INKOMATI CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY Science & Management.

INKOMATI CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY

INKOMATI-USUTHU CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Water dialogue

Thomas Gyedu-Ababio13 November 2014

Science & Management

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• SAM and the culture of stakeholder involvement

• Institutional structures• Stakeholders/relations• Integrated Water Quality

Management

This presentation



Inkomati-Usuthu



Our Stakeholders

• Traditional Authorities • Sector Departments • Irrigation Boards• WUAs• Mines/Industry• Forums• Municipalities • Commercial Farmers• Foresters• Emerging Farmers• CBOs• NGOs• Cross –Broader Institutions• Academia (Schools/Universities) • International• Private organisations, etc…



• Komati and Sabie/Sand catchments water security currently acceptable

• Crocodile under water stress (shortages of 160 million m3 per year) due to:– Available water already allocated according to previous

Water Act– Growth in Municipal water use

• Major growth in industrial and housing projects• Inefficiency of water use within municipalities

– Higher demands from Mozambique regarding minimum flows at border

• Water stress – huge risk for agriculture & other sectors

Current Status of the WMA



Water Use in the IWMA



WHAT WE DO AND HOW?IUCMA



The National Water Act

• Purpose is to ensure that the nation's water resources are protected, used, developed, conserved, managed and controlled

• CMAs established to improve decentralised decision making with the stakeholders and thereby improve water resources management

FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE NWA

Effici

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Sust

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Equi

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Strategic Outcome Orientated Goals & Objectives

DWS Priorities:

• Contribute to Economic Growth, Rural Development, Food Security and Land Reform (Outcome 6; 7 and 9)

• To promote Sustainable and Equitable Water Resources Management (Outcome 10).

• Strengthening the regulation of the water sector• Support Local Government to deliver services (Outcome 9).• Contribute to Improved International Relations (Outcome 11)• Build capacity to deliver Quality Services

IUCMA Objectives:

• Ensure Effective, Efficient and Sustainable Management of Water Resources

• Ensure Collaborative and Co-Ordinated IWRM for Wise Socio-Economic Development

• Promote and Pursue an International Developmental Agenda

• Promote Knowledge Generation and Distribution

• Ensure Effective and Efficient Management of ICMA Resources

CMS Strategic

Action Programmes

• Achieving Equity• Water Availability and Flow

Management• Managing Water Quality• Generating and Managing

Knowledge• Achieving Compliance and

Enforcement• Generating Revenue



Real Time Operational

River Management

Data collection, archiving, utilisation and dissemination

Modeling Framework or

Decision Support Systems

• Mike Floodwatch• Mike 11• WReMP

Stakeholder Interaction and consensus based decision making

• Operations Committee• Website, E-mails, SMS’s

Institutional Arrangements &

Governance• CMA• Water Users

Association• Dam Operators etc.

(DWS)

Real Time Adaptive Operational Water Resources Management Framework of the IUCMA

Technical Science

Social Science



STAKEHOLDERS WATER USERS

WUA

Crocodile River Operations Committee (CROCOC)

Crocodile River Forum

ICMA

Management

Board

General IWRM Communication

CROCOC Communications

Committees / Forums Institutions OWRM Responsibilities Policy , Regulation and Compliance

Kwena Dam Operations & Maintenance Adjust Dam releases on request ito RRS

Water Resources planning Develop Operating Rules; Regulate Implementation of Operating Rules

Water Allocations, CME, Regulation

River Systems Operations: Operate Model/DSS Chair and Secretariat for CROCOC Releases and restrictions instructions ito RRS Approval of WUA requests Information Coordination: Maintain website, alerts Maintain DSS hardware & software Information Dissemination

Note: CRMIB is acting as a Proto

WUA for the purposes of

CROCOC

Submit Orders to WUA Comply to allocations / restrictions

Operational / Strategic Reserve compliance monitoring Alerts ito RRS.

DWA

Minister

Infrastructure Branch

Regional Office NWRP WRPS &

NWRP

CROCOC Rapid Response System

(RRS)

MTPA KNP

All Water Users

Water Requirements to CROCOC / ICMA Implement & Manage Allocations & Use Implement & Adjust agreed releases/restrictions ito RRS Manage the WUA Water Ordering System Assistance / Advice to ICMA/DWA in Operations Legend

Institutional Arrangements



The Ecological Reserve



DWS/CMA (WRM)

Water Quality Monitoring Process license applications Biomonitoring (RHP) Inspections International Agreements

(support at operational level)o Piggs Peako Interim IncoMaputo

MUNICIPALITIES

Water Service Dev’t Plan Availability of Water Capacity of WWTWs Monitor Effectiveness of

WWTWs

ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS

EIAs to regulate the impact of dev’ts other than mining

DMR

Mining – prospecting applications

EMP Regulate impact of mining

PUBLIC WORKS

Monitor WWTWs Process license applications Biomonitoring (RHP) Inspections

Relations with Government institutions



• Rhodes University • Development of Water Quality Management Framework• Developed a stakeholder platform for sharing interests on

a common pool and planning together to achieve common interest.

• Developed a model to determine the waste load against interim water quality objectives and currently in the testing phase.

• The model will assist transparent and collective decision making as stakeholders for stakeholder’s collective benefit.

• It has brought diverse stakeholders together to manage water quality.

Research Institutions



• Wits University • Developed a stakeholder centred public participation process

based on strategic adaptive management. • This platform encourages buy-in and consensus by stakeholders

on matters relating to the protection of water resources as a common pool resource.

• UKZN– RISKOMAN: Operational Governance Dashboard, Adaptive

Operational River Management Framework.

• PSP - Development and implementation of pro-active acid mine drainage strategy.

• Pro-active AMD task team has been established with buy in from stakeholders (mining houses, authorities and NGOs).

• Sharing of information from various mining houses - prevention of mining related pollution, and plans to address decants.

Research Institutions


Thank you

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