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WISA Appropriate Technologies Conference
eWQMS Case Studies
Frank Stevens (IMESA)
Presentation Road Map…
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Brief overview of IMESA
Municipal Water Quality Background
eWQMS overview
Roll-out of eWQMS to WSAs
eWQMS Case Studies
Conclusions
1. IMESA
IMESA IN A NUTSHELL
• Institution of Municipal Engineers of Southern
Africa.
• Membership of 820 (Engineers, Technologists,
Technicians, Consultants and Contractors.)
• President : Moses Maliba, Council, Exco.
• 7 Branches throughout South Africa.
• SALGA Recognition
• Work closely with IFME, SAICE.
• Annual Conference
4 Constraining Issues
• Infrastructure Growth – keeping pace with
demands of economy.
• Provision of Guidance, Coaching,
Mentorship.
• Address Backlogs.
• Shortage of Experienced persons.
Infrastructure Growth
• International Infrastructure
Management Manual.
• Working Groups:
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Water, Sanitation and Environment
Roads, Transport and Stormwater
Building, Structures and Planning
Computer Applications
Guidance, Coaching and
Mentorship
• IMESA Conference 2007(23 – 26 October 2007)
• Theme :
“Sustainable Municipal Engineering 2010 And Beyond”
• IMESA Journal
• Branch Meetings
• IMESA / DWAF Drinking Water Quality Initiative
• Guidelines :
– Low Cost Roads
– Traffic Calming
Shortage of Experienced Persons
• 10 Bursaries per annum.
• Vacation Work.
• Encourage students and young graduates to be
involved with IMESA activities.
2. Background to the
eWQMS Project
Historical Key Observations: 2004
• Most metros & larger municipalities performing
effective DWQM
• Most WSAs do not sufficiently recognize, understand &
accept DWQ governance requirements
• Many WSAs have inadequate existing systems,
inadequate capacity & inadequate budget for
legislatively compliant DWQ
• WSAs need to report DWQ monthly to DWAF
• WSAs swamped by data/info requests from Nat. Govt.
• No Sector Wide data flow to allow Strategic
Assessment and Management
Overview of National eWQMS Rollout…
• Objective is the Effective National Deployment and Use of a
Municipal Water Quality Management Tool
• IMESA’s Critical Features of a municipal WQM tool
– Must be useful to & compatible with municipalities
– Must meet national and municipal regulatory requirements
– Must be proven as robust, reliable, user-friendly
– Low cost business model - preferably Open Source System
to satisfy Cabinet directive to Government
– Provide real time data flow and reporting
– Two way data flow: WSA to DWAF, & DWAF to WSA
– Reduce the “Survey Burden” on municipalities
• Municipalities asked to answer > 10 000 financial questions and >
4 000 non financial questions by Nat. Gov. each year
• Piloted by DWAF & IMESA during 2004/5, rolled out across
SA in 2006
• Tool Functionality to be Iteratively enhanced by
Bottom up Municipal Feedback
3. eWQMS Overview
eWQMS Overview…
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Login/Logout
Water Quality
Infrastructure
Risk Tool Box
Administration
Information
Management Dashboard…
Compliance Overview…
Auto Monthly Summary Reports…
Risk Tool Box – E.g. Gap Analysis…
Information and Reference…
4. Roll-Out of eWQMS to
WSAs: Achievements To-Date
WSAs Providing Safe DW…
Perspective
Percentage
adhering
to all DWQ
Criteria:
2005
Percentage
adhering
to all DWQ
Criteria:
March 2006
Percentage
adhering
to all DWQ
Criteria:
November
2006
Eastern Cape
24%
53%
71%
Free State
90%
90%
85%
Gauteng
54%
77%
67%
KwaZulu-Natal
36%
50%
86%
Limpopo
33%
55%
55%
Mpumalanga
26%
60%
56%
North West
29%
43%
58%
Northern Cape
20%
20%
45%
Western Cape
47%
63%
77%
National
39%
55%
66%
Progress: Monthly WSA data flow via eWQMS…
eWQMS
Percentage WSAs Loading DWQ Data
100%
90%
Jan 2007
80%
Feb 2007
70%
Mar 2007
Apr 2007
60%
May 2007
Jun 2007
50%
Jul 2007
40%
30%
20%
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• Close to 100% National Participation by WSAs
• July 2007 (by monthly cut-off date): 122 WSAs
loaded 3419 data sets, 2354 sample sites, 135 autoreports to some 650 sector partners
5. Case Studies
Case Studies…
• Cederberg (WC)
• Using information more effectively
• Buffalo City (EC)
• Transparency
• Stellenbosch Municipality (WC)
• Continuous proactive improvement
• uMhlathuze Municipality (KZN)
• Success despite shortcomings
• eThekwini (KZN)
• Assistance with data transfer to National systems
• Strategic Gap Analysis of DWQM
• Driving improvement at WSAs
Cederberg…
• Were monitoring BUT not interpreting data
• eWQMS assisted with understanding &
communication
– Dramatic turnaround in 4 month period
December 2004
Area
January 2005
March 2005
Samples
Complied
% Compliance
Samples Complied
% Compliance
Samples Complied
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Compliance
Cederberg
LM
8 / 22
36%
9 / 22
41%
18 / 19
95%
Citrusdal
4/4
100%
4/4
100%
3/4
75%
Clanwilliam
1/5
20%
2/5
40%
4/4
100%
Elands Bay
0/4
0%
0/4
0%
3/3
100%
Graafwater
3/3
100%
3/3
100%
3/3
100%
Lamberts
Bay
0/4
0%
0/4
0%
3/3
100%
Leipoldtville
0/2
0%
0/2
0%
2/2
100%
Buffalo City…
• Transparency in data submission
• Despite numerous DWQ failures  WSA ensures
all data is loaded on time
• Automatic monthly report read by most of the
management team
• Proactively addressing issues of concern (with
DWAF guidance)
• Commended by DWAF at recent DWQ
Conference (Sun City, Aug 2007)
Buffalo City…
Stellenbosch…
• Implemented DWQM in 1994
• Includes all 19 communities in WSA
• Collect 90+ samples from source to consumer per
month
• Analyse at SANAS Accredited Laboratory
• Data loaded onto eWQMS and outputs assessed
– Failures  management informed & actions
immediately taken
– Monthly summary reports & quarterly management
meeting  strategise Way Forward
• Commended by DWAF at recent DWQ
Conference (Sun City, Aug 2007)
Stellenbosch…
• E.g. Use alum
for treatment 
need to ensure
appropriate
residual
aluminium
levels
• Issue identified
and effectively
resolved
uMhlathuze…
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Relatively small
local authority with
capacity issues
Always manage to
load data on time
eWQMS assists with
identifying &
addressing DWQ
related issues of
concern
Commended by
DWAF at recent
DWQ Conference
(Sun City, Aug
2007)
Audit of DWQM
Umhlatuze Municipality
Drinking Water Quality
100%
93%
100%
Appropriate Parameters
Overall Status
100%
85%
Appropriate Number of Samples
Appropriate Sample Points
80%
Appropriate Frequency of Monitoring
eThekwini…
• LIMS used for day-to-day management
• Immediately identify and rectify concerns
• eWQMS assists with providing summarised
report and data transfer to DWAF systems (e.g.
NIS, Regulatory System)
• Import script from LIMS to eWQMS
• No disruption to day-to-day operations
eThekwini
LIMS
eWQMS
Data
import
Data transfer
DWAF
Summary report to
eThekwini
management
eThekwini…
Strategic Gap Analysis of
DWQM…
• Accessible via eWQMS
• Used by WSA for “SWOT
Analysis” cross-check,
interactions with
Municipal Management
and Council
• Input to WSDP
• Interaction with DWAF,
DPLG, etc to address
weaknesses
• Updated by WSA on
eWQMS at any stage
• Examples of use:
– Mohokare (FS)  to motivate for staff training
– Maquassi (NW)  appoint WSP to monitoring DWQ
6. Conclusions
Conclusions…
• eWQMS  key tool in assisting:
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WSAs to identify and address key weaknesses
WSAs to communicate challenges easily to stakeholders
Regions to prioritise assistance to WSAs
National to direct strategic efforts to Regions & WSAs
• In order for WSAs to meet legislated requirements
– Need monthly monitoring, regular data loading and use
of eWQMS outputs to drive improvement
• Based on WSA and sector feedback and needs
– New features added to further enhance eWQMS
Thank You…