APPENDIX CHECKLISTS FOR DWAF FUNCTIONS (For monitoring the use of appropriate tools) WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION POTENTIAL APPLICABLE TOOLS WHICH TOOLS ARE WHICH TOOLS HAVE BEEN USED? DETAILS AND Water resource infrastructure – Planning, Development and Operation Construction, upgrading and maintenance of bulk water resource infrastructure Guidelines for Standardised Environmental Management Plans for Water Resource Management Projects, Environmental Implementation and Management Plan (EIMP), Integrated Environmental Management Framework (IEMF), Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Environmental Site Management and Rehabilitation Specifications (ESM&RS), Social Assessment and Development Framework (SAAD), Auditing and Monitoring Protocol for Construction Sites (Construction EM&AP). Operations and Maintenance Guidelines for Standardised Environmental Management Plans for Water Resource Management Projects, IEMF, comment at checklist ESM&RS, SAAD, Construction EM&AP. Storage of waste and water containing waste Guidelines for Standardised Environmental Management Plans for Water Resource Management Projects, EIMP, IEMF, ESM&RS, SAAD, Construction EM&AP. Stream flow reduction activities Guidelines for Standardised Environmental Management Plans for Water Resource RELEVANT/ REQUIRED? COMPLIANCE
Power generation activity altering the flow regime of water resources (Eskom) Guidelines for Standardised Environmental Management Plans for Water Resource Management Projects, EIMP, IEMF, EIA, SEA, ESM&RS, SAAD. Intentional recharge of an aquifer Guidelines for Standardised Environmental Management Plans for Water Resource Management Projects, IEMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD. Monitoring, evaluation and auditing Guidelines for Standardised Environmental Management Plans for Water Resource Management Projects, EIMP, IEMF, EIA, SEA, ESM&RS, SAAD, Construction EM&AP, EM&AP, checklists. WATER SERVICES FUNCTION POTENTIAL APPLICABLE TOOLS TOOLS ARE WHICH TOOLS HAVE BEEN USED? DETAILS AND Water and sanitation programme via the development and implementation of water services business schemes Environmental Impact Management System for Water Service projects (EIMS), EIMP, IEMF, SAAD. EIA for sanitation projects (responsibility of District councils’ management) EIMP,I EMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD, Construction EM&AP. Water services planning and development Construction, upgrading and maintenance of water supply infrastructure Reservoirs Oxidation ponds Sewerage works Stormwater Outfall sewer Pipelines Purification works Pumpstations Reticulation works Impeding and diverting the flow of water Altering the bed, and characteristics of a watercourse EIMP, IEMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD, Construction EM&AP.
Construction of on-site sanitation Ventilated improved pit latrine (VIPs) Urine Diversion Facilities Septic tanks French drains IEMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD, Construction EM&AP. Operation and maintenance of water related activities Disposal of waste and water containing waste IEMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD. Controlled activities: irrigation with waste water IEMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD. Discharging of or water containing waste into a water resource Domestic Industrial Including treatment chemicals e.g. to canals IEMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD. Water and sanitation schemes IEMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD, Construction EM&AP. Maintaining policy and strategies EIMP, IEMF, SAAD. Support (capacity building) EIMP, IEMF, SAAD. Regulation and intervention EIMP, IEMF, SAAD. Information management EIMP, IEMF, SAAD. Monitoring and auditing Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring system for WSDPs EIMP, IEMF, EIA, SEA, ESM&RS, SAAD, Construction EM&AP, EM&AP, checklists. FORESTRY FUNCTION POTENTIAL APPLICABLE TOOLS WHICH TOOLS ARE WHICH TOOLS HAVE BEEN USED? DETAILS AND Facilitating and supporting community forestry EIMP, IEMF, SAAD Development of industrial / commercial forestry sector scale growers in forestry sector EIMP, SEA,I EMF, SAAD Managing DWAF owned woodlots IEMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD. Support development of new afforestation both commercial and community EIMP, IEMF, EIA, SEA, ESM&RS, SAAD
Policy development: Policy and guidelines on state forest access EIMP, IEMF, SAAD Regulations – licences, servitudes on state forest areas EIMP, IEMF, SAAD Sustainable management of natural forests EIMP, IEMF, EIA, ESM&RS, SAAD, EM&AP, checklists Development of a Forest Resource Information System to support decision making in respect of forestry, to produce a national document on the “State of the Forests” and to monitor change on the sustainable management of forests. EIMP, IEMF, SAAD, EM&AP, checklists National forest type classification contributing to management planning EIMP, IEMF, SAAD National Forestry Inventory EIMP, IEMF, SAAD protected areas system planning – conservation targets, analysis of forest patches for conservation value. EIMP, IEMF, EIA, SEA, SAAD, EM&AP, checklists Fire management EIMP, IEMF, SAAD, EM&AP, checklists