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Chapter| Bulk Potable Water Supply PlaniLembe District Municipality: Short-Term Bulk Sales ForecastSales to iLembe District Municipality can be described as follows:• Sales to the Coastal Area of iLembe through Siza Water.• Sales to the Coastal Area of iLembe through iLembe District Municipality.• Sales to iLembe District Municipality through schemes owned by the district municipality and managed byUmgeni Water.Urban and peri-urban growth across Siza Water’s concession area has caused a corresponding increase in waterdemand with the growth for 2009/2010 being 7.1%. Further developments in this area are expected to increase thedemand from 11 400 cubic metres per day to 12 100 cubic metres per day in 2010/2011 and 12 700 cubic metres perday in 2011/2012.The remaining water sales to iLembe District Municipality include:• approximately 8 000 cubic metres per day sales to the coastal areas from Umgeni Water’s Hazelmere WaterTreatment Works;• 16 000 cubic metres per day sales to KwaDukuza (Stanger) from the Mvoti Water Treatment Works. Thisplant is owned by iLembe District Municipality and operated by Umgeni Water; and• 8 000 cubic metres per day sales to 36 inland rural schemes owned by iLembe District Municipality andoperated by Umgeni Water.The iLembe District Municipality is implementing a number of water demand management initiatives within thetown of KwaDukuza (Stanger) and it estimates that savings from these initiatives will offset the growth in sales forthe area. The total sales growth to iLembe District Municipality, over the next two years, is therefore assumed tobe around a zero per cent.Ugu District Municipality: Short-Term Bulk Sales ForecastTotal sales to the Ugu District Municipality increased by 30.78% from 16 490 cubic metres in 2009 to 21 564 cubicmetres in 2010. This steep growth was due to the immediate uptake once the capacity of Mtwalume WaterTreatment Works had been upgraded from 4 500 cubic metres per day to 7 500 cubic metres per day. This growthis not expected to be maintained within the short-term forecast period. The projected growth in sales is expectedto be relatively high, at 5.0% in 2010/2011 and in 2011/2012. This equates to total sales for 2011 and 2012 of 22 643and 23 775 cubic metres respectively.This expected growth is as a result of the Ugu District Municipality’s proposed initiatives towards the reduction ofbacklogs and the rapid growth in water sales in the inland rural areas of the municipality, specifically in the Ifafaand Mathulini areas. There are a number of water loss reduction initiatives currently planned in the Umgeni Watersupply area within the Ugu District Municipality. These are due to be implemented within the next financial year.Sisonke District Municipality: Short-Term Bulk Sales ForecastThe Ixopo Water Treatment Works, which is operated by Umgeni Water supplies the greater Ixopo area. Averagedaily sales from the Water Treatment Works currently amount to 2 460 cubic metres per day, having increased at arate of 7% year-on-year. It is projected that sales from the Water Treatment Works will remain at 2 460 cubicmetres per day in 2010/11 and grow to 2 510 cubic metres per day in 2011/12.Page 48 Umgeni Water Five-Year Business Plan | 2011/2012 to 2015/2016