National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)

General Authorisations in terms of Section 39 of the National Water Act

Purchase

A person who—

i)	owns or lawfully occupies property registered at the Deeds Office as at the date of this notice; or

ii)	lawfully occupies or uses land that is not registered or surveyed,

outside of the areas as excluded in paragraph 1.2(a) above and as set out in Table 1.1 and Table 1.2, may on that property or land,

a)	abstract groundwater as set out in Table 1.3;

b)	abstract surface water at a rate of up to 25 litres per second

i)	for the irrigation of up to 25 hectares of land, at 6 000 cubic metres per hectare per annum; or

ii)	for purposes other than irrigation, up to 100 cubic metres on any given day; and

c)	store up to 50 000 cubic metres of water.