ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2018/19 TO 2020/21 (VOTE 36) CONTENTS Message from the Minister ................................................................................................................................ 7 Message from the Deputy Minister ................................................................................................................... 8 ................................................................................................................... 9 List of abbreviations and acronyms................................................................................................................. 10 Part A: 13 Strategic overview ........................................................................................................................................... 13 1 Updated situational analysis .................................................................................................................... 14 1.1 Performance environment ............................................................................................................15 1.2 Organisational environment .........................................................................................................26 1.3 Description of the Annual Performance Planning process ..........................................................30 2 Revisions to legislative and other mandates ........................................................................................... 31 2.1 Development of the Water and Sanitation Policy Framework .....................................................31 2.2 Development of the National Water and Sanitation Act ...............................................................31 2.3 Review and Development of the National Water and Sanitation Resources and Services Strategy (NWSRSS) ....................................................................................................................32 2.4 Review of the Water Research Act ..............................................................................................32 2.5 Review of the water pricing strategy ...........................................................................................32 2.6 Development of the funding model ..............................................................................................32 2.7 Development of the National Water and Sanitation Master Plan .................................................32 3 Overview of the 2018 budget and medium term estimates .....................................................................33 3.1 Expenditure estimates .................................................................................................................33 3.2 Expenditure trends .......................................................................................................................33 Part B: 35 Programme and sub-programme plans .......................................................................................................... 35 4 Programme 1: Administration .................................................................................................................. 36 4.1 Sub-programmes .........................................................................................................................36 1 | Annual Performance Plan: 2018/19 to 2020/21 Vote 36: Department of Water and Sanitation 4.2 Strategic objective annual targets ................................................................................................36 4.3 Programme performance indicators and annual targets for 2018/19 ..........................................38 4.4 Quarterly targets for 2018/19 per sub-programme ......................................................................40 4.5 Reconciling performance targets with the budget over the medium term ...................................42 5 Programme 2: Water Planning and Information Management ................................................................43 5.1 Sub-programmes .........................................................................................................................43 5.2 Strategic objective annual targets ................................................................................................43 5.3 Programme performance indicators and annual targets for 2018/19 ..........................................45 5.4 Quarterly targets for 2018/19 per sub-programme ......................................................................49 5.5 Reconciling performance targets with the budget over the medium term ...................................53 6 Programme 3: Water Infrastructure Development ................................................................................... 54 6.1 Sub-programmes .........................................................................................................................54 6.2 Strategic objective annual targets ................................................................................................54 6.3 Programme performance indicators and annual targets for 2018/19 ..........................................55 6.4 Quarterly targets for 2018/19 per sub-programme ......................................................................60 6.5 Reconciling performance targets with the budget over the medium term ...................................63 7 Programme 4: Water Sector Regulation ................................................................................................. 64 7.1 Sub-programmes .........................................................................................................................64 7.2 Strategic objective annual targets ................................................................................................64 7.3 Programme performance indicators and annual targets for 2018/19 ..........................................66 7.4 Quarterly targets for 2018/19 per sub-programme ......................................................................69 7.5 Reconciling performance targets with the budget over the medium term ...................................72 Part C: 73 Links to other plans ......................................................................................................................................... 73 8 Links to the long term infrastructure and capital plans ............................................................................ 74 9 Conditional grants .................................................................................................................................. 101 10 Entities ................................................................................................................................................... 102 10.1 Water Trading .............................................................................................................................102 10.2 Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) ....................................................................................102 2 | Annual Performance Plan: 2018/19 to 2020/21 Vote 36: Department of Water and Sanitation 10.3 Water Research Commission (WRC) ........................................................................................102 10.4 Catchment Management Agencies ............................................................................................103 10.5 Water Boards .............................................................................................................................103 Appendices 105 Appendix 1: Changes to the strategic objectives in the Annual Performance Plan ...............................106 ..............................................................................................................109 Appendix 3: Technical indicator descriptions ..........................................................................................112 Programme 1: Administration ..........................................................................................................112 Programme 2: Water Planning and Information Management ........................................................118 Programme 3: Water Infrastructure Development ...........................................................................126 Programme 4: Water Sector Regulation ..........................................................................................137 Appendix 4: Additional details for programme performance indicators......................................................... 144 Programme 2: Water Planning and Information Management ....................................................... 144 Programme 3: Water Infrastructure Development ..........................................................................160 Programme 4: Water Sector Regulation .........................................................................................173 \ Figure 1: Rainfall and evaporation .................................................................................................................. 13 Figure 2: Water management areas ............................................................................................................... 14 Figure 3: Percentage of water registered water use volumes per water management area ..........................17 Figure 4: Registered national water use per sector ........................................................................................ 18 Figure