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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE WORKSHOP

PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE WORKSHOP. WATER SERVICES 03 AUGUST 2004. KFA 10 Ensure provision of sustainable basic water supply and sanitation for improved quality of life and poverty alleviation. (will discuss backlogs,MIG,sanitation and free basic water).

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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE WORKSHOP

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  1. PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE WORKSHOP WATER SERVICES 03 AUGUST 2004 Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  2. KFA 10 Ensure provision of sustainable basic water supply and sanitation for improved quality of life and poverty alleviation (will discuss backlogs,MIG,sanitation and free basic water) Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  3. Water Supply Perspective(Census 2001 updated to Mar 2004) Standpipes further than 200m + boreholes Unacceptable River, pool, dam, stream Standpipes less than 200m Water in house or in yard 31.5 m (66%) 5.5 m (12%) 6 m (13%) 4.4 m (9%) Total population : 47.4million 4.4 m (9%) Perspective 1: People to be brought up to a bare minimum supply I.e. safe source but still lacking quality 10.4 m (22%) Perspective 2: Total people to be brought to within 200m. 15.9 m (34%) Perspective 3: Total people to be brought up to in-house/yard connections. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry Note : These figures reflect access to infrastructure, not necessarily effective services e.g water quality, flow & sustainability

  4. Sanitation Perspective(Census 2001 updated to Mar 2004) Unacceptable None, pit latrine, buckets, chemical (1.8 m people using buckets ) Flush toilet (connected to sewer systems or septic tank) VIP 26.1 m 55% 4.2m 9 % 17.1m 36% Total population : 47.4million 17.1 m (36%) Perspective 1: Total people to be brought to VIP. 21.3 m (45%) Perspective 2: Total people to be brought up to flush toilet level of service. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry Note : These figures reflect access to infrastructure, not necessarily effective services

  5. Sanitation Backlog • +- 17 million people lack access to basic sanitation. • 11.7% of schools have no access to adequate sanitation • 15% of clinics lack access basic sanitation • 400 000 households still use bucket sanitation. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  6. Sanitation Delivery 1994 – March 2004 • DWAF 1.31 million people • DPLG 2.53 million • Housing 2.71 million • DPW/DoE/schools 0.24 million • Loc Gov/NGO’s 0.34 million TOTAL 7.1 million Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  7. Sanitation Challenges • 300 000 households to be served this year • Backlog to be cleared by 2010 • All schools to be served by March 2005 • All buckets eradicated by 2006 • Budget allocated to municipalities through MIG. • Uncertainties in the roll out of MIG Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  8. Sanitation Challenges • Sanitation not a priority of other Departments • Sanitation not well addressed in WSDPs/ IDPs • High expectation for Higher levels of services • Lack of understanding of community-based approach Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  9. RECOMMENDATIONS • Political mobilisation of WSAs to prioritise sanitation • Budget allocations has to match backlog eradication targets • Establish support needs of WSA’s and develop programme of support • Health and Hygiene education programme must be part of the sanitation programme • Sanitation to be well covered in WSDP’s • Establish mechanisms to ensure MIG funds meet Sanitation goals. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  10. The MIG and DWAF’s new role • Funds for basic services directly allocated to municipalities. • Interim phase in period • MIG is a conditional grant • DWAF negotiated set of sector conditions • Planning very important-DWAF to guide and support process Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  11. MIG and DWAF’s new role (2) • Ensure that government’s objectives are met. • Monitor and regulate against national policy and conditions • Share information and intervene where necessary • Report progress to Cabinet. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  12. Free Basic Water Progress • Pop served is 30.55mil (65.6% of total, or 73.4 % of those with infrastructure) • Of the estimated 29.38mil poor, 51.5% are currently served • 161 of the 170 WSA’s (94.7 %) claim to be implementing FBW • But if above is true, then why do so many claim not to be receiving FBW? • 1. Some provide FBW only in part of municipality • 2. Some provide only to the poor • 3. Many without access. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  13. Free Basic Water Progress (2) • 4. Experience has shown that some who claim not to be getting FBW actually do, but don’t understand that their free allocation is limited to the basic amount • 5. Difficult for DWAF to verify WSA figures without doing a national count. (Figures inflated?) • FBW lets local government apply credit control from a moral high ground - no one now has an excuse for not paying for consumption above the free basic amount. This is vital to municipal financial sustainability. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  14. Free Basic Water Challenges (1) Note: Most problems are not FBW specific, but affect FBW nevertheless • Equitable Share S-grant not used for basic services, (ES unconditional grant) • Some WSA’s claim financial constraints • Inequitable allocation of ES, (in favour of more larger, more capacitated WSA’s such as metros). Local government finance study should address this. • Water tariffs do not reflect actual cost of water – our water too cheap. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  15. Free Basic Water challenges (2) • WSA capacity constraints • Inefficient operational and admin systems, especially regarding credit control. Thus poor cost recovery • Operating subsidies must not over time subvert capital grants i.e. inefficient schemes must not consume all the money • Poor are neglected, usually the last to benefit. • DWAF to intensify support and investigations into reported cases Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  16. KFA 11 Ensure effective and sustainable delivery of water services to underpin economic and social development Discuss Strategic Framework for Water services, Regulation and planning Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  17. What is the Strategic Framework for Water Services (SFWS)? • Comprehensive approach to the provision of water services (water supply and sanitation) • It puts forward a vision for the water services sector for the next ten years • Sets out an umbrella framework to enable the sector vision to be achieved • Updates the 1994 White Paper on Community Water Supply & Sanitation. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  18. Implementing the SFWS (1) • SFWS is framework • SALGA / DWAF: Declaration to cooperate & jointly implement SFWS • Further work (detail strategies) to be coordinated through sector task teams, • Joint communication roll-out (complete) • Legislative review • to amend WSAct to reflect SFWS and align with other sector legislation • Strategic Assessment Report • DWAF to report on sector performance and to recommend on strategic direction of sector. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  19. Implementing the SFWS (2) Institutional Reform: • (detail in next slides) Regulatory Strategy • detail in later slides Monitoring and information management • Crucial for all functions. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  20. WS Regulation • The overall objective of Water Services Regulation is to protect the consumer and public interests by: • Norms and standards regulation. Ensure compliance with national norms and standards. E.g. drinking water quality,interruptions • Economic regulation. The regulation of investments, tariffs and service provision efficiency. • Contract regulation. The regulation of contracts between WSAs & WSPs. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  21. Actions:WS Regulation To protect the consumer and public interests the following is planned: • Detail WS Regulatory Framework and procedures • Performance monitoring • Performance reporting on key indicators • Intervention strategy • Surveys. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  22. KFA 12 Ensure effective water services institutions Discuss institutional reform Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  23. Institutional reform of water services provision Reform objectives Why need to reform? sector? • Sustainable provision • Improve performance • Improve financial viability • Improve accountability • Use capacity optimally • Improve efficiency of water use • Improve regulation • Lack of financial viability • Under-investment • Poor revenue management • Need for financing • Lack of capacity • Inefficiencies and economies of scale Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  24. Institutional reform • PHASE 1: • A national institutional reform strategy will be developed – including framework for co-operation and decision making • Cabinet agreement to strategy • Set up national restructuring task team (DWAF, DPLG, SALGA, National Treasury, SAAWU) • Improve governance and regulation of Water Boards. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  25. Institutional reform PHASE 2: • Case-by-case investigations into institutional reform in terms of national strategy and in response to local demands • Implementation of the institutional reform on a case-by-case basis • DWAF to ensure that national and regional interests are taken into account. Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

  26. The END Thank you Department of Water Affairsand Forestry

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