The Western Cape Provincial Government has recently replaced its website. This means that most publications now have broken links. If you substitute d7 for www in the URL, you should find the publications.
Water is not a direct provincial function. The Department of Water Affairs has provincial offices in each province.However, the Provinces may be required to intervene in municipal water affairs if a municipality is not performing well enough. Provinces are also required to participate in water sector planning in conjunction with national and local government. The responsible provincial department is usually that covering environmental affairs.
Department of Water and Sanitation. Geohydrological Reports System
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Water and Sanitation on drought interventions in Eastern Cape, 28 September 2020.
Jordaan, A. J. editor. Vulnerability, Adaptation to and Coping with Drought: The Case of Commercial and Subsistence Rain Fed Farming in the Eastern Cape. Volume I, Report to the Water Research Commission and Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Gezina: Water Research Commission, April 2017. (TT 716/1/17) Shelf no. G 68 JWRC TT 716/1/17
Jordaan, A. J. editor. Vulnerability, Adaptation to and Coping with Drought: The Case of Commercial and Subsistence Rain Fed Farming in the Eastern Cape. Volume II, Report to the Water Research Commission and Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Gezina: Water Research Commission, April 2017. (TT 716/2/17) Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 716/2/17
South Africa. Parliament. National Assembly. Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. Western and Eastern Cape drought crisis, 7 February 2018.
Northern Cape. Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. Drought Management Plan: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: Northern Cape Province. Bhisho: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, 20--?
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Northern Cape Water Sector Support. Northern Cape Planning and Information. The state of water resources in the drought affected areas of the Namakwa and Pixley ka Seme District Municipalities in the Northern Cape. Pretoria: Department of Water and Sanitation, 2017. Search for: GH4276
South Africa. National Treasury. Division of Revenue Act, 2018. The allocation of Schedule 7, Part A allocations to the Northern Cape and Western Cape (for drought relief) Pretoria: Government Printer, 27 July 2018.
G PFS E.PREM.05.WATE Free State (South Africa). Premier's Economic Advisory Council. Water demand of the Free State Province / [Bloemfontein, Free State? : Premier's Economic Advisory Council, 2005?].
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial water services perspective: Eastern Cape Province. Phase 1, Draft 1, 31 March 2017. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, 2017.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial water services perspective: Free State Province. Phase 1, Draft 1, 31 March 2017. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, 2017.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial water services perspective: Gauteng Province. Phase 1, Draft 1, 31 March 2017. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, 2017.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial water services perspective: KwaZulu-Natal Province. Phase 1, Draft 1, 31 March 2017. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, 2017.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial water services perspective: Limpopo Province. Phase 1, Draft 1, 31 March 2017. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, 2017.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial water services perspective: Mpumalanga Province. Phase 1, Draft 1, 31 March 2017. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, 2017.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial water services perspective: North West Province. Phase 1, Draft 1, September 2017. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, 2017.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial water services perspective: Northern Cape Province. Phase 1, Draft 1, 31 March 2017. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, 2017.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial water services perspective: Western Cape Province. Phase 1, Draft 1, 31 March 2017. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, 2017.
South African Human Rights Commission. KZN water inquiry report, Durban, August 2022. Pretoria: South African Human Rights Commission, 2022?
Western Cape. Economic Water Resilience
Western Cape. Department of Agriculture. Drought Portal
Western Cape Department of Agriculture. Drought Dialogue, Elsenburg, 23 and 24 June 2016.
The following paper gives a history of drought and agricultural management in South Africa.
Van Zyl, Kosie. Discussion paper for Drought Dialogue at Elesenburg, 23 and 24 May 2016: lessons on drought in South Africa.
MEC Anton Bredell gives update on Western Cape water, 30 July 2018.
Pienaar, Louw & Johann Boonzaaier. Drought policy brief: Western Cape agriculture. Cape Town: Department of Agriculture, Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy, February 2018.
South Africa. Water and Sanitation gives update on Western Cape water situation, 9 July 2018.
South Africa. Water and Sanitation on rise in dam levels in Western Cape, 2 July 2018.
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Western Cape water status and drought, 30 January [presentation]
Western Cape. Department of Agriculture. Informing the Western Cape agricultural sector on the 2015-2017 drought: a Drought Fact Sheet: final, 23 November 2017.
South Africa. National Treasury. Division of Revenue Act, 2018. The allocation of Schedule 7, Part A allocations to the Northern Cape and Western Cape (for drought relief) Pretoria: Government Printer, 27 July 2018.
South Africa. Parliament. National Assembly. Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. Western and Eastern Cape drought crisis, 7 February 2018.
Search Sabinet's Provincial Legislation for the current versions of relevant legislation, e.g.,
Western Cape. Municipal Ordinance 20 of 1974.
Note: According to the Constitution water is a national and local government responsibility, but not a provincial function.
Eastern Cape Provincial water sector plan, 2007/08-2011/12
Eastern Cape groundwater plan, 2010
Water services sector strategy : Free State Province
Gauteng water sector collaboration : water sector plan
KwaZulu-Natal. Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Water Master Plan 2020.
KwaZulu Natal Provincial water sector plan, 2007-2012 : strategic outline
Limpopo water strategy and 5-year workplan (2006)
Mpumalanga Provincial water sector plan : strategic outline (2006)
Provincial water sector plan : North West province, 2007/8-2011/12
Department of Water Affairs Sector Strategies
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: Eastern Cape: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: Free State: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: Gauteng: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: KwaZulu-Natal: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: Limpopo: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: Mpumalanga: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: national perspective: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: North West Province: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: Northern Cape: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Department of Water & Sanitation. Provincial regional bulk water and sanitation infrastructure master plan: Western Cape: total regional bulk projects needs perspective. Pretoria: Department of Water & Sanitation, January 2016.
Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Western Cape sustainable water protection plan, 2024-2029: investing in ecological infrastructure for water security, resilience and sustainability: final, 15/03/2024. Cape Town: Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, March 2024.
Western Cape. Department of Local Government. Executive summary: compilation of the 15-year Western Cape integrated drought and water response plan. Cape Town: Western Cape Government, Department of Local Government, 2022.
Harvey-Ewusi, James III. [Presentation:] 15-year Western Cape Integrated Drought and Water Response Plan, 31 May 2023. Cape Town: Department of LOcal Government, 2023.
Western Cape. Key Provincial Water Sector Links (Archive)
GreenCape. Water market intelligence reports. Shelf no. G PWC ES.GREE.WATE 2020 onwards
World Bank. The Economic Implications of Water Resources Management in the Western Cape Water Supply System. Washington D.C.: World Bank, September 2022 (Discussion paper)
Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Annual progress report on the Sustainable water management plan, 2019/2020
Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Western Cape sustainable water management plan 2017-2022: towards a new norm for water resilience. Cape Town: Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, March 2018.
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed Surface Water Developments for Augmentation of the Western Cape Water Supply System. Environmental assessment impact report. Draft, February 2017. (DWS report reference no.: P WMA 19/G10/00/2516/6)
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed Surface Water Developments for Augmentation of the Western Cape Water Supply System. Environmental Management Programme. Draft, February 2017. (DWS report reference no.: P WMA 19/G10/00/2516/12)
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed Surface Water Developments for Augmentation of the Western Cape Water Supply System. Monitoring plan in support of the integrated water use license application. Draft, February 2017. (DWS report reference no.: P WMA 19/G10/00/2516/14)
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed Surface Water Developments for Augmentation of the Western Cape Water Supply System. Integrated water use license application technical report. Draft, February 2017. (DWS report reference no.: P WMA 19/G10/00/2516/14)
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Proposed surface water developments for augmentation of the Western Cape water supply system. Socio-economic impact assessment. November 2016 draft (DWS Report Reference: P WMA 19/G10/00/2516/11)
Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Western Cape sustainable water management plan, 2017-2022: towards a new norm for water resilience, March 2018. Shelf no. G PWC E.ENVI.18.WEST
Water Indaba 2017: Western Cape Water Security – 2020 and Beyond.
3.4. Water resilience in the Western Cape : economic risks and opportunities, pages 49-52 (includes water usage by sector and region) In: Western Cape. Provincial Treasury. Provincial economic review & outlook, 2017. Shelf no. G PWC ED.TREA.ECON
Balzer, Trevor. Water Indaba: Western Cape Water Security 2020 and beyond : Department of Water and sanitation plans and programme, 16 May 2017 [presentation]
Seyler, Helen. Water as a constraint on economic development: 2014-2015 Research Project Progress Report . Cape Town : GreenCape for the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning, March 2015.
Smart, M. Groundwater status report : Western Cape region, GH4178, February 2015. Pretoria : Department of Water and Sanitation.
Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Water infrastructure and opportunities for agriculture and agri-processing in the Western Cape. Cape Town: Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, July 2015.
Pegram, Guy C. (Guy Charles), author. Water in the Western Cape economy : report to the Water Research Commission / Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission, March 2014. G 68 JWRC 2075/1/13
South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Groundwater Status Report : Western Cape Region. Pretoria : Department of Water and Sanitation, February 2015.
Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Western Cape sustainable water management plan, 2012. Part 1, The Water plan
Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Annual progress report on the Sustainable water resource management plan, 2016/17, 2019/20
Department of Water Affairs. Western Cape reconciliation strategy support : strategic assessment of water re-use potential to augment the Western Cape water supply system : final report, February 2010
WC WSS Reconciliation Strategy Status Report October 2014
WC WSS Reconciliation Strategy Status Report October 2013
Western Cape Water Supply System Augmentation Project
Reconciliation strategy for the Western Cape water supply system (2007)
Western Cape Provincial water sector plan (draft, 2006)
South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Western Cape water supply system reconciliation strategy study. Cape Town: Ninham Shand, 2007. Shelf no. GZCD 68 J.DWAF WMA 19/0507
South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Directorate: Options Analysis. Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for augmentation of the Western Cape water supply system by means of further surface water developments : final project summary document. Cape Town: Western Cape Water Consultants, Aurecon South Africa, 2010. Shelf no. G 68 E.WATE.10.PREF
South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Directorate: options Analysis. Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for augmentation of the Western Cape water supply system by means of further surface water developments. Report no. 1, Ecological water requirement assessments, Volume 1, Riverine environmental water requirements. Cape Town : Western Cape Water Consultants, Aurecon South Africa, 2010
Western Cape Provincial water sector plan (draft, 2006)
Western Cape system analysis. Cape Town : Ninham Shand, 1990-1994. Volumes: Analysis of the potential for further irrigation development in the Palmiet Basin; Berg River invertebrate study; Berg River sub-system analysis; Description of existing urban water supply infrastructure; Development of irrigation in the Riviersonderend and Palmiet/Steenbras Basins; Development of the Upper Berg River (Skuifraam Scheme); Estimation of dam costs; Hydrology of the Berg River Basin; Hydrology of the Diep River Basin; The impact of areas inundated by the various water resource development options in the Palmiet River; Long-term urban water demand in the Western Cape Metropolitan Region, 1990-2020; Main report; Options for the supply of water in the Western Cape; Palmiet Worksession; Priority classifications for water restrictions; Procedure for the evaluation of farm dams; Proposal; Report on the preliminary Berg River environmental assessment worksession; A review of the groundwater resources of the Western Cape; Study overview; Summary report; Utilisation of less conventional water sources; Water demand management; Water quality; Water resources development in the Palmiet River : report on proceedings of Palmiet Ecological Worksession, July 1991, Kleinmond. Shelf no. G 68 JWA P G000/00