Government Notice No. 1365 of 2018

National Water Act (36/1998) (the Act) » Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma Water Management Area (MWA 7) in the Eastern...

Title	National Water Act (36/1998) (the Act) » Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma Water Management Area (MWA 7) in the Eastern Cape Province » Amending and limiting the use of water in terms of item 6 of Schedule 6 of the Act for urban, agricultural and industrial (including mining) purposes
Department	Water Affairs
Gazette	National Gazettes, No. 42092 of 07 December, 2018, 3 page(s), 352Kb

66    No. 42092             GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7 DECEMBER 2018

DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION
          NO. 1365                                                                          07 DECEMBER 2018
          
              MZIMVUBU-TSITSIKAMMA WATER MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA                    1) IN THE EASTERN
              CAPE PROVINCE: AMENDING AND LIMITING THE USE OF WATER                IN TERMS OF ITEM 6
              OF SCHEDULE 3 OF THE NATIONAL WATER ACT OF                          1996; FOR URBAN,
              AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL (INCLUDING MINING) PURPOSES

The Minister of Water and Sanitation has, in terms of item 8(1) of Schedule  3 of the National
              Water Act of 1998 (Act 36 of 1998) (The Act), empowered to limit  the use of water in the area
              concerned if the Minister, on reasonable grounds, believes that  a water shortage exists
              the area concerned. This power has been delegated to me in terms of Section 63 (1) (b)
              Act.

Therefore,  I, Deborah Mochotlhi, in my capacity as the Acting Director
                                                                                        -General of the
              Department of Water and Sanitation hereby under delegated authority, in  terms of item 6 (1) of
              Schedule 3 read with section 72(1) of the Act, publish  a notice in the gazette to amend and limit
              the taking and storing of water in terms of section 21(a) and 21(b)    by all users in the
              geographical areas listed and described below, as follows:

The Algae Water Supply System (WSS) and associated primary   catchments:

Decrease the curtailment from 30% to 25% on all taking of water from surface or
                           groundwater resources for domestic and industrial water use from the Algoa WSS
                           and the relevant parts of the catchments within which the Algoa  WSS occurs.
                       b. Decreased the curtailment from 80% to 80% on all taking of water from
                                                                                              surface or
                           groundwater resources for agricultural water use from the Algoa  WSS and the
                          relevant parts of the primary catchments within which the Algoa WSS  occurs.
                       c. The taking of water from individual sub-systems and dams in the Algoa  WSS be
                          limited to the reduced allocations as specified in Table 1.

Table 1: Dams & sub-systems of the Algoa WSS with restricted  allocations for 2018/9, based
             on Annual Operating Analysis and Algoa WSS Operating Forum meeting decisions of   1 e June
             2018)

Scheme 1 Dam      River             Restricted Allocation Availability
                               catchment
             Kouga & Loerfe Kouga River          13.41 Mm la for domestic use (NMBM),
             Dams Scheme                        23.82 Mme /a for irrigation use,
                                                0.88 Mm' /a for domestic use Kou 'a LM
             Churchill     &   Kromme River     38.56 Mm is for domestic use (NMBM, including
             Impofu Dams                        3.38 Mm' /a for domestic use at Kouga LM)
                                                0.8 Mm3 / for irrigation use.  '
             Nooit             Sundays River    50 Mm ria for domestic use (NMBM)
             Groendaal Dam    Kwazunga River    8.50 Mmt /a for domestic use (NMBM) and
                                                1.44 Mm$ /a for irrigation use
             Van Starelens,   various          3. Mm /a for domestic use (NMBM)
             Sand & Bulk
             Dams

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