(1) Yes, the Water Tribunal has started with their work. There are no finalized cases. However, the Water Tribunal had its first hearing on the 22 July 2015 to 24 July 2015 and the cases were not finalised and were postponed to 27 August 2015 to 28 August 2015.
(2)(a) As at August 2012 when the Water Tribunal term of office came to an end a total of 124 cases were outstanding.
(2)(b) The Department currently has a total of 313 outstanding cases.
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