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Critical look at South Africa’s Green Drop Programme

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dc.contributor.author Ntombela, Cebile
dc.contributor.author Funke, Nicola S
dc.contributor.author Meissner, Richard
dc.contributor.author Steyn, Maronel
dc.contributor.author Masangane, Winile
dc.date.accessioned 2017-05-16T09:36:28Z
dc.date.available 2017-05-16T09:36:28Z
dc.date.issued 2016-10
dc.identifier.citation Ntombela, C., Funke, N.S., Meissner, R., et al. 2016. A critical look at South Africa’s Green Drop Programme. Water SA, vol. 42(4): 703-709 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0378-4738
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v42i4.21
dc.identifier.uri http://www.wrc.org.za/Knowledge%20Hub%20Documents/Water%20SA%20Journals/Manuscripts/2016/04%20October%202016/3286.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9032
dc.description Copyright: WRC 2016. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence en_US
dc.description.abstract In this paper we briefly reflect on the different legislation and types of regulatory mechanisms that South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has in place to try to improve the performance and compliance of water services authorities (WSAs) in the controversial wastewater services sector. In particular, we focus on DWS’s incentive-based mechanism, the National Green Drop Certification Programme (Green Drop Programme), and evaluate the achievements and challenges associated with its implementation to date. While there has been considerable improvement in performance in all areas of the programme since its inception in 2009, much still needs to be done in order to address the dire situation the country’s wastewater services sector finds itself in. Challenges facing the Green Drop Programme and the municipalities implementing the programme include: lack of human resource capacity to prepare effective corrective action plans and/or wastewater risk abatement plans; lack of finances for mainstreaming of wastewater treatment in municipal decision-making; lack of forward planning; problematic bureaucratic processes; complex relationship between some municipalities and DWS; theft, vandalism and misuse of wastewater treatment infrastructure and not enough transparency. Based on this discussion, we make some concluding remarks about possible areas of improvement that could potentially strengthen the functioning and success of this programme, and thereby help to improve the levels of performance and compliance of the country’s WSAs. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Water Research Commission en_US
dc.rights CC0 1.0 Universal *
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ *
dc.subject Wastewater treatment en_US
dc.subject Green Drop Programme en_US
dc.subject Incentive-based mechanism en_US
dc.subject Command-and-control mechanism en_US
dc.subject Water services authorities en_US
dc.title Critical look at South Africa’s Green Drop Programme en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Ntombela, C., Funke, N. S., Meissner, R., Steyn, M., & Masangane, W. (2016). Critical look at South Africa’s Green Drop Programme. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9032 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Ntombela, Cebile, Nicola S Funke, Richard Meissner, Maronel Steyn, and Winile Masangane "Critical look at South Africa’s Green Drop Programme." (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9032 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Ntombela C, Funke NS, Meissner R, Steyn M, Masangane W. Critical look at South Africa’s Green Drop Programme. 2016; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9032. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Ntombela, Cebile AU - Funke, Nicola S AU - Meissner, Richard AU - Steyn, Maronel AU - Masangane, Winile AB - In this paper we briefly reflect on the different legislation and types of regulatory mechanisms that South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has in place to try to improve the performance and compliance of water services authorities (WSAs) in the controversial wastewater services sector. In particular, we focus on DWS’s incentive-based mechanism, the National Green Drop Certification Programme (Green Drop Programme), and evaluate the achievements and challenges associated with its implementation to date. While there has been considerable improvement in performance in all areas of the programme since its inception in 2009, much still needs to be done in order to address the dire situation the country’s wastewater services sector finds itself in. Challenges facing the Green Drop Programme and the municipalities implementing the programme include: lack of human resource capacity to prepare effective corrective action plans and/or wastewater risk abatement plans; lack of finances for mainstreaming of wastewater treatment in municipal decision-making; lack of forward planning; problematic bureaucratic processes; complex relationship between some municipalities and DWS; theft, vandalism and misuse of wastewater treatment infrastructure and not enough transparency. Based on this discussion, we make some concluding remarks about possible areas of improvement that could potentially strengthen the functioning and success of this programme, and thereby help to improve the levels of performance and compliance of the country’s WSAs. DA - 2016-10 DB - ResearchSpace DO - 10.4314/wsa.v42i4.21 DP - CSIR KW - Wastewater treatment KW - Green Drop Programme KW - Incentive-based mechanism KW - Command-and-control mechanism KW - Water services authorities LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 SM - 0378-4738 T1 - Critical look at South Africa’s Green Drop Programme TI - Critical look at South Africa’s Green Drop Programme UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9032 ER - en_ZA


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