The SGWI directorate has established several working groups, committees and special technical teams to audit data, do site verifications, analyse the results and establish specialized monitoring networks through various monitoring programmes. Recently, this task has been further developed for advancement and sustainable implementation through the National Water Resources Monitoring network (NWRM) optimisation network.

The SGWI directorate has the following monitoring programmes:

Responsible sub-directorates:

• Groundwater monitoring programmes: Groundwater Resource Assessment and Monitoring
  • Groundwater data and reports are available to the public on our National Groundwater Information System (NGIS: DWS: Groundwater - NGIS) or you can email georequests@dws.gov.za.
• Surface water monitoring programmes: Data Acquisition and Management, and Streamflow Hydraulics
  • Surface water data is freely accessible on the department of water and sanitation hydrology website (https://www.dws.gov.za/Hydrology/Default.aspx) or you can email PDAReq@dwa.gov.za.
    
  • DWS reports on dam levels on a weekly basis (reservoir bulletin). The report is processed, published and disseminated to various stakeholders and is also available on the DWS website or you can use the link (https://www.dws.gov.za/drought/weeklystatus.aspx)