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Permanent Water Commission (discussed earlier), which undertakes joint catchment
studies and makes recommendations on the joint use and management of water. The
Republic of South Africa-Transkei Permanent Water Commission is similarly involved with
rivers in southern Natal. There is a future possibility of a "NatallKwaZulu Water Board"
which would provide bulk water supplies to all local authorities, as a second tier form of
government. The Board's area of jurisdiction would cover the whole of Natal and
KwaZulu. local authorities would constitute the third tier of government with the
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry as the first tier.
10.19.2 Local authorities and services in KwaZulu"
Two KwaZulu Government departments !Tables J40 and J41) are involved in the supply
of water. The KwaZulu Department of Works provides, controls and maintains water
systems at most official KwaZulu Government installations, namely, hospitals, clinics.
police stations, magistrates' courts and a few non-eommunity schools. The primary
function of the Department is the supply of water to certain factories in rural and peri­
urban areas, as well as household supplies in 28 proclaimed townships (Table J42) and
several hamlets. Houses occupied by Government employees (outside of proclaimed
townships) may also be provided with reticulated water. The Department is similarly
responsible for water systems at households in closer settlements.
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Discussion based on Alcock, P.G., 1987. Domestic water supplies in non-urban Kwazulu: existing
water systems, Occasional Publication No. 8, Department of Crop Science, University of Natal,
Pietermaritzburg, 100 p. See also, Anonymous, 1993. Executive summary: KwaZulu rural and periurban
watersupply and sanitation policy for the KwaZulu Government, Report No. 2424, Davies Lynn
and Partners. Durban, 32 p., and Anonymous, 1993. Kwazulu rural and peri-orban water supply and
sanitation policy: Phase 2 situational analysis: summary report for the Kwazulu Government, Report
No. 2424, Davies Lynn and Partners, Durban, 22 p. + app. See in addition: Anonymous, 1993.
Phase 3 policy formulation: Kwazulu rural and peri-urban water supply and sanitation policy for the
KwaZulu Government, Report No. 2424, Davies Lynn and Partners, Durban, 85 p. + app., as well
as Anonymous, 1994. Upper Nseleni water supply scheme: report for the KwaZulu Government ­
Phase 1: situational analysis, final draft, Report No. 242411. KwaZUlu Finance and Investment
Corporation and Davies Lynn and Partners, Durban, 33 p. + app. Summarized data on existing water
and sanitation services as well as refuse disposal systems, for various urban and densely populated
rural settlements are provided in Smith, G., 1993. Economic development strategies for Region E,
Phase 1: socio economic analysis and assessment, Working document for input into synthesis reportinfrastructure,
services and utilities, Regional Development Advisory Committee - Region E,
Pietermaritzburg, 50 p. + app. (The report also contains population estimates for the given
settlementsl.