CONTINUATION OF WATER REQUIREMENTS AND AVAILABILITY RECONCILIATION STRATEGY FOR THE MBOMBELA MUNICIPAL AREA ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS REPORT JUNE 2018 COMPILED FOR: COMPILED BY: Department of Water and Sanitation BJ/iX/WRP Joint Venture Contact Person: K Mandaza Contact Person: H Karemaker Private Bag X313, Pretoria 0001 Eastwood Office Park, Protea House South Africa 270 Lynwood Service Road, Pretoria Telephone: +27(0) 12 336 7670 Telephone: +27 (0)12 745 2000 Email:
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[email protected] i CONTINUATION OF WATER REQUIREMENTS AND AVAILABILITY RECONCILIATION STRATEGY FOR THE MBOMBELA MUNICIPAL AREA ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS REPORT JUNE 2018 REFERENCE This Report is to be referred to in bibliographies as: Department of Water and Sanitation, South Africa, June 2018. CONTINUATION OF WATER REQUIREMENTS AND AVAILABILITY RECONCILIATION STRATEGY FOR THE MBOMBELA MUNICIPAL AREA: Economic Growth and Demographic Analysis Report. List of study reports Report Name Report DWS Report Number Number Inception 1 P WMA 03/X22/00/6718 Economic Growth and Demographic Analysis 2 P WMA 03/X22/00/6818 Water Requirements and Return Flows 3 Water Conservation / Water Demand Management 4 Water Resources Analysis 5 Infrastructure and Cost Assessment 6 Updated Reconciliation Strategy 7 ii Mbombela Reconciliation Strategy Continuation Demographics Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Continuation of Water Requirements and Availability Reconciliation Strategy for the Mbombela Municipal Area (this Study) follows on the study Water Requirements and Availability Reconciliation Strategy for the Mbombela Municipal Area (DWS, 2014). The overall objective of this Study is to systematically update, improve, and extend the Water Resource Reconciliation Strategy to cover the entire Crocodile River (East) and Sabie River catchments, in order for it to remain relevant, technically sound, economically viable, and socially acceptable and sustainable.