SAWEF 2012 - Managing the Mega-Nexus

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SOUTH AFRICAN

WATER

ENERGY & FOODF O R U M

2012SAWEF

U.S. Mission to South Africa

MEDIA PARTNER

18 & 19 April 2012 Sandton Convention Centre



Is South Africa transitioning towards “Peak Water”? This

is a fundamental question and the central axis around

which the water-energy-food security nexus pivots.

South Africa is transitioning into an extremely

vulnerable state as water resources become a constraint

to job creation and future economic growth. In this

context one can think of a transition in a peak water

context from a demand-driven to a supply-constrained

national economy, resulting in a wide range of

ramifications that are as yet mostly unexplored.

• “Peak water” implies a supply-constrained economy

with a limited capacity to create new jobs. This

becomes relevant as social instability arises from the

labour movement agitating for more jobs in the face

of diminishing opportunities and increases in

efficiency replace human labour with mechanization.

This is further exacerbated by the uncontrolled inflow

of foreign refugees, driven by a similar transition in

neighbouring states;

• Water allocation reform implies a diminishing

capacity to be nationally self sufficient in food, so for

the first time food security starts to emerge as a

threat. This becomes coupled to other land reform

issues, which have a national security dynamic of their own;

• Energy security becomes relevant for the first time,

because of the intimate linkage between water and

energy. In particular the efficiency of converting a

given unit of water into a given unit of electricity

becomes relevant, as does Acid Mine Drainage

(AMD) arising from abandoned gold and coal mines

that reduces the available stock of water at national

level by driving up the cost of water treatment

elsewhere in the economy;

• Access to future water thus becomes relevant in the

context of transboundary river basins shared by

riparian states and governed by a regime called the

SADC Water Protocol (SADC, 1995). This can be

thought of as one aspect of “New Water” – getting

access to alternative sources;

• Alternative strategic storage becomes relevant

because the Hydraulic Mission was about building

dams to capture MAR, but that is no longer feasible.

This can be thought of as another aspect of “New

Water” – reducing evaporative losses associated with

large dams by means of managed aquifer recharge.

DAY

08h00 Registration (Tea/coffee/fruit juices/water)

09h00 Welcome: Samantha Hoe-Richardson, Anglo American Head of

Sustainable Development & Energy

09h10 PLENARY 1 – WHAT IS THE MEGA-NEXUS?Opening keynote address delivered by:

Maggie Catley-Carlson. A Canadian civil servant, she was Chair and is

now a Patron of the Global Water Partnership, a working partnership

among all those involved in water management formed in 1996 by the

World Bank, the United Nations Development Program and the Swedish

International Development Cooperation Agency. Beginning in 2000 she

also served as the Chair of the now dissolved Water Resources Advisory

Committee of Suez, a multinational private water company. Catley-

Carlson will unpack some of these issues by explaining what the Mega-

Nexus is, and how it is being dealt with in different parts of the world,

including the World Economic Forum at Davos.

09h40 Following her address, comments will be debated by a panel including –

• Fred van Zyl, Manager: Planning and Information in the DWA, is

drafting the revised National Water Resources Strategy

• Dr Philip Lloyd, Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town

• Dr Theo de Jager, Vice-President AgriSA

• Dr Peter Johnston, Climate Systems Analysis Group (CSAG) University

of Cape Town

• Dennis Dykes, Nedbank Chief Economist

Rapporteur: David Gleason

10h05 Open mic session with Q&A from the Forum floor

10h50 Tea/coffee/fruit juice breaks

11h10 PLENARY 2 – WHAT IS THE WATER COMPONENTOF THE MEGA-NEXUS?Keynote address delivered by:

Dr Jerome Delli Priscoli. Dr Priscoli is senior advisor USACE at the

Institute for Water Resources. For 30 years he has designed and run

social assessment, public participation and conflict resolution research

and training programs. He is a skilled mediator and facilitator and

works throughout the world. Delli Priscoli will present a global

perspective of the many challenges facing the water sector in the

context of the Mega Nexus. This will help the other speakers to flesh

out more detail about how water security can best be managed in afuture that will increasingly be constrained by climate change on the

one hand, and a growing population needing food, energy, water and

employment on the other hand.

11h40 Following his address, comments will be debated by a panel including –

• Dr Anthony Turton

• Richard Garner, Anglo American Manager: Water

• Manisha Gulati – WWF Energy Economist & Programme Manager ,

Food Energy Water Initiative

• Andre Fourie, SAB Head of Sustainability

• Nandha Govender – General Manager at Eskom Holdings



12h55 Address by the SAWEF Youth Ambassador

13h00 Seated lunch to be served in the Pavilion

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14h00 PLENARY 3 – WHAT IS THE ENERGYCOMPONENT OF THE MEGA-NEXUS?Keynote address to be delivered by:

Andrew Etzinger: Senior GM: Integrated demand management Eskom.


• Kadri Nassiep, CEO of the SA National Energy Development Institute

• John Rosmarin, Vhembe Biosphere Reserve

• Coleen Vogel, independent climate scientist

• Dr Owen Horwood, Specialist Consultant: Environmental sustainability,

focussing on water policy and governance in South Africa

• Ian Langridge, Anglo American principal electrical engineer




16h00 Forum adjourns

16h00 SPECIAL SESSION– WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONALWATER STEWARDSHIP STANDARD?

Presentations to be delivered by Adrian Sym: Executive Director

Alliance for Water Stewardship & Prof. Anthony Turton, Centre forEnvironmental Management, University of Free State and Chair of the

Water Stewardship Council of South Africa

Problems related to insufficient and contaminated water supplies will

pose some of the greatest sustainability and development challenges of

the 21st century. Equally important are the strong linkages between these

water-related challenges and other sustainability issues, such as climate

change and food and energy security. All of these issues pose tangible

financial risks and opportunities for private companies that rely on fresh

water to produce their goods and services. Corporate water stewardship –

which relies on companies seeking to improve the efficiency and

cleanliness of their internal operations and in their supply chain, while

also facilitating the sustainable management of shared freshwater

resources through collaboration with other businesses, governments,NGOs, communities, and others – is one part of solving these challenges.

Companies’ ability to consider and address the inherent linkages between

and impacts of water on food and energy (and vice versa) will also be a

key factor in the effectiveness of their stewardship practice.

16h30 Following the joint-address, questions will be opened to the floor

17h00 Forum adjourns

DAY

08h00 Registration (Tea/coffee/fruit juices/water)

09h00 PLENARY 4 – WHAT IS THE AGRICULTURALCOMPONENT OF THE MEGA-NEXUS?Keynote address to be delivered by:

John Kane-Berman, CEO of the SA Institute of Race relations. John Kane-

Berman will discuss some of the national policy issues affecting

agriculture, land reform, employment, and the economy in general, with

special reference to the “second transition” envisaged by the ANC. He will

also examine possible constitutional changes, along with the role and

capacity of the State.

09h30 Following their address, comments will be debated by a panel including –

•Fred van Zyl, Manager: Planning and Information in the DWA, is


• Pannetjie Rossouw, Eskom's Energy Advisory Service to Agriculture


• Barbara Tapela, PLAAS




10h50 Special presentation delivered by DHI Director, Andrew Pott

DHI signs over 20 water research related MOUs with universities and

research organisations in the SADC. What do these MOUs mean to you

and how can you participate?

11h00 Plenary ends

11h00 PLENARY 5 – MAKING THE MEGA-NEXUSWORK: FINANCING KEY PROJECTS AND THEROLE OF PPP'SKeynote address delivered by:

James Aiello, Senior Project Advisor, PPP Unit National Treasury. The keynote

speaker for this session will present a financial perspective of the many

challenges facing us all in the context of the Mega Nexus. This will help the

other speakers to flesh out more detail about how sustained economic

development can best be managed in a future that will increasingly be

constrained by climate change on the one hand, and a growing population

needing food, energy, water and employment on the other hand.


• Dr Edwin Ritchken, Strategic Projects Advisor at the Department of

Public Enterprises

• Richard Holden, Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority

• Dr Antony Turton

• Dr Litha Magingxa, Land Bank

• Mike Peo head of Infrastructure, Energy Financing at Nedbank

• Exxaro representative



13h00 Seated lunch to be served in the Pavilion

14h00 PLENARY 6 – MERGING THE MEGA-NEXUSINTO A PARADIGM FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTUREClosing keynote address delivered by:

Dr Jennifer Balatedi Molwantwa – Member of the National Planning

Commission and Unit Manager: Hydrology and Water Scientist at Digby

Wells Environmental, a mining focussed environmental consultancy firm.

Molwantwa will present a government and policy perspective of the many

challenges facing us all in the context of the Mega Nexus. This will help the

other speakers to flesh out more detail about how sustained economic

development can best be managed in a future that will increasingly be

constrained by climate change on the one hand, and a growing population

needing food, energy, water and employment on the other hand.


• Fred van Zyl, Manager: Planning and Information in the DWA, is


• Dr Philip Lloyd, Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town


• Dr Peter Johnston, Climate Systems Analysis Group (CSAG) University

of Cape Town

• Dennis Dykes, Nedbank Chief Economist

• Maggie Catley-Carlson



16h00 Forum adjourns with tea & coffee

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The water-energy-food nexus is rapidly emerging as the

single most important strategic element in our quest for

a sustainable future. How will this future be financed?

How will climate change the future scenario? What is the

New Social Charter for Mining? Join the dialogue at the

second South African Water, Energy & Food Forum, to

engage with tomorrow’s problems today

Key Themes:

• Understanding, exploring and planning for the “Mega-Nexus”, which is made up of the water-energy-

food component that is embedded in climate change as a global concern.

• How water security can best be managed in a future that will increasingly be constrained by climate

change on the one hand, and a growing population needing food, energy, water and employment on

the other hand.

• The energy sector is confronted by a dilemma: while

we have large volumes of coal still unmined, we are at

the limits of our reliable water supply; and the

unintended consequences of coal combustion that

include acid rain and AMD are starting to erode

our food security capacity.

• If we are to attain food security at regional

level, what infrastructural development (roads,

railways, cold chain facilities) and what policy

reforms need to take place at SADC level? What

is the future of land reform if so many of the farms

fall out of commercial production after being

transferred? What is the future impact of acid rain going

to be on maize production given that we know the effects of

low pH on the mobilization of aluminium as a trace element in the

soil, with reduced pollination occurring as the result of deformities in the pollen tubes of maize?

• How do we finance the reduction of acid rain and acid mine drainage (AMD) when the implications

of these two phenomena are constantly downplayed? How do we attract financing into the

alternative energy field under existing cost structures? How do we finance the trade in Virtual Water

(water embedded in food, consumer goods and energy)?

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