The Mopani District Municipality (DM) is a Water Service Authority (WSA) in its area of jurisdiction comprising of five local municipalities (Greater Tzaneen, Ba-Phalaborwa, Greater Letaba, Maruleng and Greater Giyani). The district area has been experiencing water shortages due to various causes, namely:Raw Water Shortages (low level dams)
The Mopani DM receives funding from the Department through the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) and Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) schedule 6B and under schedule 5B. The municipality utilises these grants to provide short- and long-term water provision interventions.
The municipality also receives Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) from the Department of Cooperative Governance which they utilise for their water and sanitation projects.
Table 1: Water Provisioning Status and Backlogs in Mopani
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PER MUNICIPALITY |
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MUNICIPALITY |
BPM |
GGM |
GLM |
GTM |
MLM |
MDM |
Total No. of HH |
41 115 |
63 548 |
58 261 |
108 925 |
24 469 |
296 320 |
HH with access |
39 889 |
54 003 |
52 838 |
82 552 |
20 101 |
249 384 |
HH without access |
1 226 |
9 545 |
5 423 |
26 373 |
4 368 |
46 935 |
% Backlog |
2.98% |
15.02% |
9.31% |
24.21% |
17.85% |
16% |
% HH with access |
97.02% |
84.98% |
90.69% |
75.79% |
82.15% |
84% |
The following are projects that are currently being implemented by the Mopani DM through funding from DWS and COGRA (MIG, RBIG and WSIG) to improve water supply services in the short, medium to long term:
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