Question NW2987 to the Minister of Water and Sanitation
02 October 2023 - NW2987
Mbabama, Ms TM to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
With reference to the draft regulations relating to the Procedural Requirements for Water Use Licence Applications that were published on 19 May 2023, and with regard to water use licences issued in terms of section 21(a) and (b) and section 21(d) of the National Water Act, Act 36 of 1998, to farmers or farming and/or agriculture entities, what (a) is the total number of applications that were received in each category in the past three financial years and (b) number of the specified applications were approved in each specified year (i) within 30 days, (ii) within 60 days, (iii) within 90 days and (iv) after 90 days of receipt thereof?
Reply:
a) The total number of applications that were received in terms of section 21(a) and (b) and section 21(d) from farmers or farming and/or agriculture entities in the past three financial years are indicated in the table below:
|
Year |
Number of received applications |
|
2020 |
395 |
|
2021 |
355 |
|
2022 |
393 |
|
Total |
1143 |
b) The number of the specified applications that were issued with licences in each specified year (i) within 30 days, (ii) within 60 days, (iii) within 90 days and (iv) after 90 days of receipt thereof?
|
Licences issued |
|||||
|
Year of application Submission |
30 days |
60 days |
90 days |
over 90 days |
Total |
|
2020 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
165 |
166 |
|
2021 |
3 |
15 |
26 |
113 |
157 |
|
2022 |
8 |
15 |
11 |
168 |
202 |
|
Total |
11 |
30 |
38 |
446 |
525 |
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