Some of the key strategic objectives listed in the Water Services Development plan include reducing unaccounted for water to 16% within the next five years, providing basic or emergency sanitation services and water to all city residents, improving refuse collection to 96% and minimising river systems pollution by reducing sewage overflows by 20%.
The aim of the Waste Management Sector Plan is to give effect to the strategies, to manage and minimise waste, to ensure sustainable and affordable services, as well as to comply and meet the objectives of the National Waste Management Strategy, per the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (No. 59 of 2008).
The overarching policy objectives are to ensure basic waste management services to all residents, reduce landfilled waste, conserve resources and the environment, clear and clean illegally dumped waste and reduce the impact of waste on human and environmental health, and the economy.
The Electricity Services Department Development plan will address a number of immediate and medium-term threats, which have impact on the City of Cape Town Electricity Services Department and pose risks to sustainable service delivery in the medium term.
They include increasing tariffs above the consumer price index, the need for investment into infrastructure (in terms of new demand and refurbishment), skills shortage and challenges associated with carbon emissions, climate change, renewable energy and new technologies.
