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Water Requirements and Availability Reconciliation Strategy for the Mbombela Municipal Area Water Requirements and Availability Reconciliation Strategy for the Mbombela Municipal Area FINAL FINAL STRATEGY FEBRUARY 2013 WATER REQUIREMENTS AND AVAILABILITY RECONCILIATION STRATEGY FOR THE MBOMBELA MUNICIPAL AREA i FINAL STRATEGY Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY ............................................................................................... 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT ............................................................................................ 3 1.3 REPORT STRUCTURE ....................................................................................................... 3 2 OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AREA .............................................................................................. 4 2.1 ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES OF THE MBOMBELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY ............ 4 2.2 WATER DEMAND CENTRES ............................................................................................. 6 2.3 WATER SUPPLY INSTITUTIONS ....................................................................................... 8 2.4 OVERLAPPING CATCHMENTS AND WATER RESOURCES ........................................... 9 2.5 THE RESERVE.................................................................................................................. 11 2.6 WATER RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OVERLAPPING CATCH-MENTS ............ 11 2.7 IRRIGATION ...................................................................................................................... 12 2.8 STREAM FLOW REDUCTION ACTIVITIES ...................................................................... 14 2.9 INVASIVE ALIEN PLANTS ................................................................................................ 15 2.10 RAIN WATER HARVESTING .................................................................................................... 16 3 CONSIDERATIONS FOR SELECTING THE MOST APPROPRIATE RECONCILIATION OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 18 3.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 18 3.2 FOUNDING PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................. 18 3.3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING OF OPTIONS .............................................................. 18 3.4 SELECTION CRITERIA ..................................................................................................... 19 4 BASE POPULATION ESTIMATE AND GROWTH SCENARIOS ................................................ 22 4.1 BASE POPULATION ......................................................................................................... 22 4.2 GROWTH SCENARIOS .................................................................................................... 23 5 RECONCILIATION STRATEGY FOR NELSPRUIT (INCLUDING MATAFFIN, THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND MATUMI GOLF COURSE) ................................................... 26 5.1 POPULATION GROWTH .................................................................................................. 26 5.2 CURRENT WATER USE ................................................................................................... 27 5.3 PROJECTED FUTURE WATER REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 27 5.4 HIGH AND LOW SCENARIO WATER REQUIREMENT PROJECTIONS ......................... 28 5.5 WATER RESOURCE AVAILABILITY ................................................................................ 29 5.6 WATER QUALITY.............................................................................................................. 30 5.7 THE WATER BALANCE .................................................................................................... 31 5.8 POSSIBLE INTERVENTION OPTIONS ............................................................................ 33 5.9 ALTERNATIVE AND SELECTED RECONCILIATION SCENARIOS ................................ 40 5.10 RECONCILING THE WATER REQUIREMENTS WITH THE WATER RESOURCE ........ 41 6 WHITE RIVER TOWN (INCLUDING WHITE RIVER COUNTRY ESTATE AND ROCKY DRIFT)44 6.1 POPULATION GROWTH .................................................................................................. 44 6.2 CURRENT WATER USE ................................................................................................... 44 6.3 PROJECTED FUTURE WATER REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 45 6.4 HIGH AND LOW SCENARIO WATER REQUIREMENT PROJECTIONS ......................... 46 6.5 WATER RESOURCE AVAILABILITY ................................................................................ 46 6.6 WATER QUALITY.............................................................................................................. 47 6.7 THE WATER BALANCE .................................................................................................... 48 6.8 POSSIBLE INTERVENTION OPTIONS ............................................................................ 49 ii 6.9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................... 52 6.10 SELECTED RECONCILIATION SCENARIOS .................................................................. 52 7 KARINO/PLASTON CORRIDOR (INCLUDING AREAS IN NSIKAZI SOUTH NOT GETTING WATER FROM KANYAMAZANE, E.G. MAMELODI, TEKWANE NORTH AND EMOYENI)...... 54 7.1 POPULATION GROWTH .................................................................................................. 54 7.2 CURRENT WATER USE ................................................................................................... 55 7.3 PROJECTED FUTURE WATER REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 55 7.4 HIGH AND LOW SCENARIO WATER REQUIREMENT PROJECTIONS ......................... 56 7.5 WATER RESOURCE AVAILABILITY ................................................................................ 56 7.6 WATER QUALITY.............................................................................................................. 57 7.7 THE WATER BALANCE .................................................................................................... 58 7.8 POSSIBLE INTERVENTION OPTIONS ............................................................................ 59 7.9 SELECTED RECONCILIATION SCENARIOS .................................................................. 63 7.10 RECONCILING THE WATER REQUIREMENTS WITH THE WATER RESOURCE ........ 64 8 NSIKAZI SOUTH .......................................................................................................................... 66 8.1 POPULATION GROWTH .................................................................................................. 66 8.2 CURRENT WATER USE ................................................................................................... 66 8.3 PROJECTED FUTURE WATER REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 67 8.4 HIGH AND LOW SCENARIO WATER REQUIREMENT PROJECTIONS ......................... 67 8.5 WATER RESOURCE AVAILABILITY ................................................................................ 68 8.6 WATER QUALITY.............................................................................................................. 69 8.7 THE WATER BALANCE .................................................................................................... 70 8.8 POSSIBLE INTERVENTION OPTIONS ............................................................................ 71 8.9 SELECTED RECONCILIATION SCENARIOS .................................................................. 76 8.10 RECONCILING THE WATER REQUIREMENTS WITH THE WATER RESOURCE ........ 77 9 MATSULU .................................................................................................................................... 78 9.1 POPULATION GROWTH .................................................................................................. 78 9.2 CURRENT WATER USE ................................................................................................... 78 9.3 PROJECTED FUTURE WATER REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 79 9.4 WATER RESOURCE AVAILABILITY ................................................................................ 79 9.5 WATER QUALITY.............................................................................................................. 80 9.6 THE WATER BALANCE .................................................................................................... 81 9.7 POSSIBLE INTERVENTION OPTIONS ............................................................................ 82 9.8 SELECTED RECONCILIATION SCENARIOS .................................................................. 87 9.9 RECONCILING THE WATER REQUIREMENTS WITH THE WATER RESOURCE ........ 89 9.10 TEMPORARY WATER SHORTAGES AT THE MATSULU ABSTRACTION WORKS ...... 89 10 OTHER WATER DEMAND CENTRES (ELANDSHOEK, NGODWANA, KAAPSCHE HOOP,) . 94 10.1 POPULATION GROWTH .................................................................................................. 94 10.2 CURRENT WATER USE ..................................................................................................
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