Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) Annual Reports for 2009/2010 Summary of all aspects of CMAs

1. Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs)Annual Reports for 2009/2010Summary of all aspects of CMAs Presentation to the Portfolio Committee: Water & Environment Ms Thoko SigwazaChief Director: Institutional Oversight 1

2. POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE MANDATE Catchment management agencies are statutory bodies established in terms of Chapter 7 of the National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) CMAs are subject to the Public Finance Management Act(Act 1 of 1999) (PFMA) and related Treasury regulations– categorized as a Schedule 3A entity: “service delivery public entity” Minister of Water and Environment is the public trustee of the Nation’s water resources and must ensure that water is protected, used, developed, conserved, managed and controlled in a sustainable and equitable manner. 2

3. REASONS FOR ESTABLISHING CMAs 2. To achieve sustainable use of water 3. To achieve efficient use of water 1. To achieve equitable access to water Delegate water resource management to the regional or catchment level and to involve local communities within the framework of the National Water Resources Strategy 3

4. THE ROLE OF CMAs Manage water resources in a defined Water Management Area (WMA) A (WMA) is an area established as a management unit in the national water resource strategy within which a catchment management agency will conduct the protection, use development conservation, management and control of water resources Co-ordinate the functions of other institutions involved in water related matters Involve local communities in water resource management 4

5. THE ROLE OF CMAs Initial Functions in terms of Section 80 of the National Water Act(Act 36 of 1998) Investigate, and advise interested persons on the protection, use, development, conservation, management and control of the water resources in its water management area Develop a catchment management strategy Co-ordinate the related activities of water users, and of water management institutions within its WMA Promote the co-ordination of the implementation of its catchment management strategy with the implementation of any applicable development plan in terms of the Water Services Act (108 of 1997) Promote community participation in its functions 5

6. Delegated Functions: SCHEDULE 3 To protect use, develop, conserve, manage and control in a sustainable and equitable manner To make rules to regulate water use To install a recording or monitoring device, to establish links with any monitoring or management system to monitor storing, abstraction and use of water; and keep records on the storing, abstraction and use of water To (a) undertake specific alterations to the water work; (b) install a specific device; or demolish, remove or alter the water work If the owner fails to comply with a directive, to – undertake the alterations; install the device; or demolish, remove or alter the water work inoperable, and recover any reasonable costs from the person to whom the directive was issued. 6

7. To Gazette or by written notice to each of the owners in the area who are likely to be affected – limit or prohibit the use of water; require any person to release stored water under that persons control; prohibit the use of any waterwork; and require specified water conservation measures to be carried out. give preference to the maintenance of the reserve; To give preference to the maintenance of the reserve, to treat all water users on a basis that is fair and reasonable; and consider – the actual extent of the water shortage; the likely effects of the shortage on the water users; the strategic importance of any water use; and 7

8. THE ROLE OF CMAs Other Powers: Section 34(2) To register an existing lawful Section 35(1) To verify the lawfulness or extent of an existing water use Section 92(1) To establish water user associations 8

9. PROGRESS TO DATE Six CMAsgazetted (administratively),namely: Crocodile (West)-Marico, Mvoti , Thukela, Usutu to Mhlatuze, Gouritz Olifants-Doorn Two operational CMAs Inkomati (ICMA) Breede-Overberg (BOCMA) 9

10. Reasons for the delay of establishment of CMAs 10 • Learning curve: • Stakeholder empowerment and involvement in the establishment of CMAs is more complex in terms of resources required it is an intensive public participation process • Capacity: • Lack of internal capacity to establish functional ring fenced units to drive the process • Financial viability: • The start-up costs covered in DWA’s budget, from the parliamentary appropriation underestimated • Delegation and transfer of functions not in place therefore seed funding utilised for operational matters • DWA must accept responsibility for financially supporting certain strategic and developmental functions of CMAs from the fiscus, with water user charges primarily paying for WRM functions that directly benefit water users • Registration and verification processes must be completed to quantify water use charges for viability • Institutional Realignment project initiated in 2007

11. Plan to address issues 11 Reconfigure and consolidate CMAs from 19 (NWRS, 2004) to 9 CMAs (see proposed WMA map)

12. WATER MANAGEMENT AREAS OF SOUTH AFRICA ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE 2. Provincial BOTSWANA 1. Boundaries Water Management 4. Area Boundaries 3. 5. Pretoria WATER MANAGEMENT AREA Johannesburg 10. NAMIBIA 1. LIMPOPO 2. LUVUVHU AND LETABA 8. 9. 6. 3. CROCODILE (WEST) AND MARICO 4. OLIFANTS 7. 5. INKOMATI 6. USUTHU TO MHLATUZE Bloemfontein 7. THUKELA 13. 14. Durban 11. 8. UPPER VAAL 9. MIDDLE VAAL 10. LOWER VAAL 11. MVOTI TO UMZIMKULU 12. MZIMVUBU TO KEISKAMMA 17. 12. 13. UPPER ORANGE 14. LOWER ORANGE 15. 15. FISH TO TSITSIKAMMA 16. East London GOURITZ 19. 16. 17. OLIFANTS/DOORN 18. BREEDE Cape Port Elizabeth 18. 19. BERG Town 12

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14. DWA’s OVERSIGHT ROLE OVER CMAs National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998), Schedule 4 Part 4: Institutional planning outlines the responsibilities of the CMA GB and staff, particularly in terms of the CMA Business Plan, General matters to be included in business plans, which is the main tool for formal oversight, including: Organisational / institutional matters Governance Functions Financial (PFMA) requirements Transformation and HR EE policy, etc (organ of state and must comply) 14

15. DWA’s OVERSIGHT ROLE OVER CMAs Schedule 4 Part 5 outlines the monitoring and intervention by the Minister Schedule 4 Part 6 outlines records and reports The catchment management strategy provides the mechanism to influence the vision, priorities and direction that the CMA takes. The catchment management strategy is most important instrument for the integrated management of water resources in a Water Management Area as well as an oversight tool for DWA to audit the CMA. 15

16. DWA’s OVERSIGHT ROLE OVER CMAsCompliance monitoring 16

17. CHAIRPERSONS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVES CMA ESTABLISHMENT DATES 17

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19. Strategic alignment with government objectives : 19

20. AUDITED REPORTS OF CMAs 20

21. ACHIEVEMENTS The completion of Catchment Management Strategies Engagements with Irrigation Boards for transformation into Water User Associations. Alignment of DWA Regional Office strategic plan with the CMAs. Building institutional relationships with key institutional partners and aligning plans, e.g. IDPs and WSDPs Engagement and promotion of community participation in the protection, use, development, conservation, management and control of the water resources. Twinning with the Dutch catchment management agencies. 21

22. ACHIEVEMENTS CONTINUED... The ICMA and BOCMA have started to perform functions as delegated by DWA in December 2010 The implementation of the delegated functions will provide the CMAs with the opportunity to start generating revenue 22

23. CHALLENGES AND WAY FORWARD 23

24. THANK YOU 24