2013_14 IDP Review.pdf - KZN Development Planning

Map 20: Households density (Dwellings per ha)5. Access to service infrastructureSince this SDF deals with district wide issues, Service delivery in the localmunicipalities will not be directly assessed. The emphasis is on regionalservices. This applies to both infrastructure and social or communityservice.5.1 Service delivery policiesBasic infrastructure services covers water, sanitation, electricity and refuseremoval services. UDM is responsible for water, sanitation, and solidwaste disposal site. The LMs are responsible for electricity services wherethey have supply licenses while Eskom provides electricity in theremainder of the area. Refuse removal is a local function while UDM andthe LMs share the responsibilities for municipal roads and storm waterservices. The rest of the roads in the municipal area are under thejurisdiction of the KZN Department of Transport.5.2 Access to servicesAccess to services and specially the capacity of existing bulk serviceshave a direct impact on the prospects for future development. The Councilis currently in process of profiling the municipal area in terms of serviceaccess. All the policy documents and sector plans still quotes CommunitySurvey 2007 or even the Census 2001. The Council does have access toGlobal Insight’s regional Explorer database and the Quantec database.Both these databases do provide access to services figures that arestatistically estimated and do not necessarily reflect the de facto situation.5.3 Water and sanitation servicesThe UDM is the Water Services Authority and water services are providedthrough Uthukela Water (Pty) Ltd.The majority of these bulk services is inthe tribal and consists of reticulated networks and boreholes. Theseboreholes provide either direct access to water from the boreholes or feedinto reticulated systems. There are 2297 boreholes but 40.7% arecurrently not working. There are clearly areas where there are moredysfunctional boreholes than in other areas.Draft 2013/14 IDP Review Page 175Prepared by Umzinyathi District Municipality22 March 2013