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Title:The Management of South Africa's Water Resources with Particular Reference to the Period 1956-1998
Authors:Lumby, AnthonyISNI
Matete, MampitiISNI
Rwelamira, Juliana
Year:2005
Periodical:South African Journal of Economic History
Volume:20
Issue:2
Period:September
Pages:83-108
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:water supply
price policy
legislation
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
History and Exploration
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/10113430509511187
Abstract:South Africa experienced a significant transitional stage in its water resource management strategy in the 1990s. This article reviews the historical and environmental contexts that have given rise to the new Water Act of 1998, and offers a preliminary assessment of the likely effectiveness of the use of economic instruments in water demand management for South Africa. The previous government enacted the Water Act of 1956, which regulated the use of water in South Africa until 1998. During that 40-year period, water resource management focused on the allocation of available water supply to meet the needs of the more developed sectors of the economy. In short, there existed a policy of water supply management. The election of the African National Congress (ANC) government in 1994 was followed by a thorough review of the Water Act of 1956, which gave rise to the new Water Act of 1998 which saw the shift from supply management to demand management. The primary economic instrument used to manage water quantity demand is water tariffs, which differ from sector to sector, with agriculture and the urban areas receiving the highest subsidies. The inefficiencies inherent in these instruments have led the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry to undertake a major review of bulk water tariff structures. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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