SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SERVICE DELIVERY TOWARDS RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Umgeni Water s Activities in Support of DWAF Strategies

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1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SERVICE DELIVERY TOWARDS RURAL DEVELOPMENT Umgeni Water s Activities in Support of DWAF Strategies Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Water Affairs and Forestry

2 Strategic Support to WSA s Linkage to DWAF Key Focus Areas KFA 10 Ensure provision of sustainable basic water supply and sanitation for improved quality of life and poverty alleviation KFA 11 Ensure effective and sustainable delivery of Water Services to underpin economic and social development

3 Strategic Support to WSA s Umgeni Water has supported the objectives of DWAF in the following areas: Eradication of School & Household Sanitation Backlogs Ilembe Phase 2 completed & handed over. (1 025 toilets, serving 7,700 people) Ilembe Phase toilets serving 5,800 people umdm to implement ( toilets serving people over 3 yrs) School Sanitation within the umdm, Sisonke DM and Ugu DM in partnership with DoE Phase I & II - 54 schools complete benefiting learners. Phase III Commenced work on 40 schools. Drinking Water Quality Management Alien Plant Clearing Provision of bulk networks Reduction of Water Backlogs Improved level of service - 2nd Rung of Water ladder

4 Supply Schemes; utilizes CIDB & EPWP MHLATHUZE WATER WHITE MFOLOZI BLACK MFOLOZI PONGOLA D BUFFELS D UTHUKELA WATER E E D UPPER THUKELA UPPER MHLATHUZE MOOI F G LOWER MHLATHUZE MVOTI LOWER THUKELA MGENI NORTH COAST MZIMKHULU C A UMGENI WATER B SOUTH COAST MZINTLAVA B

5 KZN KZN BULK WATER SUPPLY PLAN Mvoti Regional Scheme Mooi Regional Scheme North Coast Scheme Luhane Regional Scheme Mgeni Scheme Mzimkhulu Regional Scheme South Coast Scheme Ixopo Regional Scheme Mzintlava Regional Scheme

6 Extension to Wartburg Bulk System Detailed feasibility planning underway Groenkloof to Garlington Pipeline Planning complete. Detailed design to commence Richmond Pipeline Planning complete. Detailed design to commence 61 Pipeline Augmentation Planning complete. Detailed design has commenced Eston to Umbumbulu Pipeline Construction complete 53 Pipeline Reinstatement Construction and rehabilitation complete 57 Pipeline Augmentation Planning complete. Detailed design to commence Outer West Bulk Supply Assessment of supply options complete North Coast Pipeline Planning North complete. Coast Detailed Pipeline design to commence Nagle Aqueduct Rehabilitation Pipeline replacement underway Durban Heights WW Load Shedding Potential quantified. Assessment of options underway Wiggins WW to Amanzimtoti Pipeline Assessment of options and detailed planning underway LEGEND Infrastructure implemented Infrastructure planned South Coast Pipeline Construction has commenced

7 Financial Viability UW receives no external funding/grants Next 5 year capex programme will be funded from cash generated from operating activities or, where appropriate, from borrowings

8 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Together we deliver

9 Strategic Support to DWAF Drinking Water Quality UW has more than three decades of experience in drinking water quality management as part of its water services business. UW has been providing strategic assistance to the DWAF Drinking Water Quality Management and Regulation Programme to enable more effective management and regulation of drinking water quality to protect public health. UW has assisted DWAF in drafting a National Drinking Water Quality Framework and Regulatory Strategy for South Africa.

10 Strategic Support to DWAF: Umgeni Water s contribution, as IA, to the Working for Water Alien Plant Clearing Programme Total cost for 2005/2006 Programme Total Area Cleared R hectares Person days worked Total number of people 485 employed (Including 12 Disabled) Males 192 Females 293

11 Design of the construction of the R61 Million Richmond pipeline is being done. ZN Bulk Water Supply Schemes Mgeni Regional Scheme Comprises of a number of sub-components: Feasibility planning into the proposed future infrastructure requirements to upgrade the main spine (R300 Million) to ethekwini has been completed. The construction of Umbumbulu R48 Million Bulk Pipeline is complete. [65 jobs created during construction & people in Umgungundlovu & Ugu DMs with new water supplies] Feasibility level planning of an extension of the Wartburg Pipeline (R196 Million) is complete.

12 Mooi Regional Scheme - Pre-feasibility level planning investigation of the Greater Nottingham Road area, which includes the Mooi regional bulk pipeline is complete.

13 Mvoti Regional Scheme -Pre-feasibility level planning of this scheme is underway. North Coast Regional Scheme -Design and the EIA currently underway for the R52 Million North Coast Bulk Pipeline.

14 South Coast Regional Scheme - Construction of the upper portion of the R190 Million South Coast Bulk Pipeline has commenced [potential new population to be served ]

15 Mzimkulu Regional Scheme Conceptual level completed. Pre-Feasibility study to commence once adjacent scheme configuration is finalized. Mzintlava Regional Scheme -External consultants have completed a reconnaissance level planning investigation based on the conceptual scheme initially presented. This study will also guide the configuration of the adjacent schemes.