Social Development

Question by: 
Hon Lorraine Botha
Answered by: 
Hon Albert Fritz
Question Number: 
6
Question Body: 

(1) Whether registered Department of Social Development facilities, including early childhood development centres (ECD centres), youth cafés and other facilities, are contributing to saving water; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2) in the event of Day Zero, how will his Department assist the elderly, the disabled, the children at ECD centres and anyone who might not be able to access water at the proposed water points themselves;

(3) in the event of Day Zero, what further role will his Department play in assisting residents?

Answer Body: 

[1] The Department approached approximately a 100 residential facilities within the City of Cape Town area to determine how DSD can financially contribute to the water contingency plans of these facilities. These funds will enable the installation of climate change adaptation measures such as bore holes or water tanks. The second phase of this intervention will see it rolled out to the rural areas of the province.

In addition, I can confirm that our Youth Café are contributing to water saving.

Below is a summary of the various methods used by the different Youth Cafés to contribute to water saving.

VELDDRIFT YOUTH CAFÉ

At Velddrif Youth Café the following measures to save water are implemented:

  • Hand sanitizers in toilet and workshop area.
  • A brick in each of the toilet cisterns.
  • The use of grey water.

GREAT BRAK RIVER YOUTH CAFÉ

  • The youth café has automatic stoppers on taps in bathrooms. This means that only a certain amount of water comes out to wash your hands.
  • Toilets operates with a button with a strong but shorter flow of water. As long as the user holds the button the water is released, which means that you use less water to flush. The same goes for urinals as it is does not use an entire load of water.
  • A JoJo tank is used to water plants and for cleaning purposes.

VRYGROND YOUTH CAFÉ

  • The building has a water WellPoint and at the moment the organisation are in the process of finding the most suitable and affordable options to have the water purified through filters to keep projects running.
  • The water is also in the process of being tested to see if it is suitable to use in the flushing of toilets.
  • The Health and Safety team are also in the process drawing up plans and accumulating information from each project and stream on water consumption. Within the next week they will be putting measures in place to further the reduction of water consumption. At the moment they use hand sanitizer, recycling of water etc.

NYANGA JUNCTION YOUTH CAFÉ

  • The measures put in place is to restrict access to the coffee machine.
  • Access is only allowed for a short period of time in the morning, and then have it off for the rest of the day, since it is the main water usage in the café.

VANGATE, MITCHELLS PLAIN, GEORGE AND OUDTSHOORN YOUTH CAFÉS

  • RLABS and SUFF occupy municipal buildings and comply with the regulations of the respective municipalities.

[2] A list of facilities providing care and support to vulnerable people have been submitted to the City of Cape Town to assist them in identifying vulnerable groups that needs water to be delivered to them in the event of Day Zero. Residential facilities can also register by the City of Cape Town to have water delivered. Dayzero.waterdelivery@capetown.gov.za

[3] The Department will, besides above-mentioned interventions, provide food and water via Social Relief programme.

Date: 
Friday, February 2, 2018
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