• Exceedances of WHO and UK guidelines for SOx, NOx, PM₁₀, O₃, NMHC, UV, H₂S, Pb and VOC’s.
• Number of complaints registered.
• Number of notices served.
• Number of successful prosecutions.

Refer to indicators on Environmental Health

• Number and intensity of air pollution days per annum.
• Levels of PM₁₀ (visibility measurement).
• Tonnage of emissions in the CMA.

• Ecological Status Class of selected rivers and wetlands.
• Proportion of treated effluent re-used.
• Number of toxic algal blooms.

• Percentage of full supply capacity of the dams supplying the CMC with raw water for treatment.
• Percentage population served with safe and adequate water supply.
• Water demand per annum (in m³).
• Household water source.

Refer to indicators on waste in section B:9.

• Ecological Status Class of rivers in the CMA (colour grading).
• Number of riverine invertebrates and fish communities in relation to water quality.
• Bio-monitoring of selected sites (using indicator species).
• Number of fish-kill episodes.
• Total water inflow as a proportion of total storage capacity.
• Rate of infrastructure development (meters and monitoring points).
• Water balance determinations.
• Water use by sector (Ml/annum).
• Annual demand as proportion of available resource.
• Volume of effluent as a proportion of total flow.

• Loss of arable land (ha/annum).
• Soil loss through development (ha/annum).
• Area of mining activities in a given area (ha/annum).
• Cumulative area mined (ha/annum).

• Area of land within the CMA having formal conservation status.
• Current status and number of Red Data Book species.

• Area of coastline conserved (% of total)

Zoology Department, UCT

• Exceedances of DWAF guidelines for faecal coliform counts in coastal waters (at 47 sampling sites).

No indicators for disturbance or the loss of coastal resources in the CMA currently exist.

• Area remaining for each habitat and/or vegetation type.
• Presence and change of selected indicator species.
• Area of dunes or other coastal habitats disturbed or lost each year.

• Percentage population with (in)adequate housing.
• Urban housing type profile.

• Average travel distance for all commuter trips.

• Total person trips in km per day per head of the population.

POTENTIAL YEAR TWO INDICATORS

• Public housing availability (proportion eligible who are not in public housing).

• Annual population growth (absolute number and percentage).

• Number of amendments beyond the urban edge – change of land use from open space, agricultural rural to other.
• Expansion of urban edge (in km2).
• Rate of development.
• Number of constructions completed.

• Average distance per capita to key amenities and facilities.
• Number of mixed use rezoning approvals.

• Percent of non-urban land in the CMA.
• Green area per capita (ha/person).
• Area of CMA that has formal status as MOSS.

• Households receiving refuse disposal services.
• Sanitation availability (type).
• Water availability by source.

• Vehicles per 1000 population.
• Modal split percentages (public versus private transport).

• Modal split percentages (road- versus rail-based transport and public versus private transport).

• Passenger kilometers traveled divided by seat-kilometers per mode.
• Transport to/from work by mode.

• Public subsidies for public transport for all modes.

• Safety and security on public transport.
• Total number of accidents.
• Number of fatalities.
• Percentage of casualties and fatalities involving pedestrians.

• Total tonnage of cargo moved per annum (in t/a).
• Number of international flights arriving per annum.
• Number of international and domestic passengers departing per annum.

• Public transport seats per 1000 population.
• Percentage of income spent on public transport.
• Numbers of commuters using public transport to schools.
• Inadequacy of public transport network (using demand and supply ratio).

• Commuters by public transport for private purposes.
• Average Daily Traffic (ADT) volumes per selected point.
• Time-Volume of private vehicles proportional to capacity at selected points on the road.
• Air traffic movements per annum as a proportion of capacity.
• Total passengers per annum as a proportion of capacity.
• Number of containers (TEUs) moved as a proportion of capacity.

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• Safety rating.
• Number of reported leakages of radioactive material per annum.
• Cost of electricity (in cents/kWh).

POTENTIAL YEAR TWO INDICATORS

• Type and quantity of fuel sold.
• Proportion of electricity used that was supplied by Koeberg.

• Volume of waste received at the landfills (t/a).

• Available air space in existing landfill sites.
• Percentage of waste disposal sites that are licensed.

• Space available in hazardous waste disposal facilities.

• Percentage of waste recycled and re-used.

• Amount of nuclear waste generated by Koeberg.

• Volume of waste received at the incineration facilities (t/a).

• Volume of medical waste received at the incinerators as a percentage of estimated medical waste generated.

• Capacity of wastewater treatment works.

Directorate: Water and Waste, CMC

Eskom

Directorate: Protection, Health and Trading, CMC

Metropolitan Local Councils

Refer to indicators on marine discharge in section B:4.

Refer to indicators on infrastructure in section B:6.

• Quantities, types and dilution ratios of industrial effluent entering sewage works and ocean outflow.
• Percentage of sewage sludge re-used.
• Number of complaints from a known sample of residents in an area.
• Total number of waste complaints.
• Hazardous waste generation compared to amount being disposed through formal facilities.
• Number of incidents associated with medical waste.

• Illegal dumping cleared per MLC.

• Tonnage of illegal dumping.
• Illegal dumping cleared per MLC (t/pa).
• Ratio between reports and convictions.
• Cost of remediation by each MLC per annum for street sweeping and litter collection (R/pa).
• Social surveys to find out litter problems.
• Quantity and type of litter in seven catchment areas.
• Number of schools involved in litter projects.

• Total output as Gross Geographic Product (GGP).
• Annual growth in real output.

• Percentage of labour force that are professional, skilled, semi-skilled and/or low skilled.

• Percentage/number of population economically active (labour force).

• Percentage of the population in poverty (household subsistence level).

• Total number/percentage of people unemployed.
• (Un)employment in formal and informal sectors (number and percentage).

• Dependency ratio.

Directorate: Economic and Social Development, CMC

Wesgro

Statistics South Africa

Directorate: Corporate Services

• Number of new registered businesses.
• Number of international tourists visiting the CMA.
• Vulnerability index (composite of individual indicators relating to infrastructure, poverty, welfare, jobs, space and livelihoods) or levels of living per suburb.
• Average per capita income in the CMA.

• Percentage of population with safe and accessible drinking water.
• Percentage of population served with safe and adequate sanitation.
• Percentage of the population with adequate refuse removal.
• Meningococcal meningitis rate.

• Tuberculosis rate.

• Exceedances of WHO guidelines for lead, SO_x and NO_x and UK guidelines for PM₁₀.
• Exceedances of WHO guidelines for E. coli.
• Number of toxic algal blooms.

• Exceedances of the bacteriological standards as specified in the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants (1972) for packaged milk and milk sold in bulk tanks.

Directorate of Corporate Services, CMC

Directorate: Protection, Health and Trading, CMC

Department of Health, PAWC

Metropolitan Local Councils

Refer to indicators for air quality in section B:1.

Refer to indicators for water quality in section B:2.

Refer to indicators on waste in section B:9.

• Percentage of population living with adequate housing.
• Percentage of the population with access to public health care facilities.
• Number of reported respiratory problems due to air pollution.
• Industrial health rating (formal and informal sector).
• Awareness campaign measurements.

• Bacterial monitoring of prepared foods.

• Adult literacy rate (%).
• Number of schools per 1000 people.
• Pupil:Teacher Ratios.

• Expenditure on infrastructure and instructual personnel per student.

• Enrolment rates for primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions.

• Incidence of violent crime (murder, attempted murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances).
• Incidence of property related crime (all forms of burglary and theft, including stock theft and car theft).
• Incidence of social fabric crimes (rape, assault causing grievous bodily harm and common assault).

• Vehicle theft (including car-jacking).

POTENTIAL YEAR TWO INDICATORS

• Number of metropolitan security personnel per 100 000 of population.
• Number of convictions as a percentage of total number of arrests.

YEAR ONE INDICATORS

• Number of EIA applications (scoping reports) per year.

• Number of report up to full EIAs undertaken per year.

• Number of people committed by local government to environmental management.

Cape Nature Conservation, PAWC

Directorate: Planning, Environment and Housing, CMC

POTENTIAL YEAR TWO INDICATORS

• Amount allocated by local government to environmental awareness raising (R/annum).
• Percentage of Council’s budget allocated to environmental management.
• Total number of people committed (employed) for environmental management purposes.