The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is embarking on a structured roll-out of a series of frameworks to strengthen the capacity of water service authorities (WSAs) to comply with regulatory requirements, improve the quality of retail water tariff proposals and enhance institutional performance monitoring across the water services sector. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/dws-to-roll-out-new-water-tariff-institutional-performance-assessment-frameworks-2026-09-28