Service Contract No 2007 / 147-446 Strategic ... - Swaziland

6.2 Proposed StrEA performance indicatorsPerformance indicators are proposed to measure adequate implementation of the StrEAfindings. These are presented in Table 18 below. These indicators could also be used formeasuring StrEA effectiveness.NOTE: The indicators proposed below are devised for monitoring the implementationof the StrEA findings. They are NOT NAS performance indicators. Several of therecommendations in the StrEA fall beyond the scope of the NAS, and imply actions byinstitutions/actors outside the NAS SC. For this reason some of the indicatorsproposed measure actions beyond the scope/control of the NAS and the NAS SC, andcannot be linked to performance of the NAS.Nevertheless, it should be the role of the NAS SC to monitor the implementation of theStrEA recommendations. Responses to inadequate performance may imply that theNAS SC should strengthen its policy dialogue with the relevant institutions, to furtherpromote their implementation.Table 18:Proposed StrEA performance indicatorsIndicator Measurement ObservationsWater availability / climate changeRBAs fully assume functionson water allocationsWater balance is preparedfor the five river basins,integrating future waterdemand and expecteddecreased run-off due toclimate changeEnergy use efficiency insugar cane farming(kWh/m 3 /ha)Water use efficiency in sugarcane farming (Mm 3 /ha)Systems in place to assesswater demand and issuewater permitsWater balance reportInformation provided by allcane growersEnergy use billsWater abstraction volumes 56Information provided by allcane growersWater abstraction volumesInadequate basin-wide data currentlyexists. Each basin to audit its waterflows, storage, demand and use.Inadequate water measuringinformation hampers developinguseable records. Basin-wideassessments are required.Measurement of energy used to pumpwater is available through SEC billing.Methodologies for standardising energyuse and reporting will be required. Thefinancial cost of energy to pumpirrigation water is increasing rapidly.Many improvements are possible withthe electrical equipment used to makefinancial savings.Measurement of water abstracted iserratic and inconsistent. Methodologiesfor standardising abstraction measuringand reporting will be required.Periodic irrigation efficient assessmentsto be undertaken at field level.Standardised methodologies exist forthis.56 Water Act section 37(9) “A permit to divert or use water for agricultural or industrial purposes or for a localauthority shall require the permit holder to install and maintain adequate devices to measure and record theflow rate and volume of water diverted or used”.RDMU (Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Adaptation Strategy) - Page 109