Courts Rule on Trading and Transfer of Water Use Entitlements
Prior to 2018, water use entitlements were commonly traded between individuals. On 19 January 20018, however, the Director General of the Department of Water and Sanitation (“DWS”) released a circular stating that section 25 of the National Waster Act, 36 of 1998, as amended (“NWA”), did not allow for the trading of water use entitlements […]