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DROUGHT REPORT

DROUGHT REPORT. FOR THE POTFOLIO COMMITTEE 4 February 2004. REPORT. Dry season (low rainfall) Low water levels Demand management options, & Emergency schemes Allocations for relief funds Progress to date Issues to be resolved. DRY SEASON.

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DROUGHT REPORT

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  1. DROUGHT REPORT FOR THE POTFOLIO COMMITTEE 4 February 2004

  2. REPORT • Dry season (low rainfall) • Low water levels • Demand management options, & Emergency schemes • Allocations for relief funds • Progress to date • Issues to be resolved

  3. DRY SEASON • 2002/03 rainfall was substantially lower than normal & some areas are severely stressed

  4. RESERVOIR WATER LEVELS DROP • Dams water level 20% lower than average for 02/03

  5. DAM WATER LEVELS

  6. DEMAND MANAGEMENT, & EMERGENCY SCHEMES • Water level drop left us with few options (awareness/conservation, restrictions, need for augmentation) • Emergency water schemes are due for completion this financial year (Kroonstad, Western High Veld and White River) • Rural water supply schemes rehabilitated & developed (Priority for human needs) • Hence relief funds were requested for • Of the R250m allocated for disaster relief, R153m was a grant for emergency water provision to municipalities

  7. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF FUNDS • Monitoring and review of the situation in December 2003 necessitated a request for more drought relief funding • Of the R250m, R125m is earmarked for emergency water provision (R100m for domestic, R20m for stock & R5m for security) • Adequate remedial steps are essential otherwise substantial population at “hot spots” areas is at risk

  8. PROGRESS • From R153m allocated to DWAF, R109m was granted to provinces for emergency water supply • The situation is closely monitored, with R44m kept aside (to be availed later on demonstrable need basis) if the conditions do not improve

  9. ALLOCATIONS (R’000m)

  10. ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED wrt R125m • While the allocation is supported by Cabinet, tabling necessary Bill in Parliament will only be end March ’04. Treasury is expected to issue a go ahead letter in light of emergency situation • Some of this year’s normal capital fund may not be spent due to actions taken wrt drought. Option is to reschedule R125m of this CAPEX to utilise for emergency water provision initiatives

  11. ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED wrt R125m • Funds earmarked for regional schemes , serving more than one local authority can’t be conditional grants to municipalities, but for DWAF’s budget • R20m for stock, to be gazetted to relevant municipalities as cond grants to enable other Depts (such as Agric) to access these grants.

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