Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning

SANITATION PROVISION
The Zululand District Municipality is the water services (including sanitation) authority
and water services provider within the service area of the Ulundi Municipality.
Sanitation in the rural areas is being provided in the form of dry-pit VIP toilets and the
strategy is to implement these simultaneously with the roll-out of water. This ensures a
more effective impact with health and hygiene awareness training. The Water Services
Development Plan adopted by the Zululand District Municipality in respect of the 2011 /
2012 financial year details the roll-out of sanitation services within the Ulundi
Municipality over the period from 2011 / 2012 to beyond the 2013 / 2014 financial year.
The beneficiaries in each case are identified by their community name. In brief
communities in the following wards will benefit from the sanitation services roll-out:
Period
Beneficiary Wards
2011 / 2012 Ward 2; Ward 3; Ward 4; Ward 9: Ward 11: Ward 12; Ward 14;
Ward 15; Ward 17; Ward 20; Ward 23; Ward 24
2012 / 2013 Ward 3; Ward 14; Ward 7; Ward 15; Ward 16; Ward 23; Ward
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2013 / 2014 and Ward 1; Ward 2; Ward 3; Ward 4; Ward 5; Ward 6; Ward 7;
beyond
Ward 8; Ward 10; Ward 13; Ward 14; Ward 15; Ward 16; Ward
17; Ward 20; Ward 23; Ward 24
A grant of R 4 million received from the Department of Human Settlements has been
utilised to speed up the implementation of the sanitation programme during the 2011 /
2012 financial year. Sanitation provision in the form of dry-pit VIP toilets funded by
the grant will be completed by the end of March 2012.
Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW)
The Nkonjeni Regional Water Supply Scheme has four waste water treatment works
located within the Ulundi Municipality namely the Ulundi Town WWTW, the James
Nxumalo WWTW, the Nkonjeni Hospital WWTW and the St Francis Hospital WWTW.
Each of these waste water treatment works was assessed during June 2009 – the
assessments included recommendations and cost estimates for emergency intervention
or to refurbish and / or upgrade the works in the short term and medium to long term.
Emergency interventions are needed where fatal problem areas need to be attended to
such as sewer water spilling directly into rivers and structures that are on the point of
collapse. Short term refurbishment (not critical work) is needed to refurbish and
upgrade the existing works to meet the current demand and also to enable the works to
function at its design capacity while medium to long term upgrading is needed to meet
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