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Water Services Act, 1997 (Act No. 108 of 1997)

Chapter III : Water Services Authorities

13. Contents of draft water services development plan

 

Every draft water services development plan must contain details—

(a) of the physical attributes of the area to which it applies;
(b) of the size and distribution of the population within that area;
(c) of a time frame for the plan, including the implementation programme for the following five years;
(d) of existing water services;
(e) of existing industrial water use within the area of jurisdiction of the relevant water services authority;
(f) of existing industrial effluent disposed of within the area of jurisdiction of the relevant water services authority;
(g) of the number and location of persons within the area who are not being provided with a basic water supply and basic sanitation;
(h) regarding the future provision of water services and water for industrial use and the future disposal of industrial effluent, including—
(i) the water services providers which will provide those water services;
(ii) the contracts and proposed contracts with those water services providers;
(iii) the proposed infrastructure necessary;
(iv) the water sources to be used and the quantity of water to be obtained from and discharged into each source;
(v) the estimated capital and operating costs of those water services and the financial arrangements for funding those water services, including the tariff structures;
(vi) any water services institution that will assist the water services authority;
(vii) the operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of existing and future infrastructure;
(i) of the number and location of persons to whom water services cannot be provided within the next five years, setting out—
(i) the reasons therefor; and
(ii) the time frame within which it may reasonably be expected that a basic water supply and basic sanitation will be provided to those persons; and
(j) of existing and proposed water conservation, recycling and environmental protection measures.