(1) The relevant details of outstanding water use licence applications (WULAs) in respect of each Province appear on Table 1 below.
Table 1: WULAs in process at the Department
Provincial Operation |
Initial Assessment |
Outstanding Information |
Finalizing Assessment |
Awaiting decision |
Total |
Eastern Cape |
17 |
50 |
25 |
0 |
92 |
Free State |
39 |
35 |
20 |
1 |
95 |
Gauteng |
43 |
38 |
12 |
4 |
97 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
6 |
33 |
10 |
0 |
49 |
Limpopo |
52 |
24 |
125 |
0 |
201 |
Mpumalanga |
266 |
30 |
31 |
1 |
328 |
Northern Cape |
29 |
17 |
27 |
2 |
75 |
North West |
123 |
38 |
40 |
0 |
201 |
Western Cape |
121 |
10 |
57 |
0 |
188 |
Head Office |
24 |
74 |
11 |
95 |
204 |
Total |
720 |
349 |
358 |
103 |
1530 |
(2)(a) The year on which the application was made as depicted in Table 2 below.
Table 2: Year of application of water use licences in the Department
Provincial Operation |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Total |
Eastern Cape |
0 |
11 |
8 |
26 |
30 |
17 |
92 |
Free State |
0 |
16 |
16 |
22 |
41 |
0 |
95 |
Gauteng |
3 |
12 |
23 |
15 |
43 |
1 |
97 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
0 |
16 |
9 |
9 |
15 |
0 |
49 |
Limpopo |
1 |
16 |
42 |
67 |
75 |
0 |
201 |
Mpumalanga |
0 |
74 |
102 |
47 |
77 |
28 |
328 |
Northern Cape |
0 |
2 |
13 |
23 |
28 |
9 |
75 |
North West |
20 |
38 |
45 |
49 |
43 |
6 |
201 |
Western Cape |
8 |
4 |
25 |
49 |
80 |
22 |
188 |
Head Office |
96 |
67 |
27 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
204 |
Total |
128 |
256 |
310 |
320 |
433 |
83 |
1530 |
(2)(b) Reasons for delays in water use licence applications are:
(2)(c) The expected dates of completion of the water use licence application.
Table 3: Expected dates of completion of the water use licence applications per category
Category |
Number of WULAs |
Expected date of completion |
Initial Assessment |
720 |
30-Mar-16 |
Outstanding Information |
349 |
30-Dec-15 |
Finalizing Assessment |
358 |
31-Oct-15 |
Await decision |
103 |
30-Sep-15 |
Total |
1530 |
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