Purpose: The purpose of the Directorate: Reserve Determination is to develop and implement policies, strategies, systems, methodologies and guidelines to facilitate the determination of Reserves of water resources

Description of functions:

Chapter 3 of the National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) makes provision for the preliminary determination of the Reserve and class before any water; use license can be issued. Once the regulations for the water resources classification and a water resource classification system have been published, where appropriate, the class of a resource, the Reserve and resource quality objectives must be determined by the Minister.

• a) Determination of the Reserve (Section 16 of the NWA), and
• b) Preliminary determinations of the Reserve (Section 17 of NWA)

The service rendered by the Directorate: Reserve Determination can thus be outlined as follows:

• Develop and implement policies, strategies, systems, methodologies and guidelines for reserve requirements.
• Determining and updating the ecological class of all significant water resources.
• Scientific and Reserve Requirements (RR) related support for the implementation of strategic imperatives (i.e. Masterplan, NWRSS and NDP).
• Development and maintenance of strategic relationships within the department and with other organs of state, NGO’s and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain the necessary RR support required to fulfil this function.

Maps
Manuals