Capricorn District Municipality

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Capricorn District Municipality
Portfolio Committee on Water Affairs and Forestry
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Introduction

• Legislation state that access to safe drinking
  water is
• - a basic human right
• - essential to peoples health
• We understand that as a WSA we have legal
  obligation to
• Monitor the quality of drinking water provided
  to consumers.
• Compare the results to National Standards (SANS
  2412006).
• Regulate the quality of water supplied by WSPs.
• Communicate any health risks to consumers and
  appropriate authorities.
• DWAF currently perform the function due to
  previous incapacity of the WSA.

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Challenges encountered in addressing water
quality issues

• Lack of laboratory facility.
• High dependence on groundwater (80)
• Groundwater pollution.
• Huge spatial coverage.
• High dependence on dry sanitation.
• Lack of implementation of the Groundwater
  Protocol by previous implementers.
• High level of illiteracy of operators.

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Plans to Address Water Quality issues within CDM

• Ensuring the newly established Water Quality
  Management Section is fully established
  functional.
• Development implementation of Drinking Water
  Quality Monitoring Programme.
• Allocation of adequate financial resources.
• Implementation of Groundwater Protocol.

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Relationship between various role-players to deal
with water quality

• Participation of the WSA at the Provincial
  CollaCom(Collaboration committee where water
  quality issues are discussed.
• Participation by DWAF National in the same
  collaborative committee.
• Good working relationship with DWAF Regional
  through the Provincial,District Local Water
  Sector Forums.
• Appointing all LMs as WSPs

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Awareness Campaign to alert Communities of risks
associated with water pollution

• Continuous implementation of Health Hygiene
  Programmes.
• Water Quality awareness campaigns through various
  channels including the World Water Monitoring Day
  on the 18th of October 2008.

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Water Quality Monthly Reports to DWAF

• Monthly down loading of Water Quality Report
  interrogation thereof.
• Identification of any problems spots and coming
  up with action plans to address any anomalies.

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Funds to Address Water Quality

• R8m allocated to Water Quality to address issues
  outlined below
• Development of credible water quality Monitoring
  Programme
• Taking over of water quality monitoring function
  from DWAF
• Development of Water Safety Security Plans for
  the CDM
• Purchasing of equipments to perform water
  quality spot checks on site.
• Ensuring that electronic Water Quality
  Management System is maintained and run smoothly.

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Technical Scientific Skills Operating Water
Schemes.

• Lack of classification registration of
  operators.
• Water quality team appointed.

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Role assistance offered by national and
regional DWAF, DPLG Water Boards

• DWAF national office initiated funded
  electronic Water Quality Management System
  (eWQMS).
• DWAF regional assist the municipality in taking
  water samples and analysis, and also loading
  results into the above system.
• There is need to make results available
  immediately when released from the laboratory to
  allow intervention on time rather than getting
  information from the system 15 days after
  analysis.
• DPLG playing the oversight role granting of
  fianicla asistance.
• Lepelle Northen Water currently bulk water
  provisers including water quality testing thereof.

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Conclusion

• Capricorn District Municipality committed to
  providing safe drinking water.
• Capricorn District Municipality amenable to
  assistance that can be provided including
  financial to achieve this objective.

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