Briefing the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation
on
PRESENTATION TITLE
Interventions to improve water supply in Wards 24, 25,
Presented by:
26, 27 and 34 of Tzaneen
Name Surname
Directorate
Date
Presented by
Designation
: L Kobe
: Provincial Head: Limpopo
Date: 4 November 2015
CONTENTS
1. Purpose
2. Background
3. Demography of the Wards
4. Water Resources Overview
5. Status of Bulk water Supply
6. Ground Water Status
7. Status of Water Projects
8. Other interventions
9. Challenges
10. Recommendations
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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
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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.
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3.DEMOGRAPHY OF THE WARDS
(as per STATS SA 2011)
WARD
POPULATION
NUMBER
OF
VILLAGES
NAMES OF VILLAGES
24
14 752
3
Muhlava/Sasekani
Zangoma
Petanenge
25
9 473
5
Mafarana
Bourdeux
Ntsako/Bonn
Sedan
Mulati
26
11 767
6
Tours/Masoma
Hoveni
Rhulani
Solani
Nyanyukani
Hweetsi/Sebela
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3.DEMOGRAPHY OF THE WARDS (Cont.)
WARD
POPULATION
NUMBER OF
VILLAGES
NAMES OF VILLAGES
27
22 472
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Makhubidung
Mokgapeng
Shoromoni (Population not known)
Ezekhaya /Shilubane
Matshilapata
Serotutung (Population not known)
Hospitalview
Mineview
Senkwana
Malekeke (Population not known)
34
18 900
5
Khopo
Lephepane
Thabina (Mogoboya)
Rasebalane
Topanama
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4. WATER RESOURCE
•
•
•
•
Thabina Dam which is 41.18% full
Tours Dam which is 53.00% full
Groot Letaba River
Ground water augmentation
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5. STATUS OF BULK WATER SUPPLY
5.1. The status of the Nkowa Nkowa 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
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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
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
Month
April 2015 May
2015
June 2015
July
2015
August
2015
Septembe
r 2015
Production in
Ml/month
644
680
612
633
632
618
l/c/d
175
185
166
172
172
168
• The figures above indicate that there is enough water for the
communities within the area of supply
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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
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5. STATUS OF BULK WATER SUPPLY (cont.)
Plant water production with l/c/d for the past 6 months.
Month
April
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
August
2015
September
2015
Production in
Ml/month
200
244
220
264
246
235
l/c/d
152
185
167
200
186
178
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.
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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
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5. STATUS OF BULK WATER SUPPLY
(Cont.)
Plant water production with l/c/d for the past 6 months
Month
April May
2015 2015
June
2015
July
2015
August Septemb
2015
er 2015
Production in
Ml/month
440
506
455
316
428
291
l/c/d
251
288
260
180
244
166
The figures above indicate that there is enough water
for the communities within the area of supply
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6. GROUND WATER STATUS
Category
Ward 24
Ward 25
Ward 26
Ward 27
Ward 34
Total
Total number
19
42
12
15
20
108
Total operational
6
13
3
8
3
29
Total non operational
13
29
9
7
17
79
% operational
31%
31%
25%
53%
15%
27%
% non operational
69%
69%
75%
47%
85%
73%
Motor stolen
3
1
Engine stolen
3
6
Dry
Collapsed
1
Cable stolen
1
Transformer stolen
O&M
Electrification
5
4
1
10
1
1
2
1
2
4
1
1
1
18
7
1
3
1
5
8
12
45
2
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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
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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.
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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 %
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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
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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
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are vandalised
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
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10. RECOMMENDATIONS
In
the light of the
recommended that:
above
information,
it
is
• Funding be sourced for the replacement of Ageing
infrastructure
• Implementation of by-laws to curb up illegal
connections.
• Awareness be intensified on impact coursed by
Vandalism and Theft of pumping equipments.
• Implementation of water restrictions due low dam
levels.
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Thank you
Na vonga
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