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

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	A water services authority must include a water services audit in its annual report on the implementation of its water services development plan required in terms of section 18(1) of the Act.

(2)	A water services audit must contain details for the previous financial year and, if available, comparative figures for the preceding two financial; years of—

(a)	the quantity of water services provided, including at least—

(i)	the quantity of water used by each user sector;

(ii)	the quantity of water provided to the water services institution by another water services institution;

(iii)

the quantity of effluent received at sewage treatment plants; and

(iv)	the quantity of effluent not discharged to sewage treatment plants and approved for use by the water services institution;

(b)	the levels of services rendered, including at least—

(i)	the number of user connections in each user sector;

(ii)	the number of households provided with water through communal water services works;

(iii)

the number of consumers connected to a water reticulation system where pressures rise above 900 kPa at the consumer connection;

(iv)	the number of households provided with sanitation services through consumer installations connected to the sewerage system;

(v)	the number of households with access to basic sanitation services;

(vi)	the number of new water supply connections made; and

(vii)

the number of new sanitation connections made;

(c)	the numbers provided in compliance with paragraph (b) expressed as a percentage of the total number of connections or households;

(d)	cost recovery, including at least—

(i)	the tariff structures for each user sector;

(ii)	the income collected expressed as a percentage of total costs for water services provided; and

(iii)

unrecovered charges expressed as a percentage of total costs for water services provided;

(e)	meter installation and meter testing, including at least—

(i)	the number of new meters installed at consumer installations: and

(ii)	the number of meters tested and the number of meters replaced expressed as a percentage of the total number of meters installed at consumer connections;

(f)	the water quality sampling programme contemplated in regulation 5(1), the results of the comparison set out in regulation 5(3) and any occurrence reported in compliance with regulation 5(4); and

(g)	water conservation and demand management, including at least—

(i)	the results of the water balance as set out in regulation 11;

(ii)	the total quantity of water unaccounted for;

(iii)

the demand management activities undertaken; and

(iv)	the progress made in the installation of water efficient devices.