South Africa (19 definitions)
Aquifer
a geological formation which has structures or textures that hold water or permit appreciable water movement through them
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
catchment
in relation to a watercourse or watercourses or part of a watercourse, the area from which any rainfall will drain into the watercourse or watercourses or part of a watercourse, through surface flow to a common point or common points
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
charge
includes a fee, price or tariff imposed under this Act
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
conservation
efficient water use achieved through saving devices, efficient processes, demand management, and rationing measures
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
consumer
any person receiving water services or who is entitled to receive water services from a water services institution
- Water Services Act 108 of 1997, s.1, (1997) [TIER 2]
entitlement
a right to use water under any provision of the Act or an instrument issued under it
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
estuary
a partially or fully enclosed body of water which is open to the sea permanently or periodically, where seawater can be diluted with fresh water from land
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
person
includes a natural person, a juristic person, an unincorporated body, an association, an organ of state and the Minister
- National Water Act 36 of 1998 (South Africa), s.1 [TIER 2]
pollution
the direct or indirect alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of a water resource so as to make it less fit for any beneficial purpose for which it may reasonably be expected to be used
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
right of access to basic water supply and basic sanitation
- South Africa, Water Services Act 1997 (Act No. 108 of 1997) [TIER 2]
sanitation services
the collection, removal, disposal or purification of human excreta, domestic wastewater, sewage and effluent resulting from the use of water for commercial purposes
- Water Services Act 108 of 1997, s.1, (1997) [TIER 2]
waste
any solid material or material that is suspended, dissolved or transported in water (including sediment) and which is spilled or deposited on land or into a water resource in such volume, composition or manner as to cause, or to be reasonably likely to cause, the water resource to be polluted
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
water management area
an area established as a management unit in the national water resource strategy within which a catchment management agency will conduct the protection, use, development, conservation, management and control of water resources
- National Water Act 36 of 1998 (South Africa), s.1 [TIER 2]
water resource
includes a watercourse, surface water, estuary, or aquifer
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
water services
water supply services and sanitation services
- Water Services Act 108 of 1997, s.1, (1997) [TIER 2]
water services authority
a municipality with responsibility for providing water services to consumers within its jurisdiction
- Water Services Act 108 of 1997, s.1, (1997) [TIER 2]
water services institution
a water services authority, a water services provider, a water board and a water services committee
- Water Services Act 108 of 1997, s.1, (1997) [TIER 2]
water services provider
any person who provides water services to consumers or to another water services institution, but does not include a water services intermediary
- Water Services Act 108 of 1997, s.1, (1997) [TIER 2]
Watercourse
includes a river, stream, tributary or natural channel in which water flows regularly or intermittently
- National Water Act 36 of 1998, s.1, (1998) [TIER 2]
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