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MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES: QUESTION 264 FOR WRITTEN REPLY
A draft reply to the above mentioned question asked by Mr K A Sinclair
(COPE-NC) is attached for your consideration.
DIRECTOR-GENERAL (Acting)
DATE:
DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 264
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 14 June 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 18)
264. Mr K A Sinclair (COPE-NC) to ask the Minister of Water and
Environmental Affairs:
(1) Whether her department will provide a breakdown of the actual
expenditure regarding the dam safety rehabilitation project in
the 2012-13 financial year; if not, why not; if so, what are the
relevant details;
(2) what is the budget breakdown for the current Medium Term
Expenditure Framework period to comply with the dam safety
regulations;
(3) whether her department will provide an assessment on the general
safety status of all dams in South Africa; if not, why not; if
so, what are the relevant details? CW361E
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REPLY:
1) The table below shows the actual expenditure during the 2012/13
financial year. A total of R183, 7 million was spent.
|Dam Safety Rehabilitation |EXPENDITURE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR|
| |2012/13 (Rand) |
|Mashashane Dam |527 578.02 |
|Taung Dam |2 963 488.80 |
|Cata Dam |12 863 484.23 |
|Nkadimeng Dam |39 570 |
|Nsami Dam |7 980 400 |
|Chunniespoort Dam |28 967 000 |
|Acornhoek Dam |321 585.55 |
|Bospoort Dam |1 577 800 |
|Vaalkop II Dam |2 833 600 |
|StompDrift Dam |29 030 137.77 |
|Toleni Dam |1 954 799.40 |
|Gcuwa Dam |646 143.52 |
|Elandsdrift Dam |40 122 338.98 |
|Grassridge Dam |36 277 771.12 |
|Glen Brock Dam |476 135.24 |
|Tsojane Dam |284 294.44 |
|Mnyameni Dam |3 828 586.01 |
|Kouga Dam |568 735.28 |
|Belfort Dam |6 932.80 |
|Acornhoek Dam |145 217.23 |
|Klein Marico Dam |231 000 |
|Wentzel Dam |262 520 |
|Lakeside Dam |82 621.05 |
|Rust De Winter Dam |308 600 |
|Welbedacht Dam |604 535.25 |
|Kalkfontein Dam |173 200 |
|Klaserie Dam |1 995 384.14 |
|Loerie Dam |4 299.06 |
|Consultantâs Fees |8 607 054.95 |
2) The MTEF budget is as follows:
|2013/14 |2014/15 |2015/16 |2016/17 |
|R228 million |R250,8 million |R360 million |R400 million |
3) All departmental dams pose a safety risk to areas downstream and
have therefore been classified in terms of Regulation R 139 of 2012
(previously Regulation R1560 of 1986) on the basis of its size and
hazard potential to determine the level of control over the safety of
such structure in terms of these Regulations. All risks associated
with these dams involve either potential loss of life or economic loss
or both. One of the primary functions of the Dam Safety Rehabilitation
Program is to identify dams with an unacceptable high risk,
based on current departmental standards, after which rehabilitation
work are prioritised accordingly. The current departmental standard on
risk in relation to dam safety is bench-marked against international
standards. The five yearly dam safety inspections as conducted in
terms of Regulation R139 forms the basis for identifying dams
requiring rehabilitation work. Currently 41 dams (out of a total of
316) have been identified as in need of some rehabilitation work
ranging for minimal to extensive. None of these dams are in any danger
of imminent collapse.