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JOINT PROJECTS |
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-IWRM- |
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The DWAF-DANCED IWRM project intends
o give effect to the National Water Act and the White Paper on a
National Water Policy for South Africa, and supports the implementation
of programs towards achieving IWRM in three selected Water Management
Areas (WMAs):
WMA No 3 Crocodile
(West) and Marico
WMA No 11 Mvoti to Uzimkulu
WMA No 17 Olifants-Doorn
The vision of
the project is to develop IWRM from a strategic level to implementation
level, and that IWRM will be used to empower previously disadvantaged
groups and encourage participation in the management of water resources
in South Africa.
The implementation of the IWRM
project will involve working closely with communities to ensure
that water resources management takes into consideration the potential
for self-improvement and upliftment, and the need to incorporate
traditional management of local water resources.
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Link
to Document: Inception Report Integrated
Water Resource Management Strategies, Guidelines and Pilot Implementation
in Three Water Management Areas, South Africa |
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-Water
for Rural Development- |
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Access
to water is of fundamental importance to the living conditions of
all people. In South Africa where water is an unevenly distributed
resource, the problems of access have been exacerbated by our history
of segregation and oppression. The government's commitment to towards
alleviating poverty and enhancing the living conditions of all South
Africans faces enormous challenges. The fundamentals for addressing
these challenges are in place; the Constitution, legislation, policies
and strategies all enshrine a rights-based approach to dealing with
issues of inequity. The implementation of our water legislation for
purposes of achieving the basic principles of sustainability and equity,
requires a social pact between various social players in both the
formal and informal structures, with special reference to the role
water can play in Integrated Rural Development. |
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-NWRS- |
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The
NWA says a great deal about what must be done to manage South Africa's
water resources, but it says very little about how it should be done.
Precise timeframes within which this should be done were also not
specified for practical reasons. There is however a clear need for
a comprehensive plan which describes how and when the Act will be
implemented. There is also a need, in accordance with the general
requirement for transparent and accountable public administration
in all spheres of Government, to ensure that all aspects of water
resource management which will affect the public are brought to society's
attention. To meet these needs Sections 5 to 7 of the Act require
the Minister, after first consulting with interested persons, to establish
a National Water Resource Strategy (NWRS). |
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The
Strategy has four purposes at different stages of its preparation:- |
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As
an integrative focus for strategy development in the Department |
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As
a means of informing the public and obtaining comment |
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As a legally binding instrument |
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As
a framework for the preparation of catchment management strategies |
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