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NW1199E - 01 April 2011

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  • Picture of Setlamorago Godfrey Thobejane
    S G Thobejane question
    Why does her department not apply the use of the character Š in capital with regard to Sepedi names in line with section 6(2) of the Constitution?
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  • Picture of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
    Minister of Home Affairs answer
    [pic] Enquiries: T Ntili Telephone: 051 405 9000 Reference: 6/2/2/6 MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: QUESTION 2203 FOR WRITTEN REPLY A draft reply to the above question asked by Mr G R Morgan (DA) is attached for your consideration. ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL DATE: DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NO 2203 DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 19 AUGUST 2011 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 24) 2203. Mr G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs: (1) With reference to her reply to the National Council of Provinces to Question 153 on 13 May 2010, what is the current state of sewerage infrastructure in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality; (2) whether any (a) directives have been issued or (b) criminal charges have been brought against the municipality since her reply; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) whether her department is currently offering any assistance to the municipality to improve the sewerage infrastructure; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether any pollution events have been reported to her department since her reply; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) (a) on what dates were the last three visits by compliance and enforcement officers of her department brought to assess compliance of sewerage infrastructure and (b) with regard to each assessment, what is the (i) name and (ii) designation of each specified official? NW2577E ---00O00--- REPLY: 1) Matjhabeng Local Municipality has a total of eleven (11) WWTWs; refer to the table below on the current state of each sewerage and the interventions by the Department. |No |Name of WWTWs |Current Status of |Interventions by the Department | | | |WWTWs | | |1 |Theronia WWTW |Functional, but |Refurbishment and maintenance will | | | |overloaded. |be completed by end of September | | | | |2011 | |2 |Odendaalsrus |Currently the plant |Refurbishment and upgrading will be | | |WWTW |is being refurbished|completed by end of September 2011 | | | |and upgraded | | |3 |Witpan WWTW |Flooded and |Technical report compiled and | | | |non-functional |approved by Department, Human | | | | |Settlement and CoGTA. | |4 |Thabong WWTW |Functional |The Department is providing | | | | |technical support to increase the | | | | |capacity of the plant to 24ML/day – | | | | |department provides inputs in the | | | | |development of the technical report | | | | |and designs. The Department is | | | | |evaluating the variation order to | | | | |complete phase 1 (Supply and | | | | |delivery of mobile pumps, dehydrator| | | | |slap and refurbishment of the | | | | |buildings | |5 |Virginia WWTW |The plant is not |The Department renders support by | | | |effectively |evaluating the technical report for | | | |operational – the |MIG funding | | | |aerators are not | | | | |functional | | |6 |Phomolong WWTW |Not effectively |The Department issued a directive to| | | |operational |the municipality to provide an | | | | |action plan and relevant budget to | | | | |rectify the non-functioning units. | | | | |The Department has approved the | | | | |outfall sewer design for MIG funding| |7 |Ventersburg WWTW|The oxidation pond |No intervention from the Department | | | |system is overloaded|except for the technical advice | | | |and pond walls |provided. The Department is in a | | | |leaking |process to issue a non-compliance | | | | |letter to the municipality as result| | | | |of the Green Drop report. The | | | | |municipality needs to budget for the| | | | |upgrade of the plant. | |8 |Hennenman WWTW |Not effectively |The Department issued a directive to| | | |operational |the municipality to provide an | | | | |action plan and relevant budget to | | | | |rectify the non-functioning units. | | | | |The Department has approved the | | | | |outfall sewer design for MIG funding| |9 |Kutlwanong WWTW |Not effectively |The Department is in a process to | | | |operational |issue a non-compliance letter to the| | | |(clarifiers and |municipality as result of the Green | | | |aerators not |Drop report. | | | |functional). | | | | |Upgrading of the | | | | |WWTW is in progress | | |10 |Whites WWTW |De-commissioned, |No intervention from the Department | | | |only pump station | | | | |remaining. Sewerage | | | | |is directed to | | | | |Hennenman WWTW | | |11 |Allanridge WWTW |Not effectively |The Department renders support by | | | |operational |evaluating the technical report for | | | | |MIG funding | (2)(a) Yes, directives have been issued with regard to the Hennenman and Phomolong WWTWs on 17 June 2011 to address the following: • To provide the Department with a detailed short term action plan that focuses on the repairing of the non operational infrastructure at the two WWTWs. • To specify the financial breakdown in the action plan according to the actions required to stop the disposal of water containing waste in a manner that is detrimentally impacting on the water resource. • To specify the timeframes for the specific actions to be completed. (2)(b) Yes, criminal charges were brought against the Municipality on 7 March 2006 and the trial date has been set from 28 February to 9 March 2012 at the Welkon Magistrate Court. (3) Subsequent to the funding of R26 million which was provided by the Department during 2009/10 financial year, the Department continues to monitor the projects which are still in the upgrading/refurbishment process. Such projects will be completed by the end of August 2011. In addition, the Department is assisting the municipality to acquire Municipal Infrastructure Grant funding from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs for the upgrading of the Phomolong outfall line, the Virginia WWTW and the Hennenman WWTW. (4) Yes, the Department has been informed of pollution events, i.e. the Phomolong WWTW is discharging partially treated effluent to the water resource and that, the waste water at the Hennenman WWTW, is also discharging partially treated effluent to the water resource. (5)(i) Table 1 below reflects the details of the last three site visits by the Department. Table 1: Details of site visits |No |Date of site |Area visited | | |visit visited | | |1 |11/03/2011 |Hennenman and Phomolong WWTWs | |2 |12/05/2011 |Witpan WWTW and Klippan Pump Station | |3 |21/06/2011 |Virginia, Thabong and Theronia WWTWs | |4 |22/06/2011 |Hennenman and Phomolong WWTWs | |5 |27/06/2011 |Allanridge and Odendaalsrus WWTWs | (5)(ii) The last three site visits were conducted by two (2) Environmental Officer Production and one (1) Graduate Trainee (Details furnished). ---00O00---
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