Water and Sanitation on withdrawal of proposed regulations relating to access and use of government waterworks and surrounding state-owned land for recreational purposes

9 October 2023

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has decided to withdraw the proposed regulations relating to access and use of Government Waterworks and surrounding State-own land for Recreational purposes in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (act. No. 36 of 1998) that were gazetted on 24 March 2023, for a second round of public comments.

The draft regulations were withdrawn after considering the public comments received during public consultations as well as from written comments. Newly proposed regulations will be reissued once the reviewing process is concluded.

Issued by Wisane Mavasa, Spokesperson, Department of Water and Sanitation, 9 October 2023