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Permit application forms

Any use of water except for primary purpose requires a permit. This applies to both surface and underground water.

Ground water

New Borehole

  • Application for Authority to Drill a borehole or sink a commercial well- GW1 Form
  • Hydrocensus Data Reporting by the drilling company – GW2A Form

Existing Boreholes

  • Application for General/Specific ground water abstraction permit – GW4 Form
  • Reporting of existing boreholes and wells and registration of existing ground water rights – GW9 Form

 Surface Water

  • Application for surface water abstraction permit – W1 Form
  • Application for amendment of permit, renewal of permit or extension of temporal or provisional permit – W3 Form
  • Agricultural Report on application for permit – WR3 Form
  • Application for right to conduct operation which will interfere with the river bed e.g sand abstraction – W2 Form

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