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FLIPCHART 10: Managing catchment areas<br />
FLIPCHART 10: Ukuvikela imithombo yamanzi<br />
Message: people living in catchment areas have a shared responsibility to keep water clean<br />
and healthy, not only for themselves but for people living downstream as well<br />
Background<br />
The purpose of establishing Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) is for national government to delegate water resource management to the<br />
catchment level, and to involve local communities.<br />
A water management area is an area of responsibility of a single catchment management agency. The initial functions of a CMA are to:<br />
• investigate and advise on the protection, use, development, conservation, management and control of the water resources in its water<br />
management area<br />
• develop a catchment management strategy<br />
• co-ordinate the activities of water users and water management institutions<br />
• promote the implementation of an applicable water services development plan<br />
• promote community participation.<br />
Notes to facilitator<br />
1. Point out the catchment area in the picture.<br />
Explain that it is an area of land that catches water from rain and small streams and rivers, and sends water downhill into a big river. Get the<br />
participants to tell you what is happening in each part of the picture, i.e. It shows a typical village in KwaZulu-Natal where the rainfall is plentiful<br />
and the soil is fertile. But there are some problems:<br />
• A farmer is diverting water to his lands.<br />
• A leisure resort is not using water responsibly. The waste water from the resort is being pumped into the river. Toilets on the edge of the marsh<br />
have septic tanks that drain into the marshes.<br />
• A village pit toilet has been built too close to the river and is contaminating the water.<br />
• Women are washing clothes in the river.<br />
• A boy is urinating into the river.<br />
• Cattle are walking through the river, polluting it with their faeces.<br />
• Rubbish has been dumped in the river.<br />
• Even further downstream crops are dying and the groundwater and river water is no longer as pure as it was at the source.<br />
• The village women call a meeting with the farmer and the resort own to discuss what the whole village can do about the quality of water. As<br />
they are downstream, they are the most affected. Together the village community forms a forum to put together a plan of action.<br />
2. Facilitate a discussion about the right to clean, safe water. Ask questions like the following:<br />
a. What is a catchment area<br />
b. Why should people living in the same catchment area work together<br />
c. Does the government have a responsibility to protect people’s rights to water and health Can the government always<br />
guarantee this right<br />
d. What water resources does your community have How can your community protect its own water resources<br />
e. What can everyone do to ensure that all the water is protected<br />
f. Why is it important that everyone living in a catchment area should conserve and manage their water resources<br />
Possible answers:<br />
a. A catchment area is an area of land that catches water from rain and small streams and rivers, and sends that water downhill into a river.<br />
b. People living in the same catchment area should work together because they all use the water so they have a shared interest in making sure<br />
that there is enough clean, safe water for everyone.<br />
c. Water is a human right, and government is responsible to help meet people’s need for enough safe water. However, people often have to work<br />
together to make sure that the government will honour and protect people’s rights to water security.<br />
d. Get participants to describe the water resources available to their own community. Listen to their ideas and encourage them to use what they<br />
learnt about protecting water sources to help them.<br />
e. The resort could conserve water and prevent pollution by using waste water to water the garden rather than pumping it into the river. The<br />
toilets should be moved so that the septic tanks no longer drain into the marshes. The farmers can conserve water by harvesting rainwater<br />
more efficiently and by building bigger reservoirs. Water allowances could be set in order to limit the amount of water that people can get. This<br />
would need to be monitored so that people do not take more than they are entitled to.<br />
f. There are many different practices that threaten the quality and quantity of water in catchment areas. This is why everyone living in the area<br />
needs to work together to find ways of using water more responsibly. For example, farmers may find ways of diverting less water to their<br />
land but if the resort’s septic tanks are still leaking into the marshes then the water quality downstream will still be a problem. This is why it’s<br />
important for all the communities in the area to work together to conserve and manage their water resources.<br />
Umyalezo: abantu abahlala ezindaweni ezigcina amanzi banomsebenzi okufanele babelane<br />
ngawo wokugcina amanzi ehlanzekile futhi enempilo, hhayi nje kubo kuphela<br />
kodwa nakulabo abahlala ezansi nomfula<br />
Isendlalelo:<br />
Inhloso yokwenza Izinhlangano Zokuphathwa Kwezindawo Zokugcina Amanzi (Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs)) ukuthi uhulumeni kazwelonke<br />
adlulisele ukuphathwa kwezidingongqangi zamanzi ezingeni lezindawo zokugcina amanzi, futhi abandakanye imiphakathi yendawo.<br />
Indawo ephatha amanzi indawo ebhekela umsebenzi wenhlangano yokuphatha indawo yokugcina amanzi eyodwa. Imisebenzi yokuqala ye-CMA yilena:<br />
• ukuphenya kanye nokweluleka ngokuvikela, ukusebenza, ukuthuthukisa, ukonga, ukuphatha kanye nokulawula izidingongqangi zamanzi endaweni eyiphethe<br />
• ukwenza isu lokuphathwa kwezinddawo zokugcina amanzi<br />
• ukuxhumanisa imisebenzi yabasebenzisi bamanzi kanye nezikhungo zokuphatha amanzi<br />
• ukukhuthaza ukuqala ukusetshenziswa kohlelo lokuthuthukisa imisebenzi yamanzi olungasebenziseka<br />
• ukukhuthaza ukuhlanganyela komphakathi.<br />
Amanothi omuntu osizayo<br />
1. Khomba indawo yokugcina amanzi esithombeni. Chaza ukuthi indawo engenisa amanzi avela emvuleni kanye nasemifuleni emincane kanye<br />
nasemifuleni, bese iyawehlisa amanzi iwangenise emfuleni omkhulu. Cela abantu ababambe iqhaza ukuthi mabakutshele ukuthi kwenzekani engxenyeni<br />
yesithombe ngayinye, okungukuthi sikhombisa amakhaya kwaZulu-Natali lapho kunemvula eningi khona futhi nomhlabathi uvundile khona. Kodwa kunezinye<br />
izinkinga:<br />
• Umlimi uphambukisela amanzi emhlabeni wakhe.<br />
• Indawo ayiwasebenzisi amanzi ngendlela efanele. Amanzi angcolile aphuma endaweni yokuphumula ampontshelwa emfuleni. Amathoyilethi<br />
asemaphethelweni amaxhaphozi anamathangi abolisayo akhiphela amanzi emaxhaphozini.<br />
• Ithoyilethi lomgodi lemizi lakhiwe laba seduze kakhulu nomfula futhi lingcolisa amanzi.<br />
• Abesifazane bawasha izimpahla zokugqoka emfuleni.<br />
• Umfana uchamela emfuleni.<br />
• Izinkomo zinqamula emfuleni, zingcolisa amanzi ngobulongwe bazo.<br />
• Kulahlwe udoti emfuleni.<br />
• Ngisho nasezansi nomfula izitshalo ziyafa kanti namanzi aphansi kanye namanzi omfula awasahlanzekile njengoba bekunjalo emthonjeni.<br />
• Owesimame wasemizini wabiza umhlangano nomlimi kanye nomnikazi wendawo yokuphumula baxoxa ngokuthi yini engenziwa abantu bemizi<br />
ngeqophelo lamanzi. Njengoba besezansi nomfula, yibona abathinteke kakhulu. Undawonye umphakathi wasemizini wenza inhlangano yokuhlanganisa<br />
uhlelo oluzokwenziwa.<br />
2. Siza ekuqhubeni ingxoxo ngelungelo lamanzi ahlanzekile, aphephile. Buza imibuzo efana nalena elandelayo:<br />
a. Yini indawo yokugcina amanzi<br />
b. Kungani abantu abahlala endaweni efanayo yokugcina amanzi kufanele basebenze ndawonye<br />
c. Ingabe uhulumeni unomsebenzi wokuvikela amalungelo abantu amanzi kanye nawempilo Uhulumeni angaliqinisekisa yini njalo<br />
leli lungelo<br />
d. Umphakathi wangakini unaziphi izidingongqangi eziphathelene namanzi Umphakathi wangakini ungazivikela kanjani izidingongqangi<br />
zawo zamanzi<br />
e. Yini engenziwa yiwo wonke umuntu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi onke amanzi avikelekile<br />
f. Kungani kubalulekile ukuthi wonke umuntu ohlala endaweni yokugcina amanzi kufanele onge futhi aphathe izidingongqangi<br />
zamanzi abo<br />
Izimpendulo ezinokutholakala:<br />
a. Indawo yokugcina amanzi indawo emhlabeni engenisa amanzi emvula nawemifudlana kanye nemifula, bese iwathumela ezansi nentaba angene emfuleni<br />
omkhulu.<br />
b. Abantu abahlala endaweni efanayo yokugcina amanzi kufanele basebenze ndawonye ngoba bonke basebenzisa amanzi, ngakho-ke bonke banothando<br />
lokuthi baqinisekise ukuthi kunamanzi enele ahlanzekile, aphephile awo wonke umuntu.<br />
c. Amanzi ayilungelo lomuntu, kanti uhulumeni unomsebenzi wokuhlangabezana nezidingo zabantu zamanzi anele aphephile. Kodwa-ke, abantu kufanele<br />
basebenzisane ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uhulumeni uzohlonipha futhi avikele amalungelo abantu okuvikeleka kwamanzi.<br />
d. Ababambe iqhaza mabachaze izidingongqangi zamanzi ezikhona emphakathini wabo. Lalela imibono yabo futhi ubakhuthaze ukuthi basebenzise lokho<br />
abakufundile ngokuvikela imithombo ukuthi kubasize.<br />
e. Indawo yokuphumula kufanele yonge amanzi futhi ivimbele ukungcola ngokusebenzisa amanzi angcolile ukunisela ingadi kunokuba iwaphampele emfuleni.<br />
Amathoyilethi kufanele asuke ukuze amathangi abolisayo engezukhiphela emaxhaphozini. Abalimi bangonga amanzi ngokuthi amanzi emvula bawakhongozele<br />
kahle futhi bakhe izindawo zokuwagcina ezinkulu. Kungashiwo ukuthi amanzi azonikezelwa ukuze kuzolawulwa inani lamanzi abantu abawatholayo. Lokhu<br />
kuzodinga ukuthi kuqashwe ukuze abaantu bengezuthatha amanzi angaphezu kwalawo okufanele bawathole.<br />
f. Kunezinto eziningi ezahlukene ezenziwayo eziyingozi ezingeni nasenanini lamanzi ezindaweni zokuwagcina. Yingakho nje wonke umuntu ohlala endaweni<br />
kudingeka ukuthi basebenzisane ukuthola izindlela zokusebenzisa amanzi ngendlela enengqondo. Isibonelo, abalimi bangathola izindlela zokuphambukisela<br />
amanzi amancane emhlabeni wabo kodwa uma ngabe amathangi abolisayo endawo yokuphumula esavuzela emaxhaphozini amanzi ezansi nomfula kusazoba<br />
inkinga. Yingakho kubalulekile ukuthi yonke imiphakathi endaweni isebenze ndawonye ukonga kanye nokuphatha izidingongqangi zamanzi.<br />
© MiET Africa and Africa!Ignite 2007<br />
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