The table below provides details on number of applications for water authorization licenses handled by the Department of Water and Sanitation during the period 2017-2022:
Applications for water licences |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
Total |
a) Rejected |
38 |
112 |
54 |
48 |
37 |
289 |
b) Successful |
700 |
779 |
625 |
626 |
728 |
3548 |
c) Received |
888 |
937 |
1023 |
998 |
940 |
4786 |
The Department did not manage to finalise all applications within the financial years in questions due to capacity challenges. The applications were carried over to the following financial years as indicated in the table below:
2017-2018 |
2018-2019 |
2019-2020 |
2020-2021 |
2021-2022 |
150 |
46 |
344 |
324 |
175 |
The Department of Water and Sanitation, with the assistance of Operation Vulindlela has implemented measures to improve the turnaround times for processing of licences as follows:
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