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Waste Water Treatment Works Authorisation

• What does this dashboard relate to:

  Authorisation status of the Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) in South Africa.

• Whats the main purpose of the dashboard?

  The purpose is to provide a summary of the authorisation status of the WWTW Nationally and per province.

• Person(s) who championed the dashboard:

  • Thivhali Isaac Ramukhuba.
    Resource Protection & Waste

• Enquiries:

  • For all dashboard enquiries click HERE to go to the Contact Us page.

• What type/s of questions does the information product aim to answer:

  • The dashboard aims to answer the following questions:
    • Number of WWTWs in SA/ Region/ Local Municipality
    • Number of WWTWs that are authorised
    • Type of authorisation (GA/ Licence/ Permit/ Exemption)
    • Whether authorisations are still valid or have expired
    • % of authorised and unauthorised WWTWs per region
    • Water uses involved in

• Data / Information discussion:

  • Data used to generate the information
    • What data is used?
      • Information provided by Provincial Operations (Regions).
      • Data from Water Use Authorisation and Administration (Letsema).
      • Green Drop Reports.
    • How is it extracted and from where?
      • Provincial Operations (Regions) verify information on inventory list send to them.
      • Excel spreadsheets provided by Water Use Authorisation and Administration (Letsema).
      • Green Drop Reports as become available.
    • How often is it extracted?
      • Provincial Operations (Regions) verify information on a yearly basis.
      • Data from Water Use Authorisation and Administration (Letsema) is requested on a monthly basis
      • Green Drop Reports are available every second year.
    • Business Processes related to Data
      • WMS
      • Green Drop System
    • The algorithms / equations used to convert data into information
    • Key Assumptions
      • Graphs
      • Summaries of authorisation status per Region

• Links to other sources of related information

  • WMS
  • Green Drop System
  • www.eWISA.co.za

• Are there any limitations / cautions related to using this information?

  The database is updated frequently as we become aware of:
  

  • new WWTWs or WWTWs that have been decommissioned
  • the change in authorisation status of the WWTWs
  Therefore we need a contact person to send the updated inventory to on maybe a quarterly basis.

  Copyright: The copyright of the data/information remains with the Department of Water and Sanitation. This approval to use the data/information cannot be construed as a transfer of copyright.
  Usage: All data is supplied free of charge and may not be sold to third parties. The use of information data is restricted to use for academic, research or personal purposes.
  Quality: All data is supplied with no expressed or implied warranty as to its suitability for purpose, accuracy or completeness.
  Status: Meanwhile data is continuously updated; the data set(s) supplied are already historical on the day of supply.
  Acknowledgement: Whenever used in publications or the electronic media, the Department Water and Sanitation is to be mentioned as the proprietor of the relevant copyright.