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Business Case for the Pongola-Umzimkulu Catchment Management Agency The division of functions under the National Water Act into initial functions of a CMA, inherent functions implicit in the NWA, functions to be delegated to CMAs, and functions to remain the responsibility of DWA and/or the Minister are captured in detail in Annexure A. 6.5.1 Outsourcing or development a technical support pool It is not necessary for the CMA to perform all of its functions in-house. Certain functions could be out-sourced to other water management institutions, consulting firms or technical contractors. The possibility also exists, in due course, for a number of CMAs to develop a shared technical pool which can bring together scarce technical resources to serve more than one CMAs. However, it must be noted that In this case, the CMA does not relinquish any powers or duties but simply hires in skills and resources as may be required from time to time. 6.6 Implications for DWA structure and functions Once all CMAs have been established as responsible authorities, the functions to be performed by DWA will be significantly reduced, with implications for the structure and budget of DWA as well. It is envisaged that the water resources management staff in the regional offices will be very small, with a limited number of functions. There will also be an impact on the staff in the national office, with some or part of the functions currently performed in the national office being taken over by CMAs as well. The functions that will be retained by DWA in the long term are: • Development, revision and amendment of policy and legislation • National water resources planning and reconciliation of supply and demand, ensuring that CMAs operate within such planning parameters, and ensuring that South Africa operates with an appropriate level of water security at the national level; • Development, operation and maintenance of national monitoring and information systems • Authorisation of strategic water use, national infrastructure development and operation, and determination of inter-basin transfers • Regulation and oversight of CMAs, and WUAs managing government waterworks or with government guaranteed loans • Determination of classification, reserves and resource quality objectives for water resources of national significance or with significant inter-water management area implications and ensuring that CMAs implement such requirements • Developing and ensuring the implementation of the National Water Resource Strategy, including the raw water pricing strategy • Determination of monitoring and information protocols and standards • Flood monitoring and management in national systems • Development, operation and maintenance of national water resources infrastructure • Determination of guidelines and regulations for establishment of institutions • Ensuring water use authorisations are in line with national policy, procedures and guidelines, including policies on redress and equity • Providing technical support to CMAs • Negotiating and overseeing agreements in transboundary basins. Department of Water Affairs 30
Business Case for the Pongola-Umzimkulu Catchment Management Agency 7 Organisational arrangements 7.1 Proposed functional structure of the Pongola-UmzimkuluCMA The Pongola-UmzimkuluCMA functional structure must, in addition to providing for implementation of the initial functions, provide a systematic response to the water resource management challenges within the CMA. A possible high level functional organisation of the Pongola-UmzimkuluCMA consists of functional areas captured in the diagram below and briefly described in the subsequent sections. It is noted that due to the size and complexity of the CMA, it is envisaged that the three offices will be located across the CMA, with the largest being in the southern part of the CMA. Besides its water resource management functions, it will also house the technical and corporate services department within the office. The structure is indicated in Figure 8. Figure 8: Pongola to UmzimkuluCMA Structure 7.1.1 Water resource management The water resource management functional area is responsible for coordinating and managing all water resource related functions including water quality management, water use management and related responsibilities such as water resource protection and regulation, and water allocation reform. It is envisaged that this function operates in each of the three offices. A summary list of activities per sub-function are presented below. • Water Use Management and Regulation: The water use management and regulation programme includes activities such as licensing, registration of water users, and ensuring Department of Water Affairs 31
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