PRESENTATION TITLE Presented by: Name Surname Directorate Date

1. Briefing the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on Interventions to improve water supply in Wards 24, 25, 26, 27 and 34 of Tzaneen Presented by : L Kobe Designation : Provincial Head: Limpopo Date: 4 November 2015 PRESENTATION TITLE Presented by: Name Surname Directorate Date

2. CONTENTS • Purpose • Background • Demography of the Wards • Water Resources Overview • Status of Bulk water Supply • Ground Water Status • Status of Water Projects • Other interventions • Challenges • Recommendations

3. 1. PURPOSE To give a brief report on the status of water supply at wards 24, 25, 26, 27 and 34 villages within the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality under Mopani District Municipality in Limpopo Province

4. 2. BACKGROUND • The five wards falls under Ritavi II/Tours/Thabina Regional Water Scheme which is a scheme above R100 million getting their water supply from 3 water treatment works with a total design capacity of 40Ml/day and currently producing an average of 38,2Ml/day and 108 boreholes.

5. 3.DEMOGRAPHY OF THE WARDS (as per STATS SA 2011)

6. 3.DEMOGRAPHY OF THE WARDS (Cont.)

7. 4. WATER RESOURCE • Thabina Dam which is 41.18% full • Tours Dam which is 53.00% full • Groot Letaba River • Ground water augmentation

8. 5. STATUS OF BULK WATER SUPPLY 5.1. The status of the NkowaNkowa Water Treatment Works is as follows: • The design capacity of the plant is 24 Ml/d • The plant is operated by Lepelle Northern Water Board • The plant abstracts raw water from the Groot Letaba River • The plant pumps purified water to the main 2 x 20 Mega litre reservoirs situated at Dan Village. The plant supplies a total of 24 reservoirs with a total capacity of 54, 3 Megaliters

9. 5. STATUS OF BULK WATER SUPPLY (Cont) • The plant supplies 21 villages which are: Bonn, Mafarana, Sedan, Ntsako, Co- Op, Dan, Khujwani North, Lefara, Mhangweni, Mariveni, Muhlava Head Kraal, Muhlava Cross, Mulati, Nkowankowa Town, Petanenge, Rita, Zangoma, Sasekani, Sasekani North West, Mogolobotho and Dan Low Cost housing units

10. THE STATUS OF THE NKOWA NKOWA WATER TREATMENT (Cont.) • However bulk water no longer reaches the reservoirs of the majority of the villages because of lack of water conservation and demand management as well as uncontrolled unauthorized connections on the bulk pipelines. • The total population figures for all villages supplied is 122 890 • Plant water production with l/c/d for the past 6 months • The figures above indicate that there is enough water for the communities within the area of supply 

11. 5. STATUS OF BULK WATER SUPPLY (cont.) 5.2. The status of the Tours Water Treatment Works is as follows: • The design capacity of the plant is 4 Ml/d • The plant abstracts raw water from the Tours Dam. • The plant supplies a total of 25 reservoirs with a total capacity of 8, 7 Megaliters • The plant supplies 16 villages which are: Bordeaux, Hoveni, Maselapata, Mashilwane, Matawa, Mogapeng, New Nyanyukani, New Phepheng, Pharare, Rhulani, Sebela, Shiluvane, Solani, Makhubidung, Myakayaka and Sunnyside. • The total population figures for all villages supplied is 43 961

12. 5. STATUS OF BULK WATER SUPPLY (cont.) Plant water production with l/c/d for the past 6 months. The figures above indicate that there is enough water for the communities within the area of supply • A contractor is on site to upgrade the plant through Mig funding.

13. 5. STATUS OF BULK WATER SUPPLY (Cont.) 5.3. The status of the Thabina Water Treatment Works is as follows: • The design capacity of the plant is 12 Ml/d • The plant abstracts raw water from the Thabina Dam • The plant supplies a total of 27 reservoirs with a total capacity of 11,6Megaliters • The plant supplies 17 villages which are: Craighead, Galidekela, Khujwane South, Lenyenye Town, Lephephane, Long Valley, Maake, Marumafase, Matlala, Mogoboya, Moime, New Co Op, Ramalema, Serare, Thabina Valley, Uplands, and Yosmite. • The total population figures for all villages supplied is 58 450

14. 5.STATUS OF BULK WATER SUPPLY (Cont.) Plant water production with l/c/d for the past 6 months The figures above indicate that there is enough water for the communities within the area of supply

15. 6. GROUND WATER STATUS

16. 7. STATUS OF WATER PROJECT 7.1. Tours Bulk Water Scheme which entails the upgrading of the plant Scope of work: • Upgrading of Tours water treatment works, the project will benefit the following villages : Bordeaux, Hoveni, Maselapata, Mashilwane, Matawa, Mogapeng, New Nyanyukani, New Phepheng, Pharare, Rhulani, Sebela, Shiluvane, Solani, Makhubidung, Myakayaka and Sunnyside

17. STATUS OF WATER PROJECT(Cont.) 7.2. Other project in Tours is the bulk line and reticulation to the villages within Tours supply area. Scope of work: Scope of work Upgrading of Tours bulk line • The technical Report at assessment stage.

18. STATUS OF WATER PROJECT (Cont.) 7.3. Lephepane Bulk Water Scheme is under implementation but MDM has submitted another technical report for the same scope (with some additional scope). DWS is busy working on the new submission • Scope of work • Refurbishment of reservoir, boreholes, bulk lines and construction of new bulk lines, repair and replace existing valves construction of booster pump station in Lenyenye. • Progress •  Construction is at 16% •  Financial is 17 %

19. 8. OTHER INTERVENTIONS • 10 boreholes have been repaired under Accelerated Water Services Program (AWSP) • 17 boreholes have been repaired under Municipal Water Infrastructure grant (MWIG) • A committee has been established between DWS, COGHsTA to speed up the assessments of technical reports including the Specialised Engineers from National Office • Mopani DM has cpommenced with removal of unauthoraised/illegal connections (Mohlava Village) with intention to further rollout to other wards

20. 9. CHALLENGES • Bulk water supply: Ageing infra structure, vandalism of infra- structure, unauthorized connections( some are leaking) on the bulk supply pipelines, unauthorized reticulation pipelines, theft and vandalism of stand pipes, rising number of car wash informal businesses which are illegally connected to the supply system all contribute to the un-sustainability of bulk water in the supply area • Reticulation pipelines: The reticulation pipelines are not adequate in all villages. The villages have grown and the reticulation systems no longer cover 100 % of the villages • Low dam levels • Late completion of MIG projects • Non compliance of technical reports • Most of the boreholes repaired under MWIG and AWCP are vandalised

21. CHALLENGES (CONT) • Reticulation pipelines: The reticulation pipelines are not adequate in all villages. The villages have grown and the reticulation systems no longer cover 100 % of the villages • Low dam levels • Late completion of MIG projects • Non-compliance of technical reports • Most of the boreholes repaired under MWIG and AWCP are vandalised

22. 10. RECOMMENDATIONS In the light of the above information, it is recommended that: • Funding be sourced for the replacementof Ageing infrastructure • Implementation ofby-laws to curb upillegal connections. • Awareness be intensified on impact coursed by Vandalism and Theft of pumping equipments. • Implementation of water restrictions due low dam levels.

23. Thank youNa vonga