DWAF Budget 200405

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DWAF Budget 2004/05

• Portfolio Committee Hearings
• June 2004

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Contents

• Water Services Rural Focus
• Linkages with DWAF KFAs SFWS
• Water Services Transfers
• FBW and Sanitation
• WS Infrastructure development (MIG)
• CSO Participation in WS
• WS Procurement

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Water Services Key Focus Areas

• KFAs 6, 11 - Ensure reliable equitable supply
  of water for sustainable economic social devt
• KFA 10 - Ensure provision of basic water supply
  sanitation for improved quality of life
• KFA 12 - Ensure effective WS Institutions
• KFA 13 - Ensure local level local-level
  operations management of DWAF schemes
• KFA 14 - Promote support policies and practice
  to achieve millenium targets

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Strategic Framework for Water Services

• Access to basic supply of potable water and basic
  sanitation by 2008 2010 respectively
• Free Basic Water policies and Free Basic
  Sanitation policies by 2005 2010.
• Encourages more than just basic water services -
  sets prospects for higher levels of service
  throughwater ladder
• Recognises the role of civil society and
  capacitation of CBOs to manage water services at
  the local level - management at the lowest
  appropriate level.

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Budget 2004/05 Water Services IG Transfers

• DWAF Vote 34
• WS operating subsidy R858 334 000
• WS Infrastructure projects R160 279 000
• DPLG Vote 5
• MIG (Pol Frame doc) R2 305 000 000
• LG Equit. Share (est 33) R2 559 182 000
• Total transfers R5 882
  795 000

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Free Basic Water Sanitation

• Free lifeline supply of water of 25 lit/p/day
  (6 kl/hh/m)
• VIP toilet as basic sanitation
• Most WSAs have FBW policies in place - this is
  not a reality for large number rural communities
• Some WSA only cater for 1,2 or 3kl free
• DWAF regulatory framework needs to focus on
• Roll out of FBW to rural communities
• WSA compliance with minimum 6kl/hh FBW

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WS Infrastructure Devt

• DWAF plus MIG infrastr. allocations totals R2
  465 279 000 for 2004/05 - quite substantial
• Huge pressure to fast track delivery of water
  sanitation infrastructure (President deadlines)
• Emphasis on building infrastructure will
  negatively affect long term sustainability thus
  compromise achievement of SFWS Millenium targets

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• DWAFs role in MITT in roll out of MIG
• to ensure effective institutional arrangements
  and social (ISD) issues are fully incorporated in
  roll out of MIG
• to ensue stimulation of virtuous cycles of
  development -
• prevent spread of water -borne illnesses,
• productive use of water,
• free up community time,
• multiplier effects that stimulates local economic
  growth

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Civil Society Participation

• CSOs have key role to play to ensure
  incorporation of ISD in OM and infrastructure
  devt
• CBOs in rural communities are best placed to
  ensure long term sustainability at low cost in
  rural water services ( pilots Alfred Nzo DM,
  Chris Hani DM, Nhkungwane)
• DWAF needs to provide strong support for
  community-municipal partnerships where
  appropriate
• DWAF needs to put more resources to Masibambane
  Prog for CSO/CBO capacitation

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Water Services Procurement

• Municipal supply chain policies highly
  prejudicial to CSOs
• The share holder criteria in competitive
  tendering puts NGOs at disadvantage
• CSOs have board/committee members who are
  volunteers - Board/committee composition should
  be weighted the same as private sector
• DWAF has an interest to ensure greater CSO
  participation in water services programmes in
  terms of the SFWS.