Gauteng Department of Local Government Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Water Affairs and Forestry 10 October 2007 Progress on the Bucket Sanitation Eradication Programme Kemmy Ojageer

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Geography and Climate South Africa = 1219 090 km2 Gauteng = 17 010 km2 = 1,4 % of land area Gauteng Population = 10 014 215 Number of Households = 3 million plus & counting Informal settlements = 382 Water consumption = 3597 million cubic meters/annum Electricity consumption = 60 000 gigawatt-hours 5 yr population growth rate of 20 %

DWAF understanding of Buckets Priority given to buckets prior to 1994- first target Buckets supplied by the municipality Municipality serviced the buckets In formalised or established settlements or formal townships. Informal areas to be done later -2010 sanitation target.

Strategic Role of the GP Municipalities Conduct (backlog) studies Provincial & Municipal Land- – Formal & Informal, Mines, Farms, Private Property, Agricultural Land & Rezoned land Ground analysis- community sizes. Differentiate between municipal buckets provided, sold/transferred/rental/owner provided buckets & built VIP, Consult Province - DLG IDP’s Business Plans Funding – Capital, MIG, DWAF, (Private PP & Public PP, DME)

Buckets Identified and Replaced Municipality Buckets Status Ekurhuleni Metro 753 completed Emfuleni LM 187 Merafong 1103 Mogale City 2400 Lesedi 1950 Westonaria 5939 Total 12332 Target reached June 2007

Systems used to replace buckets 4724 are water borne sanitation, 6957 are VIP systems 651 are solar san sanitation systems

Expenditure Bucket Eradication Dedicated funding for bucket eradication was provided by DWAF to the province, to implement. Provincial Water & Sanitation Funds - R75 million provided MIG Funds R3.1 million

Sanitation Backlogs 2007 (2010 Target to be verified) WSA Backlog Formal/Informal-2010 Above RDP Ekurhuleni Metro 109 071 618 294 Tshwane Metro 44 473 514 926 Johannesburg Metro 116 888 827 234 Emfuleni LM 75 263 111 326 Westonaria LM 29 960 Randfontein LM 2 898 35 042 Mogale City LM 4 877 52 217 West Rand DM Midvaal LM 3 125 15 483 Lesedi LM 3 734 16 496 Nokeng Tsa Taemane LM 12 360 3 552 Kungwini LM 15 521 21 407 TOTAL 388 210 2 245 937

Water Backlogs- Households 2007 ( 2008 Target to be verified) WSA Backlog Formal-2008 Backlog Informal-2014 Above RDP Ekurhuleni Metro 2 878 724 487 Tshwane Metro 8 180 6 626 544 593 Johannesburg Metro 120 523 823 599 Emfuleni LM 186 589 Westonaria LM 29 960 Randfontein LM 2 332 447 35 161 Mogale City LM 3 160 53 934 West Rand DM 1 950 Midvaal LM 18 608 Lesedi LM 3105 20 230 Nokeng Tsa Taemane LM 8 400 2 856 4 656 Kungwini LM 1 921 7 494 27 513 TOTAL 20 833 143 984 2 469 330

Previous Present Brick VIP Bucket system to VIP ( no infrastructure available ) Bucket system to Waterborne (infrastructure available) Previous Present Precast Concrete Water Borne Brick VIP

The New VIP Installation

Statistics Owner Built VIP 9903 identified 4633 completed 2750 Community to be relocated to new housing projects 1523 units-lack of space to construct Expenditure = R37,2 million

General Successes of the projects Social acceptance of the system by the community; An integrated communication strategy, because all the community stakeholders have come together; Improved health and hygiene of the community; Improvement in the lifestyle of the community; Uplifted the dignity of the community by providing acceptable and humane sanitation service; Job creation and skills transferred to the local community and the economic advancement that took place with the projects; Averted environmental disaster; All community households benefited from the project.

New Challenges An effective maintenance plan and action is required from the municipality in providing an efficient cleaning service for the new installed sanitation systems; Intensifying training of local labourers and contractors to an extent where projects are administered and managed within the community thus creating economic advancement; More intensified communication is required from the municipality to inform the community to take responsibility and ownership of the new sanitation system for community’s benefit; For the municipality to iron out problems affecting the efficient maintenance and service for the new sanitation system; and To speed up the process of relocating people

New Devlopments Water and sanitation strategy for Gauteng-Internal Water conversation and demand management for 5 local municipalities- DWAF/RWB/DLG Decentralisation of waste water treatment plants for Gauteng SAICE/ SAICA support to municipalities

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