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The document outlines systemic failures in the integration of water resource and development planning in the Berg WMA, highlighting a top-down planning approach, a lack of municipal capacity to secure off-budget finance, and a disconnect between Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) and water availability assessments.

• Planning processes are characterized by a top-down structure where national development goals may not align with the resources, budgets, or capacity of local municipalities (LMs), and there are limited feedback mechanisms for LMs to communicate these constraints.
• The Integrated Development Plan (IDP) process fails to meaningfully consider future water resource interventions or the impact of development on natural resources, often leading to the planning of high water-demand developments without assessing available water.
• Local municipalities often lack the creditworthiness and capacity to raise off-budget finance for 'commercial' or mixed-objective water infrastructure projects, especially since these projects frequently fall below the financing threshold of the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA).
• Water Service Authorities (WSAs) struggle to develop local bulk water resources due to resource and capacity shortages, leading them to rely on the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) for regional schemes that may not meet local needs.
• Water allocation and economic development are generally treated as independent variables within the four primary planning processes: development planning, water allocation, water resource development, and water services development.

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@techreport{greencapendinfographicwebversion2e1f69a7e9e8ad20apdf, author = {{GreenCape}}, title = {{infographic-web-version2-e1f69a7e9e8ad20a.pdf}}, institution = {GreenCape}, url = {https://greencape.co.za/assets/Uploads/Infographic-Web-version2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }