Govan Mbeki Local Municipality 2011/12 - Co-operative ...

Types of access to water (GMM 2008):
Type of Service
Govan Mbeki Municipality
In-house 38 047
Yard connection 26 688
Bore Holes 116
Spring 18
Rain water tank 69
Dam / Pool 92
Rivers / streams 86
Vendor 58
Other 1 265
Source: GSDM WSDP 2008
The municipality plans to ensure that all residents in formal areas have access to
clean water by 2010.
Residential Consumer Units: Water
No. of
Consumers units
with:
Urban
Rural:
Dense
Rural:
Village
Rural:
Scattered
Rural:
Farmland
None / inadequate 9 613 7 500 6 000 2 300 11 907
Communal Water 17 014 12 803 3 803 284 6 202
Supply
Uncontrolled 139 713 7 016 5 033 155 33 786
volume supply:
yard tap / house
connection
Total served 156 728 19 819 8 836 439 39 988
(2+3+4)
Total (1+5) 166 341 21 796 12 183 1 238 51 962
Source: GSDM WSDP – May 2006
It is very crucial for all water supplies to be regulated and measured, which will
further determine the water loss in a quantitative manner.
2.1.12 Sanitation:
Municipality
Population
Govan Mbeki 221 747
Source: Population StatsSA 2006
In order to meet the set millennium targets of 2010, the municipality has to set targets
of total bucket eradication and ensuring that all inhabitants have access to proper
sanitation by the end of 2007.
Proclaimed areas with access to sanitation
No. of
households
Bucket
system before
2004
Buckets
eradicated
In-process
of
eradication
Households below
RDP standards (rural)
69 167 7 865 5300 4518 228
Source: DWAF figures – April 2005
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