National Government Department:
Department of Water and Sanitation
South African Water Caucus. Report on the state of the Department of Water and Sanitation. South Africa: South African Water Caucus, 2017. (non-government) "The main sources of information for this report are Parliamentary Questions and Answers, Portfolio Committee meeting reports and information stemming from access to information requests."
Department of Water and Sanitation. National Integrated Water Information System
National Government agencies:
Established in terms of the Water Research Act No. 34 of 1971, its "purpose is to co-ordinate, promote, encourage and undertake research in relation to water matters."
Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)
"established to implement an international agreement between the South African Government and the Government of Lesotho over the Lesotho Highlands Water Project."
Water Services Providers (WSPs) may be public, private, mixed entities or the municipality itself.
Water User Associations (WUAs) are co-operative associations of individual water users, both private and public.
Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs):
Responsible for water resource planning and management at the catchment level.
Berg Catchment Management Agency
Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency. Amalgamation of the Breede-Overberg and Gouritz Catchment Management Agencies.
​Inkomati Catchment Management Agency
Marico Catchment Management Agency
Mvoti to Mzimkulu Catchment Management Agency
Olifants-Doorn Catchment Management Agency
Thukela Catchment Management Agency
Usuthu to Mhlatuze Catchment Management Agency
Partnerships:
Strategic Water Partners Network South Africa (SWPN)
Regional water boards:
Botshelo Water
Pelladrift Water
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. National state of water report for South Africa, hydrological year 2019/20, 2021, 2022
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Directorate: Water Macro Planning. Strategic overview of the water services sector in South Africa, 2015. Pretoria: Department of Water and Sanitation, 20 January 2015. Version 4.
See overviews in: Dept. of Water Affairs. Water Service Institutions & Strategic overview of the water sector in South Africa, 2013 (broken link; not archived.)
South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Annual national state of water report for the hydrological year 2012/2013 (Archived version)
South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Annual national state of water report resources report, October 2011 to September 2012 (Archived version.)
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South Africa. Dept. of Water Affairs. |
Strategic overview of the water sector in South Africa, 2010 / Department: Water Affairs, Republic of South Africa. -- Pretoria : Department of Water Affairs, 2010. |
viii, 62 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. |
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A CSIR perspective on water in South Africa, 2010 / [compiled by Suzan Oelofse and Wilma Strydom]. -- Pretoria: CSIR, 2010. |
74 p.: col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm. ( Report ; no. CSIR/NRE/PW/IR/2011/0012/A ) |
Municipal Demarcation Board. Municipal powers and functions capacity assessment 2018. Sectoral report: water and sanitation.
South Africa. Auditor-General. Report of the Auditor-General to the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the functioning of the Department of Water and Sanitation: challenges facing the water and sanitation portfolio, 23 March 2018.
South Africa. Parliament. National Assembly. Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. Department of Water & Sanitation financial position & contested audit: Treasury & Auditor General briefing, 9 May 2018
South Africa. Parliament. National Assembly. Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. Department of Water and Sanitation challenges: SIU, AGSA & National Treasury input, 27 March 2018
South Africa. Parliament. National Assembly. Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. Parliamentary Inquiry into Department of Water and Sanitation: planning, 14 March 2018.
South Africa. Parliament. National Assembly. Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. Parliamentary Inquiry into Department of Water and Sanitation: terms of reference, 8 May 2018.
South Africa. Parliament. National Assembly. Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. Report of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation: consideration of the 2018/19 strategic plans, annual performance plans and budget allocation of the Department of Water and Sanitation, vote 36, dated 17 May 2018
The Water Research Commission (WRC)was established in terms of the Water Research Act 34 of 1971 (WRA). It is a National Public Entity. "Its purpose is to co-ordinate, promote, encourage and undertake research in relation to water matters, within the parameters as set out in section 3 of the WRA."
Use the WRC Knowledge Hub to access publications. The research reports are listed but not in full text.
We have an extensive print collection of the Commission’s research reports from 1997 to date, e.g.,
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Towards water resources regulation in South Africa. -- [Gezina, South Africa] : Water Research Commission, 2011. |
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The water sector institutional landscape by 2025 : technical report : report to the Water Research Commission / by Marius Claassen, Nikki Funke and Shanna Nienaber, editors ; with contributors Elizabeth Masekoameng ... [et al.]. -- [Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission] , 2011.
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