Lebalelo Water User Association

The Lebalelo Water User Association (LWUA) has more than 21 years’ experience in managing water supply operations and related infrastructure projects in the Limpopo Province, with an excellent track record of quality service delivery and strong financial performance. We consider the proactive management of safety, health, environmental, quality (SHEQ) and security risks to be a key element of our risk management approach and corporate governance principles. LWUA is managed by a highly experienced and credible team. Since inception, we have operated with 100% uptime, very low water losses and over 130,000 fatality-free shifts. In terms of its history, LWUA was established in 2002 in response to discussions in the late 1990s between mining companies and various Government departments, as an entity of public-private collaboration under the National Water Act. Members comprise the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and mining companies in the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex in Limpopo, South Africa. LWUA constructed and commissioned bulk raw water infrastructure in 2002 to support its members and in 2007 funded the raising of the Flag Boshielo Dam wall to increase the yield (ORWRDP Phase 1) and further extended its own infrastructure (Southern Extension). LWUA's infrastructure currently comprises a 110 km pipeline from the Olifants River, which passes along various mines, as well as an abstraction weir, settling ponds, pump stations, and storage reservoirs, all funded and constructed by LWUA.