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

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

1. The taking of Water from a Water Resource and Storage of Water

1.8 Registration of water use

 

1) A person who uses water in terms of this authorisation must submit a registration form obtained from the Department for the registration of the water use before commencement of—
a) abstracting more than 50 cubic metres from surface water or 10 cubic metres from groundwater on any given day; or
b) storing more than 10 000 cubic metres of water.

 

2) On written acknowledgement of receipt of the application form by the Department, the person will be regarded as a registered water user.

 

3) The registered user must comply with any regulation promulgated in terms of section 26(1)(c) of the National Water Act.