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Regional Technical Meeting Pretoria, South Africa. Environmental & Socio-Economic (Data Collection & Processing). Bothepha Mosetlhi. 20-22 October 2014. Pretoria, South Africa. Environmental & Socio-Economic Variables. Environmental Variables : D.1 : Natural Groundwater Quality
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Regional Technical Meeting Pretoria, South Africa Environmental & Socio-Economic (Data Collection & Processing) Bothepha Mosetlhi 20-22 October 2014 Pretoria, South Africa
Environmental & Socio-Economic Variables • Environmental Variables: • D.1: Natural Groundwater Quality • D.2: Groundwater Pollution • D.3: Solid Waste & Waste Water Management • D.4: Shallow Groundwater Table & Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems • Socio-Economic Variables: • E.1: Population • E.2: Groundwater Use • E.3: Surface Water Use • E.4: Dependency of the Industry and Agriculture on Groundwater • E.5: % of Population Covered by Public Water Supply • E.6: % of Population Covered by Sanitation • E.7: Gender Inclusion & Access to Knowledge-Generating Entities, Projects, and Machineries
Kgalagadi District – (Stampriet Aquifer largely in this administrative region) Ghanzi District - (Stampriet extends over to the adjacent around the Ncojane area) Study Area
Stampriet Delineation in Botswana Geo-referenced Boundary of Stampriet TBA (Source: Project Hydrogeologist)
Distribution of Refuse disposal by villages in Kgalagadi North
Distribution of Refuse disposal by villages in Kgalagadi South
Distribution of Toilet facility by Villages in Kgalagadi North
Distribution of Toilet facility by Villages in Kgalagadi South
CHALLENGES: • Unavailability of data or reports from relevant government departments - even the departments that have commissioned and completed studies that are relevant for this project. Also, records are poorly kept and there is just no proper archiving of consultancy reports and other material in government departments. As a result, the specialist has spent a lot of time moving back and forth looking for the reports in different organisations including consultancy firms. The latter group has not been readily keen to provide the requested reports. We are however continuing to pursue them • Shift in rural area water supply or management from DWA to WUC. The latter has just started to establish themselves in rural areas and everything is at an infancy stage. This means for data relating to abstraction levels and pollution monitoring we will have to still rely on DWA and the Kgalagadi District Council past records which have been generated and kept in rural areas.
CHALLENGES: • Basically the specialist has mainly been consulting with central government departments in Gaborone and Lobatse (DGS) while data (e.g. that relating to groundwater pollution monitoring and abstraction levels) is generated or kept in the district by the local authorities. There is generally lack of coordination and consistency with data management • The Kgalagadi District is generally remote, less researched and huge with the District Headquarters (Tsabong) and Sub-headquarters (Hukuntsi) where the local authorities are quite spread apart. Thus, two separate trips are needed to visit both the two headquarters; Tsabong in Kgalagadi South and Hukuntsi in Kgalagadi North.
GENDER ASPECT RELATED CHALLENGES : • The newly infused gender-related questions on ground water use, water supply, sanitation, WASH and transboundary governance pose a big challenge because they require household and institutional surveys and interviews and in some case observation of phenomena and variables. • This is beyond the scope and timeframe of the Stampriet study because with it the focus is on analysis of documents and records, with just little room for field visits to study records and information kept in the study area.
CHALLENGES: Among the challenges encountered are the following: • Unavailability of data or reports from relevant government departments - even the departments that have commissioned and completed studies that are relevant for this project. Also, records are poorly kept and there is just no proper archiving of consultancy reports and other material in government departments. As a result, the specialist has spent a lot of time moving back and forth looking for the reports in different organisations including consultancy firms. The latter group has not been readily keen to provide the requested reports. We are however continuing to pursue them • Shift in rural area water supply or management from DWA to WUC. The latter has just started to establish themselves in rural areas and everything is at an infancy stage. This means for data relating to abstraction levels and pollution monitoring we will have to still rely on DWA and the Kgalagadi District Council past records which have been generated and kept in rural areas. • Basically the specialist has mainly been consulting with central government departments in Gaborone and Lobatse (DGS) while data (e.g. that relating to groundwater pollution monitoring and abstraction levels) is generated or kept in the district by the local authorities. There is generally lack of coordination and consistency with data management • The Kgalagadi District is generally remote, less researched and huge with the District Headquarters (Tsabong) and Sub-headquarters (Hukuntsi) where the local authorities are quite spread apart. Thus, two separate trips are needed to visit both the two headquarters; Tsabong in Kgalagadi South and Hukuntsi in Kgalagadi North.
