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

7.3 Addressing Low Priority aspectsRECOMMENDATION INVOLVED INSTITUTION /ACTORSIMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTSG. REGULATION OF EFFLUENT DISCHARGESMeasures should be taken by the DWA, the RBAs and the sugar mills to ensure all threesugar mills are in possession of an effluent control permit, following a technicalassessment of their effluent treatment facilities and practices.Measures should be taken by the SEA to ensure all three sugar mills submit their monthlyand annual effluent quality reports according to the Water Pollution Control Regulations(2010) and in a manner and format approved by the SEA.Millers, from their part, must take the necessary steps to be in full compliance with theEffluent Control Regulations and carry out the necessary monitoring.The SEA should maintain that all effluents from the sugar mills, whether they are dischargeddirectly to water-courses, or indirectly by being used for irrigation, are monitored according tothe provisions of the Water Pollution Control Regulations (2010).If effluent control regulations under the Water Act (2003) are to be developed, it must beensured that these are linked to the provisions of the Water Pollution Control Regulations(2010):o There should be no duplication of effluent standards, retaining those defined in theWater Pollution Control Regulations.o There should be no duplication in obligations for monitoring of effluent quality. Asingle set of parameters should be monitored and reported.o Compliance or non-compliance with effluent standards should be given under a singledecision, jointly taken between the SEA and the authority in charge of implementingthe effluent control regulations, as agreed. Appropriate coordination mechanismsshould be set up to that effect.DWA, RBAs, MillersDWA, RBAs, MillersDWA, RBAs, SEANB: This action partially needs to be addressedat a level higher than the NAS.The NAS could establish a deadline forthe sugar Mills to be in possession of aneffluent control permit.Also, the NAS SC and the EC shouldraise this issue with the DWA and theRBAs to put it in their agenda.NB: This action partially needs to be addressedat a level higher than the NAS.The NAS could establish a deadline forthe sugar Mills to develop andimplement effluent quality monitoringand reporting.Also, the NAS SC and the EC shouldraise this issue with the DWA and theRBAs to put it in their agenda.NB: This action needs to be addressedat a level higher than the NAS.The NAS SC and the EC should raisethis issue with the DWA, the RBAs andthe SEA to put it in their agenda.RDMU (Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Adaptation Strategy) - Page 122