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IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE

VANDALISM IN MNQUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

 

SUNDAY , 12 NOVEMBER 2023

The Amathole District Municipality (ADM) hereby informs residents of two vandalism incidences in Mquma Local Municipality.

  • In Ward 24 some of the pump stations e.g. the Mkhonkotho diesel station has been vandalized yet it was recently handed to the community.
  • In the same ward another vandalism incident took place at a borehole in Teko kona. This borehole is a high yield point which provides water to ward 23,24 30 and 31 including the Macibe clinic and the Town of Centane.

 

Vandalism and damaging of municipal infrasture are major contributing factors in reoccurring water outages in the district. We call for cooperation from all residents to immediately report all suspicious or illegal activities to law enforcement agencies. These acts negatively affect delivery of services to the entire community.

 

Issued by ADM Communications and Customer Care Unit.

 

For customer queries contact ADM Customer Care Sibo Mnqeta on 081 432 9630 between 08h00 and 16h30 daily | Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADM CONCLUDES ITS TWO DAY WATER INDABA
ADM HEADQUARTERS, FRIDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2023
In its quest for innovative and tangible solutions in carrying its mandate, Amathole District Municipality’s (ADM) two-day Water Indaba saw various stakeholders in the water industry gather in East London to share their expert ideas on how the institution could become the once productive district it used to be and beyond.
Among the issues discussed were the culture of non-payment of services rendered by the district’s consumers which impacts directly in the municipality’s operations and maintenance of its already aging water infrastructure. With a population base of 871 601 (714 712 rural and 156 889 urban), 250 229 are without water services while 10 263 are without sanitation and owing to growing population and changes in water usage patterns, many schemes are not designed to meet the demand and water outages are common.
As a water service authority and provider, ADM is mandated to ensure that it is able to provide sustainable, safe water and waste water services under the Blue and Green Drop legislation. This according to Department of Water and Sanitation Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement Acting Director Nivelle Lawry is an area wherein the district can still do better in.
“ADM can improve its performance, one of the ways is by making sure that councillors and senior management approve and commit to requirements listed as essential for effective and efficient water service delivery” – he said.
While the blue drop looks into the quality of water in the taps, the green deals with the quality of wastewater to the rivers
Explaining further on the green drop, DWS Regulation, Compliance Enforcement Directorate Scientist Siphumle Mkwakwi said the importance of waste water management minimizes the outbreak of diseases like cholera and how “ADM can improve with process controller registration, well-staffed internal maintenance team”.
Outlining the resolutions, Municipal Manager Dr. Bhekisisa Mthembu said the institution has “to increase revenue collection streams” which he said would also have positive “effect to the billing system”.
Mthembu mapped a future of “integrated political directives to budget provisions” adding that going forward the district will ensure “an integrated and responsive staff establishment that is fit for purpose". This, he said, would go hand in glove with a “conducive organizational culture for high impact results”.
In his closing remarks ADM Executive Mayor Anele Ntsangani advocated for a fast and effective delivery of service to the district’s communities. He said this would be made possible by ensuring that Blue and Green Drops reports are “brought to council on quarterly basis for consistent updates to improve and (where needed) remedy the state of ADM in these areas”.
“While we have issues we face within our engineering and infrastructure department, not a making of their own, we will consistently monitor the deliverables and assist where possible” – he said
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MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADM TO HOST A TWO DAY WATER INDABA
ADM HEADQUARTERS, TUESDAY, 07 NOVEMBER 2023


DID YOU KNOW ??

Among ADM’s responsibilities are the operation and maintenance of dams, boreholes, treatment facilities and
pump stations currently consisting of 30 Water treatment works; 15 Wastewater treatment works; 286
Operational boreholes; 6 River abstractions; 145 water pump stations; 55 sewer pump stations; 17 dams; 1
264 reservoirs; over 7000 km of pipeline; 35 000 domestic meters.


FACT!


The current replacement cost of ADM’s Water Services Infrastructure is approximately R6.2 billion.
An estimated amount of R3.8 billion is required to address all outstanding water and sanitation backlogs.
Approximately R3.3 billion is required to eradicate the water backlogs and R500k to ensure that all residents
have access to proper sanitation facilities. The current grant allocation is R608m and it would therefore take
more than six years to fully eradicate all water and sanitation backlogs.
There is currently a shortfall of over R100m per annum to adequately fund operations and maintenance. As
a result, a maintenance backlog has also developed.


IMPACT OF INADEQUATE FUNDING

Currently, ADM has an inadequate operational budget to operate and maintain this infrastructure effectively.
This results in frequent breakdowns and slow turn-around times to repair broken infrastructure.
In hosting the Indaba , the hope is to find usable tangible means that will help close the gap between
available resources, the growing infrastructure needs as well as precise water services development plan that
includes its infrastructure maintenance and source investigation to gain confidence from its consumers whilst
also promoting a sustainable financial recovery process through effective/ efficient revenue collection.


EVENT : ADM WATER INDABA | DATE : 09 - 10 NOVEMBER 2023 | VENUE : REGENT HOTEL , EL
TIME : 08H00 – 17H00


Media RSVP: Sisa Msiwa on 0798894921 | WhatsApp: 0712158257 | Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For all Media Enquiries contact Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso on 0835169122 | Email:
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Issued by the Communications and Customer Care Unit
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