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Notice on the request to register a water use (GN. 433 of 2000).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Territorial subdivision
Free State
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste disposal Waste management Freshwater resources management Water rights Inland waters Groundwater Water abstraction Pollution control Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Transport/storage Authorization/permit Registration Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Notice of the Regional Director of the Free State Province, made under the National Water Act, requires all persons who use water as set out in this Notice in the Upper Orange and Middle Vaal Water Management Areas to register their water use as defined in section 21 of the Act in accordance with regulation 3(b) of Regulation No. 1352 of 1999. Water use by members of an Irrigation Board or Water User Association in a distribution system and supplied by a Board or Association and taking water from a bulk supplier or a communal water scheme are excluded from the requirement of registration. Any person who fails to register shall be guilty of an offence. Activities for which registration of required include: taking of (ground) water, impeding or diverting the flow of water, alteration of beds or banks of a watercourse, irrigation with waste water, discharge of waste water into a water flow, using water for recreational purposes, disposal of waste affecting a water flow and storage of water. The quantity extent of water use which shall be registered is specified for two areas witha different legal regime.

Full text
English
Website
www.enviroleg.co.za

References - Legislation

Implements

National Water Act.

Legislation | South Africa | 1998 (1999)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Policy/planning, Basin/catchment/watershed, Water conservation zone, Authorization/permit, Water charges, Irrigation, Water rights, Inspection, Institution, Subsidy/incentive, Data collection/reporting, Groundwater, Rainwater, Well sinking/boreholes, Effluent waste water/discharge, Servitude, Waterworks, Water supply, Hydropower generation, Industrial water use, Recreational water use, Water shortage/drought, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement, Water users' associations, Classification/declassification, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Gender, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX