Question NW2363 to the Minister of Water and Sanitation
14 July 2015 - NW2363
Baker, Ms TE to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(1)What are the relevant details of each outstanding water use license agreement in respect of each province? (2) What is the (a) date on which the application for a water use license was made, (b) reason for delay and (c) expected date of finalisation?
Reply:
(1) The relevant details of outstanding water use licence applications (WULAs) in respect of each Province appear on Table 1 below.
Table 1: WULAs in process at the Department
Provincial Operation |
Initial Assessment |
Outstanding Information |
Finalizing Assessment |
Awaiting decision |
Total |
Eastern Cape |
17 |
50 |
25 |
0 |
92 |
Free State |
39 |
35 |
20 |
1 |
95 |
Gauteng |
43 |
38 |
12 |
4 |
97 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
6 |
33 |
10 |
0 |
49 |
Limpopo |
52 |
24 |
125 |
0 |
201 |
Mpumalanga |
266 |
30 |
31 |
1 |
328 |
Northern Cape |
29 |
17 |
27 |
2 |
75 |
North West |
123 |
38 |
40 |
0 |
201 |
Western Cape |
121 |
10 |
57 |
0 |
188 |
Head Office |
24 |
74 |
11 |
95 |
204 |
Total |
720 |
349 |
358 |
103 |
1530 |
(2)(a) The year on which the application was made as depicted in Table 2 below.
Table 2: Year of application of water use licences in the Department
Provincial Operation |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Total |
Eastern Cape |
0 |
11 |
8 |
26 |
30 |
17 |
92 |
Free State |
0 |
16 |
16 |
22 |
41 |
0 |
95 |
Gauteng |
3 |
12 |
23 |
15 |
43 |
1 |
97 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
0 |
16 |
9 |
9 |
15 |
0 |
49 |
Limpopo |
1 |
16 |
42 |
67 |
75 |
0 |
201 |
Mpumalanga |
0 |
74 |
102 |
47 |
77 |
28 |
328 |
Northern Cape |
0 |
2 |
13 |
23 |
28 |
9 |
75 |
North West |
20 |
38 |
45 |
49 |
43 |
6 |
201 |
Western Cape |
8 |
4 |
25 |
49 |
80 |
22 |
188 |
Head Office |
96 |
67 |
27 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
204 |
Total |
128 |
256 |
310 |
320 |
433 |
83 |
1530 |
(2)(b) Reasons for delays in water use licence applications are:
- Outstanding information from applicants, mainly in a form of technical on site studies.
- Complexity of applications and volumes of supporting documents.
- Internal specialist inputs are intensive and hence the turnaround time is protracted.
(2)(c) The expected dates of completion of the water use licence application.
Table 3: Expected dates of completion of the water use licence applications per category
Category |
Number of WULAs |
Expected date of completion |
Initial Assessment |
720 |
30-Mar-16 |
Outstanding Information |
349 |
30-Dec-15 |
Finalizing Assessment |
358 |
31-Oct-15 |
Await decision |
103 |
30-Sep-15 |
Total |
1530 |
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