APPROVED IDP DOC 2011-16.BA PHALABORWA.pdf

Key Issues with regard to water and sanitation:
Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality is not a water services authority;
The current water backlog requires about R34 million to correct, up to RDP level;
R80 million is required to correct the backlog to yard connection status;
Management of Nondweni Augmentation Scheme is a challenge;
The distribution infrastructure is more than 35 years old;
Supply to Phalaborwa town is operating at full capacity (25,6Ml/d);
There is unbalanced water distribution caused by over utilization in unmetred areas as well as
system capacity;
There is over consumption (About 10MI/d due to non-metering, loss of income is estimated at
R30 000 per day);
Loss of income due to non-payment is about 5Ml/d or R15 000 per day;
Service below RDP standard is at 23%;
Communities that rely on boreholes complain about boreholes that are not working;
Daily water supply interruptions are common in more that 75% of the wards;
Some households in Wards 2, 11, and 16 still have to travel more than 200m to access water;
Two Clinics, one in Ward 9 and the other in Ward 11 do not have piped water;
Two schools in Ward 8 and one in Ward 12 do not have toilets;
Delays in the approval of technical reports by DWA; and
Cost recovery and the non-payment of services.
Management supply problems affect water in the Selwane/Nondweni Water Scheme.
Sanitation infrastructure in Phalaborwa Town needs to be upgraded in order to accommodate
new developments
B5.3 Electricity/Energy
The National Electricity Regulator has licensed the Municipality to supply electricity within the
boundaries of the old Phalaborwa area. ESKOM is the license holder within the Municipality for all
the out-laying areas, which includes Namakgale, Lulekani, and all the villages such as Makhushane,
Selwane, Nondweni, etc.
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