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Overview: 2008/2009 Annual report. Presentation by Ms N Ngele the Acting Director- General Department: Water Affairs (DWA). Presentation Outline. Key highlights Key challenges Available options. 2. Key highlights: year under review. 3. Key highlights: year under review. 4.
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Overview: 2008/2009 Annual report Presentation by Ms N Ngele the Acting Director- General Department: Water Affairs (DWA)
Presentation Outline Key highlights Key challenges Available options 2
Key challenges Inadequate investment and funding • Water resources infrastructure • Water Conservation & Water Demand Management • Deterioration of transferred infrastructure to municipalities • Funding for refurbishment of category B and C plantations • Funding for forest enterprise development 5
Key challenges Regulation • Compliance and enforcement • Curbing unlawful water use • Enforcing raw and drinking water quality standards • Monitoring • Compliance to standards • Internal capacity to monitor • Reducing forest fires 6
Key challenges Support to local government • Balancing the support to municipalities whilst executing the regulatory obligations • Delays in finalising transfers of infrastructure to municipalities Skills shortage – cross cutting (technical) 7
Key challenges • Transformation of the sector • Implementation water allocation reform • Land reform and post settlement support to communities (including the uncertainty on long-term ownership of forest lands) • Financial viability of water management institutions • Alignment of systems and processes 8
Available options • Implementing the Water for Growth and Development Framework • Review current funding model • Participate in the current discussions held by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) on amending legislation • Learning academy • Occupation Specific Dispensation Programme (OSDP) 9
Available options • Continue and accelerate institutional realignment project • Alignment of water, land reform and rural development programmes • Invest in • Systems • capacity building for management • leadership and talent management • Alignment of business planning processes with performance management • Response plan to issues raised by the Auditor-General 10
Thank you 11