NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 1811
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04 JUNE 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 16)
1811. Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs:
(1) Whether the regulatory audits of wastewater treatment works
classified with the so-called Zero Green Drop Scores in the 2009
Green Drop Report have commenced; if not, (a) why not, (b) when
will these audits commence and (c) how frequently will these
audits be carried out; if so, what are the relevant details of the
wastewater treatment works that are being audited;
(2) whether the results of the audits will be made public; if so,
(a) when and (b) how?
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REPLY:
(1) Yes. My Department commenced with consultative audits
(verification and process optimization) of wastewater treatment
works (WWTWs) and will be giving priority to those that were not
assessed in the 2009 Green Drop assessment.
(1)(a) These audits had started in March 2009 after completion of
the 2009 Green Drop Report.
(1)(b) Audits for the Green Drop Report will be done on an annual
basis and the intention is to ultimately cover all WWTWs.
(1)(b) Details of the works will be given in the Green Drop
Report although the main purpose of the Green Drop Report is on
performance of the WWTWs in terms of certain criteria rather
than detail technical information on the works itself.
(1)(b) As said above the assessments of WWTWs will be done on an
annual basis.
(2) Yes, the results will be made public.
(2)(a) Towards the end of the year
(2)(b) Results will be made public by means of the 2010 Green
Drop report.
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