词条 | Water Board (South Africa) |
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Water Boards play a key role in the South African water sector. They operate dams, bulk water supply infrastructure, some retail infrastructure and some wastewater systems. Some also provide technical assistance to municipalities. Through their role in the operation of dams they also play an important role in water resources management. The Water Boards report to the Department of Water Affairs (DWA).[1] There are 13 Water Boards in South Africa (see list below), together indirectly serving more than 24 million people in 90 municipalities in 2005, or about half the population of South Africa. The three largest Water Boards - Rand Water in Gauteng Province, Umgeni Water in KwaZulu Natal Province and Overberg Water – indirectly serve 10 million, 4 million and 2 million people respectively. This is three times as much (18 million) as all the 12 smaller water boards together (6 million).[2] Rand Water has a more than 100-year history[3] in the Gauteng area, the industrial heartland of South Africa. It buys water from DWA, treats it and sells it to large industries, mines and municipalities. List of Water Boards in South Africa[4][5]
The following stock-watering Water Boards are to be transformed into water user associations (see National Water Act section 98(1)):[8][9]
References1. ^{{cite web|last=Republic of South Africa, Department of Water Affairs|title=Water Service Institutions|url=http://www.dwaf.gov.za/IO/wsi.aspx|accessdate=4 September 2012}} {{National Key Points navbox}}2. ^Infrastructure Barometer 2006, p. 123 3. ^{{cite book|title=A Guide to the Transvaal|year=1905|publisher=Bartholomew & Lawlor|page=88|url=https://archive.org/stream/aguidetotransva00unkngoog#page/n111/mode/1up/search/water|author=H. T. Montague Bell, C. Arthur Lane, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Meeting, South African Association for the Advancement of Science|accessdate=11 August 2010|chapter=The Rand Water Supply}} 4. ^AfDevInfo:Water Boards 5. ^Mntambo, 2 Sep 2009. Department of Water Affairs (Mpumalanga) Support and Intervention to Local Government Institutions. Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs 6. ^[https://www.dwaf.gov.za/IO/wsiData.aspx South Africa Department of Water and Sanitation] 7. ^http://new.sedibengwater.co.za/ 8. ^National Water Resource Strategy. 2004. Chapter 3, Part 5 – Water Management Institutions 9. ^National Water Act 1 : Water supply and sanitation in South Africa |
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