlog
SANS 241: 2000 • SANS 241: 2000 water quality standards applies only to 36% of the population of ORTDM. • The biggest challenge the District is faced with is that 64% of the population are still using untreated water for human consumption.
The relationship between various role-players at National, Provincial and Local level
Monthly reports to DWAF on water quality • Biological analysis results are submitted to DWAF every month by means of Water Quality Management System. Funds available to address water quality issues 2008/2009 • R3,5m for water purification chemicals • R1,3m for water quality monitoring and sampling 2008/2009-2010/2011 • R 407 million MIG • R 40,2 million DWAF (bulk infrastructure)
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