OUTA welcomes clarity on household borehole registration rules [SOUND]

# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says the Department of Water and Sanitation has confirmed that most households using borehole water for normal domestic purposes do not need to register under the national water-use registration process. The clarification follows confusion over the department’s recent registration campaign. OUTA’s Julius Kleynhans says the decision gives peace of mind to households that rely on boreholes because of unreliable municipal water supplies: