Water Services By-laws, 2003
Published in Province of Gauteng: Provincial Gazette no. 179 on 21 May 2004
Chapter 1
General provisions
1. Definitions and interpretation
2. Meaning of certain words the same as in acts
3. Levels of service
4. Application for water services
5. Special agreements for water services
FEES
6. Prescribed fees for water services
7. Deposit
8. Payment for water services
8A. Payment in respect of prepayment meters
9. Accounts
9A. Accounts: transitional measures
9B. Queries or complaints in respect of account
9C. Arrears
9D. Agreement for the payment of arrears in instalments
10. Termination of agreements
11. Limitation and/or discontinuation of water services
12. Restoration of water services
13. Water services via, and responsibility for, a communal sewer
14. Obligations
15. Prohibition of access to water services other than through the council
16. Environmental impact assessments
17. General responsibility for compliance with these by-laws, and other laws
18. Unauthorised use of water services
19. Purpose of water services
20. Interference with water supply system or any sanitation services
21. Obstruction of access to water supply system or any sanitation service
Chapter 2
Water supply services
22. Provision of connection pipe
23. Location of connection pipe
24. Provision of single water connection for supply to several consumers on same premises
25. Interconnection between premises or water installations
26. Disconnection of water installation from connection pipe
27. Water supplied from a hydrant
28. Quantity, quality and pressure
29. General conditions of supply
30. Measuring of quantity of water supplied
31. Quantity of water supplied to consumer
32. Defective measurement
33. Special measurement
34. No reduction of amount payable for water wasted
35. Adjustment of quantity of water supplied through defective measuring device
36. Approval of installation work
37. Persons permitted to do installation and other work
38. Provision and maintenance of water installation
39. Technical requirements for a water installation
40. Use of pipes and water fittings to be authorised
41. Unlawful water installation work
42. Labeling of terminal water fittings and appliances
43. Owner to prevent pollution of water
43A. Protection of water supply system
43B. Design and installation of backflow preventer
43C. Inspection and servicing of backflow preventer
43D. Protection of water installations
44. Water restrictions
45. Waste of water unlawful
46. Prohibition of use of certain equipment in a water installation
47. Sampling of water
48. Testing of pressure in water supply system
49. Pipe in street or public place
50. Use of water from source other than the water supply system
51. Special provisions for fire services
52. Payment for fire services
53. Dual and combined installations
54. Connection pipes for fire extinguishing services
55. Valves in connection pipe
56. Inspection and approval of fire extinguishing installation
57. Connection to be at the pleasure of the council
58. Meter in fire extinguishing connection pipe
59. Sprinkler extinguishing installation
60. Header tank or double supply from main
61. Sealing of private fire hydrants
Chapter 3
Sanitation services
62. Objectionable discharge to sewage disposal system
63. Disposal of sludge, compost and manure
64. Application for infrastructure
65. Septic tank and treatment plant
66. French drain
67. Conservancy tank
68. Ventilated improved pit latrine
69. Services associated with on-site sanitation services
70. Fees in respect of services associated with on-site sanitation services
71. Disused conservancy and septic tanks
72. Provision of a connecting sewer
73. Location of connecting sewer
74. Interconnection between premises
75. Disconnection of drainage installation from connecting sewer
76. Acceptance of sewage delivered by road haulage
77. Written permission for delivery of sewage by road haulage
78. Conditions for delivery of sewage by road haulage
79. Withdrawal of permission for delivery of sewage by road haulage
80. Application for disposal of industrial effluent
80A. Installation, supply and usage of garbage grinders
81. Unauthorised discharge of industrial effluent
82. Quality standards for disposal of industrial effluent
83. Conditions for disposal of industrial effluent
84. Withdrawal of written permission for disposal of industrial effluent
85. Measurement of quantity of standard domestic effluent discharged
86. Measurement of quantity of industrial effluent discharged
87. Reduction in the quantity determined in terms of sections 85 and 86
88. Construction or installation of drainage installation
89. Use of pipe and fitting in drainage installation to be authorised
90. Approval of drainage work
91. Unlawful drainage work
92. Ingress of stormwater into drainage installation prohibited
93. Emission of gas
94. Industrial grease traps
95. Mechanical appliances for lifting sewage
96. Drain in street or public place
97. Construction by council of drainage work
98. Maintenance of drainage installation
99. Installation of pre-treatment facility
100. Protection from ingress of floodwater
Chapter 4
Enforcement of the by-laws and legal matters
101. Authorisation of designated officer
102. Functions of designated officer
103. Powers of designated officer
104. Procedure to execute work or conduct an inspection: entry with a written authorization
105. Procedure to execute work or conduct an inspection : entry without a written authorization
106. Observing fundamental rights
107. Using force to enter
108. Designated officer may be accompanied
109. Duty to produce document
110. Duty to answer question and assist designated officer
111. Compliance notice
112. Complaints against persons other than the council or service provider
113. Official address
114. Recovery of costs and fees
115. Legal compliance warranty
116. False statement or information
117. Exceptions to application of these by-laws
118. Exemptions
119. Offences
120. Application of this chapter
121. Repeal of by-laws
122. Short title
Schedule A
General rules regarding fees
Part 1 – GENERAL RULES REGARDING FEES FOR THE USE OF THE COUNCIL'S SEWERS AND SEWAGE PURIFICATION PLANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6
1.The fees determined by the Council accruing in respect of each -(a)half-year, becomes due and payable in advance on 1 July and 1 January of each year: Provided that the fees payable in terms of section 6 in respect of industrial effluent is payable half-yearly in arrears;(b)quarter, becomes due on the first day of such quarter and payable within six weeks after the first day of such quarter.2.If any fees determined by the Council in respect of any type of premises is based on the number of inmates, patients, servants, students, staff or other persons resident or occupying such premises, the Council may require a certificate specifying the number of persons occupying or accommodated on such premises during any particular period to be furnished to it by the person in charge of such premises.3.If any person who is required to furnish a return in terms of these By-laws, or this Schedule or to provide such other information as may be necessary to enable the Council to assess the amount payable in terms of a fee determined by the Council, fails to do so within 30 days after having been called upon to do so by notice in writing, he or she is liable to pay such fees as the Council may then assess on the best information available to it, subject to the Council's entitlement to levy any additional fees which may be applicable when further information becomes available.4.In all cases of dispute as to the date from which a fee becomes applicable, the decision of the Council is final.5.In the case of premises not connected to the municipal sewer the fees determined by the Council and contemplated in section 6 shall become payable with effect from the date on which the Council requires that a connection be made or with effect from the date when the premises are in fact connected, whichever is the earlier.6.The fees determined by the Council for domestic sewage, industrial effluents, swimming pools, fountains and reservoirs, remain effective in the case of buildings wholly unoccupied or in the course of demolition until the date on which the Council is requested to seal the openings to the Council 's sewer.7.If any change is made in the nature of the occupation or the use of any premises which requires the application of a different fee determined by the Council, no claim for any adjustment of an account rendered or any refund of monies paid in terms of these By-laws will be entertained by the Council unless notice in writing of the change is given to the Council within 30 days of the date of its occurrence.8.(a)The Council must designate the category of domestic sewage into which premises connected to the municipal sewer fall, for purposes of assessment of the amount payable in accordance with the fees determined by the Council; and(b)for the purpose of the designation referred to in this rule the Council may require the owner or occupier of any premises to furnish it with information to its satisfaction reflecting the number of dwelling-units on the premises.9.Part II – GENERAL RULES REGARDING FEES FOR INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT
Part 3 – GENERAL RULES REGARDING FEES FOR AN ON-SITE SANITATION SERVICE
Schedule B
Form of application for permission to install appliances for lifting sewage
Schedule C
Form of application for permission to discharge industrial effluent into the council's sewer
Schedule D
Limits and maximum concentration of certain substances
Schedule E
Repealed by-laws
Number and year | Name of By-laws | Extent of Repeal |
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Local Authority Notice 1659 dated 17 June 1992 | Johannesburg Municipality: Water Pollution Control By-laws | Whole |
Administrator’s Notice 195 dated 10 March 1965 | Johannesburg Municipality: Sanitation (General) By-laws | Whole |
Administrator’s Notice 1227 dated 27 July 1977 | Johannesburg Municipality: Standard Water Supply By-laws | Whole |
Administrator’s Notice 1268 dated 31 August 1977 | Randburg Municipality: Standard Water Supply By-laws | Whole |
Administrator’s Notice 231 dated 22 February 1978 | Sandton Municipality: Standard Water Supply By-laws | Whole |
Roodepoort Municipality: Standard Water Supply By-laws | Whole | |
Midrand Municipality: Standard Water Supply By-laws | Whole | |
Administrator’s Notice 509 dated 1 August 1962 | Roodepoort Municipality: Drainage and Plumbing By-laws | Whole |
Government Notice R.1107 dated 30 May 1984 under section 27 (2A) of the Black Local Authorities Act, 1982 (Act 102 of 1982) read with section 13(3) of the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act No 209 of 1993) | Water Supply By-laws as applied by the Municipalities of Alexandra, Diepmeadow, Dobsonville and Soweto | Whole |
Local Authority Notice dated 4 May 1988 | Midrand Municipality: Miscellaneous By-laws Relating to the Regulating of Building and Drainage Works and Related Matters | Whole |