BRIEFINGS ON 20056 ANNUAL REPORT

1
BRIEFINGS ON 2005/6 ANNUAL REPORT

• ALBANY COAST WATER
• Mr D Nicoll

2
Overview

• For the year ending June 2006 we provided 513038
  megalitres of good quality potable water to the
  Ndlambe Municipality for distribution to the
  approximately 18000 residents and additional
  10,000 holiday makers in December, in the area
  comprising Bushmans River Mouth, Riversbend
  ,Marcelle, Harmony Park, Kenton on Sea and
  Ekuphumleni.
• 65 of this water is pumped out the sand dunes at
  Diaz Cross, 9km away and the balance is provided
  by Reverse Osmosis of sea water at Bushmans
  River Mouth. The two sources mix in our holding
  reservoirs with no chemical additives necessary.

3
Challenges

• We are in a geological dry zone and do not have
  access to underground water
• There is no possibility of dams as our rivers are
  tidal for approximately 30km inland
• As the surrounding farms are converting to Game
  Farms the indigenous population is moving into
  our towns at a rapidly growing rate
• The population has more than quadrupled since our
  last reservoir was built in 1989 and instead of
  having 10to12 days water in reserve for
  emergencies we are down to 2 or 3 days
• The massive influx of seasonal visitors
• More people are retiring to the coast
• The aging of our infrastructure
• The majority of the population cannot afford to
  pay for the services
• The perception that water comes from the sky and
  is therefore free, leads to excess wastage from
  leaks etc

4
Challenges cont.

• To overcome some of these challenges we are
  presently working with private developers, such
  as Kenton Eco Estates who are busy with a R400m
  development and are contributing over R9m to
  upgrade and increase our water production
  capacity, to not only provide them with water,
  but to have excess capacity for the growing
  indigenous population. Ndlambe have also obtained
  MIG funding for an additional storage reservoir.

5
Balance Sheet

• From our Balance sheet one can see that we run
  within our limits and keep expenses under control
  but for any large scale project, such as the new
  reservoir, we obviously need Government
  assistance.

6
THANK YOU