PRESENTATION TITLE

Presented by:

Name Surname

Directorate

Date

PONGOLA TO UMZIMKULU PROTO CMA

WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS

Presented by:

Mr. N. Mkhize

16 November 2016

Presentation Outline

• Legislative Mandate

• WRM Framework

• What is a CMA?

• Mandate of the CMA

• Reasons for the establishment of the CMAs

• Water user associations

• Catchment management forums

• Establishment of the CMAs

• WMA and CMAs

Legislative Mandate

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is the custodian of National Water Resources, and is responsible for policy and regulation of the sector.

Has a mandate to establish Water Management Institutions (WMI) for the development and management of water resources.

In the absence of established CMA’s, DWS

undertakes these functions.

WRM Framework

FIRST TIER

Minister (Overall responsible)

DWS

SECOND TIER

CMA

THIRD TIER

WUA

What is a CMA?

Statutory body

established in terms

of Chapter 7 of the

National Water Act,

1998 (Act 36 of

1998) (NWA)

CMAs are

established in

terms of S78(1)

of the NWA

Listed as

schedule 3a

entity under the

PFMA-service

delivery Public

entity

Mandate of the CMA

Delegate water resource

management to the

catchment level

Purpose?

To develop catchment

management strategy for

its water management area

To promote community

participation in the

protection, use,

development,

conservation,

management and control

of the water resources in

its water management area

To co-ordinate the

activities of water users

and water management

institutions within its

water management area

To promote co-ordination

between implementation

of its CMS with

implementation of water

services development

plans by WSAs

To investigate and advise

on the protection, use,

development,

conservation,

management and control

of the water resources

REASONS FOR ESTABLISHING CMAs

Delegate WRM to regional or catchment level and to

involve local communities within the framework of the National Water Resources Strategy (NWRS)

1.

To achieve Equitable

access to water

2.

To achieve Sustainable use of water

3.

To achieve Efficient

use of water

“Back to basics”: focus on purpose(as per NW Act)

Water resources must be:

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To support (achieve)

protected

used

developed

conserved

managed

controlled

Basic human needs

Equitable access

Redressing the past

Efficient, sustainable use

Social & economic development

protecting aquatic ecosystems

Prevent pollution & degradation

Disasters, dam safety, international, growth

valued

Water User Associations

WUAs

• Can be created on an initiative of an interested party.

• Can also be created on the Minister's prerogative, when he/she sees the need for such creation, e.g:

• Local control of a government water scheme • Support of emerging farmers • Promote co-ordinated development of a resource

• A proposal for the creation of a WUA is prepared and submitted to the Regional Offices for compliancy assessment

• A WUA is created after extensive and all-inclusive Public Participation has taken place.

Catchment Mgmt Forums

Catchment Forums are a formal non-statutory mechanism to facilitate participation of stakeholders with diverse interests

Their strength is based on the stakeholders they represent rather than statutory powers Support functions once the CMA has been established: To promote integrated planning and cooperation between various stakeholders and role-players To support the operations of the CMA by performing activities and implementing projects

Establishment Of CMAs

The National Water Resource Strategy (NWRS) 2004 • 19 Catchment Management Agencies (CMA) per Water

Management Areas (WMA). eight CMAs were established, two were functional: the Inkomati and Breede-

Overberg. • 6 CMAs were gazetted however, no Governing Boards

were appointed. The process of establishing CMAs was put on hold in 2007

• Appropriate number of institutions was investigated through the “Institutional Reform and Realignment” (IRR) Project.

WMAs AND CMAs

• The IRR made the following recommendations: • 9 WMAs to be overseen by 9 corresponding CMAs. This is ito the decentralisation

of WRM which is a core component of the NWRS-2.

• The WMAs were reduced to enable integrated planning and for socio-economic reasons.

• The foreseen advantages of the amalgamation of WMAs include:

Improved management of integrated systems which were previously split across WMAs.

Support to a consolidated approach to international and counterparts in international basins.

The enabling of more technically-capacitated areas to be linked to less-resourced capacitated areas.

An improved balance in institutional revenue streams and economies of scale.

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THUKELA WMA

USUTU TO MHLATHUZE WMA

MVOTI TO UMZIMKULU WMA

SWAZILAND

LESOTHO

INDIAN OCEAN

KWAZULU NATAL

MPUMALANGA

FREESTATE

EASTERN CAPE

Ixopo

Dundee

Ulundi

Eshowe

Howick

Weenen

Utrecht

Vryheid

Nongoma

Glencoe

Melmoth

Colenso

Mandini

Darnall

Tongaat

Kokstad

Hlobane

Pongola

Mtunzini

Estcourt

Greytown

Wartburg

Richmond

Ramsgate

Empendle

Newcastle

Louwsburg

Mtubatuba

Ladysmith

Bergville EmpangeniWinterton

Salt Rock

Himeville

Creighton

Amsterdam

Mooirivier

ScottburghCedarville

Piet Retief

Richards Bay

Umbogintwini

Zinkwazi Beach

Port Shepstone

Paulpietersburg

Blythedale Beach

Pietermaritzburg

St Lucia

Durban

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50 0 50 100 Kilometers

NEW WMAs

Thank You!!!

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