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Presentation to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Water Affairs and Forestry. LEPELLE NORTHERN WATER. 19 th MARCH 2007. STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION. Area of supply Background Achievements Market development Challenges Way forward. AREA OF SUPPLY.
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Presentation to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Water Affairs and Forestry LEPELLE NORTHERN WATER 19th MARCH 2007
STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION • Area of supply • Background • Achievements • Market development • Challenges • Way forward
AREA OF SUPPLY The Board will be expanding into all Water Service Authorities – to capture 100% market share
SCHEME NAME SOURCE CUSTOMER CAPACITY Phalaborwa Lepelle (Olifants) River ØBa-Phalaborwa Municipality. ØMines. 150 ML/Day Politsi Makgobaskloof Dam ØGreater Letaba Municipality. 7 ML/Day Modjadji Modjadji Dam ØGreater Letaba Municipality. 3 ML/Day Nkowankowa Letaba River ØTzaneen Municipality 24 ML/Day Ebenezer Ebenezer Dam ØTzaneen Municipality. ØPolokwane Municipality 48 ML/Day Olifantspoort Lepelle (Olifants) River ØPolokwane Municipality. ØCapricorn District. 30 ML/Day Doorndraai Doorndraai Dam ØMokgalakwena Municipality. 12 ML/Day Flag Boshielo Flag Boshielo Dam ØGreater Sekhukhune 8 ML/Day AREA OF SUPPLY Cont…
Background(Recent appointments) • New board appointed in December 2006 • CE appointed Feb 2007 • CFO appointed March 2007 • Recruitment of GM Operations to be finalised April 2007
WATER SERVICE AUTHORITY % MARKET STATUS Capricorn District Municipality 14% Negotiations are at an advanced stage. Conclusion by January 2007. Polokwane Local Municipality 10% Agreement of 25 years has been entered into on 01 February 2005 Mopani District Municipality 22% Negotiations are at an advanced stage. Conclusion by March 2007. Greater Sekukhune District Municipality 22% Appointment has been confirmed, finalizing the term of the contract. Vhembe District Municipality 25% Negotiations are at an advanced stage. Conclusion by January 2007. Mokgalakwena Local Municipality 6% Agreement of 30 years has been entered into on 01 May 2003. MARKET DEVELOPMENT
CHALLENGES • Rehabilitation and refurbishment of infrastructure. • Continuous increase in demand for water. • Outstanding debts (Ba-Phalaborwa) • Protracted section 78 process • Capacity constraints
WAY FORWARD • Improved governance • Improvement and expansion of infrastructure • Implement turn-around strategy for Ba-Phalaborwa • Finalise population of the structure • Finalise outstanding Service Level Agreements with WSA’s • Improve relations with all stakeholders in the sector