The Acting Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation has, in terms of sections 22(2) and 63(1) as well as item 4 of Schedule 3 of the NWA, instructed all Irrigation Boards and Water Users Associations in the country to install water measuring devices for water taken for irrigation purposes and to monitor compliance to GNR 131 of 2017.
Irrigation Boards and Water Users Associations that have water use authorisations to abstract are required to install water measuring devices one month from the date of publication of this notice.