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This report highlights the 1st quarter progress of Lepelle Northern Water, focusing on financial ratios, debt management, and major challenges faced. It discusses interventions, raw water charges, impact of electricity costs, and strategies to improve sustainability.
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W&s Portfolio committeeLepelle northern water 1st quarter progress report 6 NOVEMBER 2015
Major Challenge(s) • Debt from WSAs – affect the entity’s sustainability • Interventions through IGR are continuing and bearing some fruits though insignificant, particularly with Mopani. • Raw water charges – has an impact on the affordability by the WSAs (e.g. LWUA @R5,06 before treatment to potable & De Hoop @ around R6.50 before treatment) • Including the treatment it is approximately R8,00 and R9,50 to the WSAs before they add O&M to reticulation which may come to R11,00 and R12.50 respectively - ±80 – 90% Indigent Municipality (Sekhukhune DM) • Electricity – has impact on the cost of potable water as well • Working on hydro-power to reduce the costs; • In advanced stage on implementing Photo-voltaic cells • Employing of less consuming industrial equipment