infrastructure development and rehabilitation within the project area. The project will cover only the
most urgent agriculture‐related needs, but can also identify and prepare proposals for further
infrastructure investment, particularly for roads and bridges. The last component of the project
entails regional coordination and management. A project implementation unit will be established in
each country with the Ministry of Agriculture in each country leading such implementation. A
Coordination Committee will be hosted by OKACOM with representatives from the AfDB, FAO,
Angola, Namibia and Botswana.
Initially, this is more of a capacity enhancement project, with minimal water sector developmental
infrastructure, which would be developed later. The project, however, fits in well within the RSAP III
Pillars, as it aims to improve water management within the project area with overall goals of
improving livelihoods and��poverty eradication.
The project proponents are the Ministry of Agriculture in Angola and the Ministry of Agriculture,
Water and Forestry in Namibia. The next project development stage is a pre‐feasibility study to be
completed in 2012. Thereafter, feasibility studies will be carried out from 2013 to 2014.
Implementation and construction of the associated project components is expected to start in 2015
and will be completed in 2019. The estimated total project costs are US$66 million. US$1.5 million is
required to undertake the feasibility studies and will likely be financed by the AfDB and FAO. The
project can be considered to be in Phase 2 of the ICA Project Development Phases.
No major challenges in the implementation of the project are foreseen at this stage. OKACOM can be
capacitated to spearhead and implement this project.
Water Demand Management in 62 urban centres (Project P1‐10)
The objectives of this project are to reduce the water demand of water users by reducing water
losses and non‐revenue water (NRW), achieve greater water use efficiency, increased water re‐use
and use of appropriate metering, monitoring and data analysis methods to document volumes
delivered/provided and used. The resultant water savings can be used to supply new consumers. The
management of the water situation in South Africa can be improved by applying water demand
management (WDM) principles in major metros and municipalities. Activities such as pipe leakage
repair, pressure reduction, re‐use of water and metering with commensurate data analysis can be
introduced with good results, and resultant benefits to the communities being serviced. Numerous
studies have shown that water conservation and water demand management measures provide cost‐
effective means of reducing water demands in the long run, by minimising losses and wastage and by
so doing, delaying the need to construct additional infrastructure, usually at higher capital cost.
Assuming on average that 30 000 people per urban centre will be served from the water saved
through demand management and reduction of water losses, a total of 1 860 000 people will benefit
from this project.
The project proponent is the Department of Water Affairs. Pre‐feasibility studies need to be
completed by 2013 for the 62 urban centres yet to be identified. Feasibility studies would then follow
in 2014. Detailed designs and tendering for project implementation will be done in 2015.
Implementation and construction of the associated project components is expected to start in 2016
and will be completed by 2020. Assuming a cost of US$1 million per urban centre for the studies and
implementation costs, the estimated total project costs for the 62 urban centres are US$62 million.
The project can be considered to be in Phase 1 of the ICA Project Development Phases.
Possible project financiers are DBSA and the African Water Facility.
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