National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)General Authorisations in terms of Section 39 of the National Water Act3. Discharge of waste or water containing waste into a water resource through a pipe, canal, sewer or other conduit; and disposing in any manner of water which contains waste from, or which has been heated in, any industrial or power generation process3.4 Area of applicability |
This authorisation is applicable throughout the Republic of South Africa, except for the areas set out in Table 3.1.
Note: Information regarding the drainage regions referred to in Table 3.1 can be obtained from the Department, upon written request.
Table 3.1 Areas excluded from General Authorisation for discharges to water resources
Primary drainage region |
Tertiary drainage region |
Description of main river in drainage region |
B |
B11, B12 B20 B31, B32 B41, B42 B60 |
Olifants River Wilge River Olifants River Steelpoort River Blyde River |
W |
W51, W52, W53, W54, W55, W56, W57 |
Usutu River |
X |
X11, X12, X13, X14 X21, X22, X23, X24 X31, X32, X33 X40 |
NkomatiRiver |