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

Chapter VI : Water Boards

30. Other activities of water boards

 

(1) A water board map perform an activity other than its primary activity only if—
(a) it is not likely to limit the water boards capacity to perform its primary activity;
(b) it is not likely to be to the financial prejudice of itself, any water services institution, existing consumers and other users serviced by it within its service area;
(c) it is in accordance with the boards policy statement; and
(d) it is provided for in a business plan.

 

(2) Other activities of a water board may include, but are not limited to—
(a) providing management services, training and other support services to water services institutions, in order to promote co-operation in the provision of water services;
(b) supplying untreated or non-potable water to end users who do not use the water for household purposes;
(c) providing catchment management services to or on behalf of the responsible authorities;
(d) with the approval of the water services authority having jurisdiction in the area—
(i) supplying water directly for industrial use;
(ii) accepting industrial effluent; and
(iii) acting as a water services provider to consumers;
(e) providing water services in a joint venture with water services authorities; and
(f) performing water conservation functions.

 

(3) The Minister must, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Trade and Industry and the Minister of Public Enterprises and by notice in the Gazette, determine—
(a) the nature of the activities that a water board may perform outside the borders of the Republic;
(b) the countries in which such activities may be performed; and
(c) the maximum amount of capital that a water board may take out of the Republic when an activity contemplated in subsection (4) is performed.

 

(4) The Minister may, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, authorise a water board to perform an activity outside the borders of the Republic.