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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 589
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 18 JULY 2014
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 5)
589. Mr L J Basson (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
(a) In which municipalities did her department have to intervene to address
(i) the lack of water supply, and/or (ii) poor water quality and/or (iii)
pollution incidents (aa) in the 2013-14 financial year and (bb) since 1
April 2014 and (b) what was the cost of each specified intervention to her
department?
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REPLY:
The interventions made during the 2013/14 financial year and since 1 April
2014 to date with the cost of the intervention per provincial offices of
the Department of Water and Sanitation are as follows:
Eastern Cape
Interventions in the municipalities of the Eastern Cape Province were in
relation to water supply, sanitation, management of pollution in water
resources and provision of water tanks as emergency measures where there
were disruption in the supply of water.
These interventions were facilitated through the Accelerated Community
Infrastructure Programme (ACIP), Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant
(MWIG), Water Services Operating Grant (WSOG) and Regional Bulk
Infrastructure Grant (RBIG). The funds allocated for these interventions
were R 923 187 986.00.
Free State
Interventions in the municipalities of the Free State Province were in
relation to water supply, sanitation, management of pollution in water
resources and provision of water tanks as emergency measures where there
were disruption in the supply of water.
These interventions were facilitated through the Accelerated Community
Infrastructure Programme (ACIP), Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant
(MWIG), Water Services Operating Grant (WSOG) and Regional Bulk
Infrastructure Grant (RBIG). The funds allocated for these interventions
were R 11 848 958 100.00
Gauteng
These interventions were facilitated through the Accelerated Community
Infrastructure Programme (ACIP) and the National Transfer Programme (NTP).
The funds allocated for these interventions were R 606 440 626.00
KwaZulu Natal
Interventions in the municipalities of Kwa Zulu Natal Province were in
relation to water supply, sanitation, management of pollution in water
resources and provision of water tanks as emergency measures where there
were disruption in the supply of water.
These interventions were facilitated through the Accelerated Community
Infrastructure Programme (ACIP), Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant
(MWIG), Water Services Operating Grant (WSOG) and Regional Bulk
Infrastructure Grant (RBIG). The funds allocated for these interventions
were R 2 073 440 827.00
.
Limpopo
Interventions in the municipalities of Limpopo Province were in relation to
water supply, sanitation, management of pollution in water resources and
provision of water tanks as emergency measures where there were disruption
in the supply of water.
These interventions were facilitated through the Accelerated Community
Infrastructure Programme (ACIP), Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant
(MWIG), Water Services Operating Grant (WSOG), National Transfer Programme
(NTP) and Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG). The funds allocated
for these interventions were R 1 547 261 133.05
Mpumalanga
Interventions in the municipalities of the North West Province were in
relation to water supply, sanitation, management of pollution in water
resources and provision of water tanks as emergency measures where there
were disruption in the supply of water. These interventions were
facilitated through the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG). The
funds allocated for these interventions were R 94Â 300Â 000.00
Northern Cape
Interventions in the municipalities of the North West Province were in
relation to water supply, sanitation, management of pollution in water
resources and provision of water tanks as emergency measures where there
were disruption in the supply of water.
These interventions were facilitated through the Accelerated Community
Infrastructure Programme (ACIP), National Transfer Programme (NTP). The
funds allocated for these interventions were R 521 413 797.15
North West
Interventions in the municipalities of the North West Province were in
relation to water supply, sanitation, management of pollution in water
resources and provision of water tanks as emergency measures where there
were disruption in the supply of water.
These interventions were facilitated through the Accelerated Community
Infrastructure Programme (ACIP), Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant
(MWIG), Water Services Operating Grant (WSOG), National Transfer Programme
(NTP) and Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG). There were also Rapid
Response Unit ( RRU) Interventions implemented in the North West Province
to address lack of access to potable water. The funds allocated for these
interventions were R 895 319 147.00
Western Cape
Interventions in the municipalities of the Western Cape Province were in
relation to water supply, sanitation, management of pollution and provision
of water tanks as emergency measures where there were disruption in the
supply of water.
These interventions were facilitated through the Accelerated Community
Infrastructure Programme (ACIP), National Transfer Programme (NTP) and
Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG). The funds allocated for these
interventions were R 346 106 661.68
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