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WEEKLY REPORT TO PREMIER:

WATER RESILIENCE PLAN – 26

JANUARY 2018

DEMAND MANAGEMENT

Level 5 Water

restrictions

Awareness

Pressure reduction

Fixing of leaks

Water saving

retrofitting

Law enforcement

Demand Reduction: 37

ML/day (business as usual) – 24.8

ML/day (Current demand) 33%

saving

WATER DEMAND STRATEGY

Background:

On 12 December 2017 the Department of Water and Sanitation published a notice in

terms of the National Water Act (1998) curtailing water usage by 45% for residential and

commercial users and 60% for agricultural users. Saldanha Bay Municipality is currently

on Level 5 water restrictions and tariffs and have done substantial awareness with

regards to demand management and water saving targets. Due to target not being met

Saldanha Bay Municipality is intensifying its demand management efforts.

• Baseline water demand: 37ML/day

• Current Water Demand: 28.4ML/day

• LBN Road Aquifer abstraction: 3.6ML/day

• Actual demand from Western Cape Water Supply system: 24.8ML/day

• Savings on Western Cape water supply system: 33%

WATER DEMAND STRATEGY

Water Demand Strategy

The strategy entails the profiling, analysis and monitoring of water users and the

implementation of actions as tabulated on the slides to follow, to enable a 45% saving.

User Categories

• Residential Indigent

• Residential

• Business

• Industry

WATER DEMAND STRATEGY

User Category Action Timeframe Impact

Residential Indigent Debt to be written off: 6kl/month restrictors will be

installed at all residents who are reflected on the

Indigent write off schedule. The total debt to be

written off on the current schedule amounts to R

3 520 954.38

Other indigent: Above 15 kl usage will be investigated

for leakages and be repair – restrictors to be installed

for all over 6 kl users in arrears.

February - April 2018

February 2018 – November

2018

0.22 ML/day

Residential (All) All residents who exceed 25kl/month will be issued

with warning letters as phase 1 and fines as phase 2.

The letters will be issued as follows.

25 – 40 Kl: Issued by Law Enforcement

40 and above: Issued by ward Councillors

Top 10 users per town: Issued by Executive Mayor –

smart meters will be installed to monitor future

usage.

All residential consumers: Program to install smart

water meters

Phase 1 – February 2018

Phase 2 – March 2018 (fines)

February 2018 – December

2021

0.45ML/day

0.55ML/day

0.23ML/day

WATER DEMAND STRATEGY

User Category Action Timeframe Impact

Business All Businesses who do not meet the 45% water

savings targets will be issued with letters indicating

their current usage and their usage for a 12 month

period. The target to be reached at 45% curtailment

will be indicated and fines will be issued if non-

conformance persists.

March - 2018 (fines) 1 ML (estimate)

Industry Industry meeting will be conducted where

industries will be informed with regards to the last 3

months performance. Industry will be required to

report on their interventions and provide target

dates to the satisfaction of the Municipality.

February 2018 (Meeting)

March 2018 (Impact)

1.5 ML (estimate)

2.4 ML/day (possible)

Pressure Management Pressure management zones and control valves will

be installed to reduce water losses. Leak detection

will also be conducted. 2% saving will be realised on

water losses.

February 2018

March 2018 (impact)

0.8ML/day

Total savings 4.75 ML/day

Water demand strategy Impact

The 4.75 ML/day impact, reduces demand on the Western Cape Water Supply System to 20.05 ML/day (45.8% saving).This achieves the 45% target set for Municipalities

PLANS TO AUGMENT PERIOD MARCH – JULY 2018

(PERIOD BETWEEN POTENTIAL DAY ZERO AND THE

RECOVERY OF THE WESTERN CAPE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM)

• A meeting was held on 22 November 2017 with Dept. Local

Government, Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), Saldanha

Bay Municipality (SBM) and Hydro-geologists to discuss SBM’s

plans to cover the shortage/no water situation in the period above

• The objective was to have a clear and concise way forward enabling

additional water augmentation projects to commission in the shortest

possible timeframe.

• Outcome: SBM and DWS to be in agreement with the short term

plans devised by SBM ensuring the successful issuing of a WULA

for the proposed projects.

• It was confirmed that the Elandsfontein WULA will not be approved if

the mine’s infrastructure will be used. If SBM constructs its own

infrastructure a new WULA application can be lodged.

PRIORITISATION OF INTERVENTIONS

PRIORITY INTERVENTION SUPPLY/DEMAND COST TIMEFRAME

INTERVENTIONS DUE BY APRIL 2018

1 LBN ROAD AQUIFER 12 ML/day R 31 million APRIL 2018

2 MISVERSTAND DAM 78 days (10ML/DAY) R 2.5 million FROM DAY ZERO

3 HOPEFIELDBOREHOLES

0.4 ML/day Completed March 2018

4 ARCELOR MITTAL 2.4ML/DAY (DEMAND) Mittal APRIL 2018

5 SEA HARVEST DESAL 1.7 ML/DAY Sea Harvest APRIL 2018

LUCKY STAR DESAL 0.8 ML/DAY Lucky Star MARCH 2018

TOTAL SUPPLY APRIL 2018 = 24.5 ML/DAY

INTERVENTIONS DUE BY NOVEMBER 2018

1 SHELLEY POINT DESAL 0,6 ML/DAY R 4.5 M AUGUST 2018

2 ELANDSFONTEIN AQUIFER

14 ML/DAY R 100 million NOVEMBER 2018

TOTAL SUPPLY NOVEMBER 2018 = 39.1 ML/DAY

INTERVENTION PROGRESS

INTERVENTION STATUS

LBN ROAD AQUIFER Tender is awarded and construction will start 5 February 2018Completion date APRIL 2018.Currently abstracting 3.6ML/day from the existing boreholes to reduce SBM effect on Western Cape Water Supply System.

SHELLEY POINT DESAL Consultant is appointed.Design and licensing in process

MISVERSTAND DAM Commitment from DWS to ensure adequate water abstraction at Misverstand dam. R 2.5M contribution from SBM.

HOPEFIELD BOREHOLES Boreholes already commissioned.

ARCELOR MITTAL REUSE On Track, Due date April 2018

SEA HARVEST DESAL On track, Due date April 2018

LUCKY STAR DESAL On track, Due date March 2018

DESALINATION

MEDIUM TERM INTERVENTION

• Province has put funding aside for desalination projects in water stricken areas

• Saldanha Bay has been identified as one of these areas – R18 m allocated by Province- see letter dated 1 December 2017 to min Bredell attached

• SBM has already identified a desalination plant site in Jacobsbaai

• An EIA for the site has been approved for the construction of such a desalination plant

• A 25 km pipeline and pumps are required to pump the desalinated water into the SBM reservoir – such cost TOO HIGH for the SBM

• A water advisory committee will be established including University of Stellenbosch, Local desalination experts and SBM Technical staff.

• The water advisory committee members have been identified and the first engagement is scheduled for 31 January 2018.

• Such a plant will only be operational in 3 years

• The plan is for such a desalination plant to run permanently as part of a bigger SBM water system to reduce the overall cost per kl of water

• PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED WITH REGARDS TO FUNDING

CONCLUSION

Extend day Zero

• SBM implemented Level 5 restrictions and Tariffs on 22 November 2017.

•Public awareness and education programs intensified.

•Reduce demand to 20.05 ML/day by means of Water Demand Strategy

•CoCT and Agriculture have the biggest impact on WCWSS.

Implement short term interventions to ensure

water security should the WCWSS fail in April 2018

• Langebaan road Aquifer - 12 ML/day project must be commissioned by April 2018

•Manage Misverstand Dam water and reduce useful water from 78% dam level to 50% dam level.

•Hopefield Boreholes commissioned

• Industry interventions must be commissioned as indicated in presentation.

Medium Term

• Ground water studies to be undertaken especially on the Langebaan road Aquifer well field 2 & 3 for future use.

• Commission Shelley Point desalination project by August 2018

• Desalination - medium term option with funding assistance from Provincial and National Government

• The Elandsfontein Aquifer ground water abstraction, separate form the mine infrastructure. Abstraction of 14 Ml/day on short term and sustainable 8,6 Ml/day. Estimated cost R 100 000 000. To be commissioned by September 2018.

• THE ABOVE WILL PROVIDE PRESENT INDUSTRY AND FUTURE INVESTOR CONFIDENCE

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