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108 of 1997
The Water Services Act 108 of 1997 intends:
- to provide for the rights of access to basic water supply and basic sanitation;
- to provide for the setting of national standards and of norms and standards for tariffs;
- to provide for water services development plans;
- to provide a regulatory framework for water services institutions and water services intermediaries;
- to provide for the establishment and disestablishment of water boards and water services committees and their powers and duties;
- to provide for the monitoring of water services and intervention by the Minister or by the relevant Province;
- to provide for financial assistance to water services institutions;
- to provide for certain general powers of the Minister;
- to provide for the gathering of information in a national information system and the distribution of that information;
- to repeal certain laws; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Commencement
19 December 1997
Amendments
The Southern African Legal Information Institute provides a complete amended Act at https://www.saflii.org/za/legis/consol_act/wsa1997175/ [Updated to 11 February 2005]