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MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: QUESTION 868 FOR WRITTEN REPLY
A draft reply to the above mentioned question asked by Mrs J D Kilian
(Cope) 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 868
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 01 APRIL 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 09)
868. Mrs J D Kilian (Cope) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs: (Interdepartmental transfer on 01 April 2011)
Whether her department has identified any urgent projects with regard
to infrastructure upgrading within the water and environmental sector
in the context of the R846bn government infrastructure upgrade plan
over the next three years; if not, why not; if so, what are the
relevant details?
NW948E
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REPLY:
Yes, the Department has identified projects with regard to
infrastructure upgrading within the water sector in the context of the
R846bn government infrastructure upgrade plan over the next three
years. The Departmentâs infrastructure budget allocation forms part of
the R846 billion. The relevant details as outlined in the Estimates of
National Expenditure 2011, Vote 38 can be summarised as follows:
The spending focus over the medium term (MTEF 2011/12 to 2013/14) will
be on bulk raw water resource infrastructure to meet sustainable
demand for South Africa. Projected expenditure on water and waste
water infrastructure projects is expected to increase from R2.7
billion in 2010/11 to R13.6 billion over the MTEF period.
Projects identified are categorised as:
A. Mega Infrastructure projects
B. Small Infrastructure projects
C. Regional Bulk Infrastructure
D. Water Services Projects
The table below indicates the budget allocation for the identified
projects:
|PROJECT |ESTIMATED |SPENT UP TO|MTEF |
| |BUDGET |2010/11 |ALLOCATION |
| |Râ000 |R â000 |Râ000 |
|A. Mega Infrastructure projects | | | |
|1.Olifants River Water Resource Development |16Â 175 000|2Â 561 795 |2Â 778 733 |
|Project | | | |
| - De Hoop Dam |3Â 075 00 |2Â 170 766 |858 408 |
| - Distribution Systems |13Â 100 000|391 029 |1Â 920 325 |
|2. Clan Williams Dam |2Â 200 000 |1 140 |379804 |
|3. Mokolo and Crocodile River (West) Augmentation|2 000 000 |139 400 |603 200 |
|Project, Phase 1 | | | |
|4. Greater Letaba River project (Tzaneen and |2Â 015 000 |- |386 140 |
|Nwamitwa dams) | | | |
|5. Nandoni WTW and Distribution |1 697 000 |1Â 164 504 |752 900 |
|6. Nandoni Pipeline project |720 000 |- |7500 000 |
| |
|B. Small Infrastructure projects |3Â 200 000 |904 800 |1Â 400 000 |
| | | | |
|C. Regional Bulk Infrastructure |893 |882 408 |6Â 427Â 255 |
| |
|D. Water Services Projects |314 960 |278 169 |729 963 |
| |
|TOTAL |29Â 244 960|5Â 932 216 |14Â 208 085 |
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