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Engineering Industry can Change the

Landscape of the Country

The Department of Water and Sanitation Minister been experienced. There has been a substantial
Nomvula Mokonyane has made a passionate impact through the roll out of infrastructure through
plea and a clarion call for consulting engineers to its Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG)
partner with government and to perform their duty programme.
with integrity and improve the quality of life of the
people for a better life for all. The Blue and Green Drop initiatives incorporate
incentive based regulation whereby each water
“We represent a new department informed by supply system or wastewater treatment plant is
the National Development Plan. Government is assessed on various categories that encompass
repositioning water and sanitation post 20 years of all aspects of treatment. Some of these include:
democracy, owing to service delivery challenges. Compliance to final water quality standards
We require your radical contributions to deliver using accredited laboratories for testing;
water and sanitation solutions to our people. Having the correct class of process controllers
You are game changers and help us to make a that can properly operate the works;
difference in the lives of our people by delivering Preventative maintenance by qualified staff;
services to some of our people, who have become Having a comprehensive overview of risks by
observers of service delivery but not beneficiaries,” means of a Water Safety Plan or Wastewater
urged Mokonyane at the CESA Aon Engineering Risk Abatement Plan; and an
Excellence Awards. The Minister focused on the Incident Management Protocol and Incident
role that consulting engineers can play in partnering Register
with Government in ensuring the effective roll out
of Government’s Infrastructure programme. Municipalities are also required to enforce bylaws;
have an annual process audit conducted on their
In the category of Visionary Client of the Year systems; and have an up to date asset register.
CESA gave recognition to the Department of Ultimately, those who obtain Blue or Green Drop
Water and Sanitation. Through its Blue and Certification are seen as excellent. The RBIG
Green Drop initiatives, a vast improvement in the programme, initiated in 2007, has allowed for
important areas of operation and maintenance has the successful roll out of large water related

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