WASSUP Diepsloot, Report March 2019

10 APPENDICES
10.2 List of figures
Figure 01: COVER: Toilets in Diepsloot Extension 1.
Photograph by Mark Lewis 2018
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Princess Zondi of WASSUP installing PVC
pipes on communal toilets. Photograph by
Sean Kearney
Junitha Kgatla of WASSUP shows a WASSUP
maintained toilet
Community Plumbing Challenge (CPC)
Diesploot 2016, working at the Father Louis
Blondel Youth Centre
Illegal dumping on Diepsloot’s wetland,
Photgraph by Mark Lewis 2018
WASSUP Diepsloot team at their
headquarters in Diepsloot, 2018
Toilets in Diepsloot’s Extension 1. Photograph
by Mark Lewis 2018
Jack Molokomme of WASSUP shows a
WASSUP maintained toilet
Sustainable Development Goals http://
www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/
sustainable-development-goals.html
Isaac Nkhoesa, Zonke Ngunuza and Siza
Mamosebo, some of the residents of Rabie
Ridge facilitated by Sticky Situations and
WASSUP Diepsloot to pilot a program to
repair taps in their township of Rabie Ridge.
Photograph by Mark Lewis 2018
Jack Molokomme, members of WASSUP
Diepsloot, steps across a river of household
garbage, leaking sewerage and leaking water.
Photograph by Mark Lewis 2018
Child in a typical Extension 1 Street.
Photograph by Mark Lewis 2018
Constant sewerage leaks cause both a serious
health hazard as well as deteriorate road
infrastructure. Photograph by Mark Lewis
2018
The Rabie Ridge pilot project was rolled
out to extension K-60C, counted to
have 810 households with 7 working tap
stands, which averages to 116 households
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using 1 water stand. With a South African
average household size of 3.3, that’s an
average of 382 people sharing 1 water
stand. (https://www.statssa.gov.za/
publications/03-01-06/03-01-062016.pdf
sourced 30.OCT.2018). Data collection and
map by Sticky Situations. Aerial map from
Google Maps. Photograph by Mark Lewis
2018.
Example of a before and after toilet repair in
Diepsloot, Extension 1.
WASSUP’s work truck/bakkie is the most
efficient system to access the internal streets
of Diepsloot’s Extension 1.
Isaac Nkhoesa and Siza Mamosebo (working
with Zonke Ngunuza) from Rabie Ridge
Community Plumbers, residents of Rabie
Ridge, facilitated by the CDW and Ward
Councillor to mobilise to repair taps in their
township. Photograph by Mark Lewis 2018
Woman carrying water in Rabie Ridge.
Photograph by Mark Lewis 2018.
Residents have been trained in plumbing
skills, and some are pursuing formal
plumbing qualifications – mostly thanks to the
assistance from partners such as Healthabitat,
WorksSkills Foundation, IAPMO and The
Australian Government.
Community awareness programs in Diepsloot
by WASSUP and Sticky Situations. This
event was demonstrating to residents what
1 KiloLitre of water looks like in physical size
(1m3) and sharing the data of how much
water the WASSUP repairs are saving.
Figure 21: View of Diepsloot. Mark Lewis 2018.
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Toilet in Diepsloot’s Extension 1. Water leaks
are a constant problem. Photograph by Mark
Lewis 2018.
Figures 23: Water metres were installed (which required
new galvanised pipes due to deterioration),
and systems for regular readings were
established.
Figure 24:
Water collection points in Rabie Ridge.
Figures 25: Systems developed for the WASSUP
program: Work flow diagram plus processes
for reporting and responding. Background
photo of Rabie Ridge street. Photograph by
Mark Lewis 2018.
Figure 26:
Jack Molokomme of WASSUP repairing
toilets in Diepsloot, Extension 1.
Figure WASSUP’s administrator, Princess Zondi,
27 & 28: manning the reporting counter where
residents report emergency repairs
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Graph showing water use from control group
of toilets and repaired group of toilets after
42 days, showing an average difference of
over 4,000 litres of water per day per toilet
Graph showing water use from control group
of toilets and repaired group of toilets after
109 days, showing an average difference of
3,600 litres of water per day per toilet. Note
that in May 2014 the control group of toilets
were upgraded which is why the red line
comes down to similar water use levels of the
green maintained toilets.
This graph shows the water use over 4 years,
demonstrating the average per toilet savings
of 4,640litres of water per day. Note that the
control toilets were upgraded in May/June
2014 which lowered the water waste, but
without repairs & maintenance the control
group again increased in water wastage
Figure 32: Leaking sewerage in Diepsloot’s Extension 1.
Photograph by Mark Lewis 2018
Figure 33: Toilet facilities in Diepsloot’s Extension 1.
Water leaks are clearly visible. Photograph by
Mark Lewis 2018
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An example of some key improvements
from Survey + Fix March 2017 to July 2018,
demonstrating that cyclical repairs reduce the
ongoing workload.
Child in Rabie Ridge
Team USA at the 2016 Community Plumbing
Challenge installing new toilet units.
Figure Partnerships have been key to WASSUPs
37-38: success, pictured left and above with the
IAPMO Community Plumbing Challenge
(CPC) program with Team USA and Team
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INDIA installing new toilet blocks in 2016.
The CPC program, along with longer-term
partnerships with international plumbing
organisations, gave a real boost to the
Diepsloot program
The City of Joburg ran a MineCraft public
space design program in partnership with
UN-Habitat Global Public Space Programme.
By aligning multiple projects related to public
space and public amenities projects can go
much futher than by operating independantly
Figures 40: Some other partnerships (Johannesburg
Development Agency, Smithsonian Exhibition
‘Design With the other 90%’, Anna Rubbo
from The Global Studio, Anne Fitchett
from University of the Witwatersrand, Paul
Pholeros from Healthabitat, Australian
Embassy visitors and Community Plumbing
Challenge 2016
Figure 41: Toilets in Extension 1, Diepsloot. CPC 2016
planning site visit. Photograph by Sean
Kearney
Figure 42: Failed infrastructure in Diepsloot Extension 1.
Photograph by Mark Lewis
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Water leaks running through Diepsloot
Extension 1. Photograph by Mark Lewis
Household waste in Extension 1 Diepsloot
Young girl collecting water in Rabie Ridge
Figure WASSUP team members repairing toilets
46-47: and collecting data.
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Woman washing in Diepsloot
Figure 49: Trading stall in Diepsloot Extension 1.
Figure 50: Household waste in Diepsloot Extension 1.
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Toilets in Rabie Ridge. Photograph by Mark
Lewis 218.
Artwork on Diepsloot Toilets by Diepsloot
Arts & Culture Network, 2016.
BACK COVER: Reparing toilets during CPC
2016. Photograph by Sean Kearney.
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