REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2018/110720/07 INTEGRATED WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN APPLICATION FOR A WATER USE LICENCE IN TERMS OF SECTION 40 FOR A WATER USE IN TERMS OF SECTION 21(G) OF THE NATIONAL WATER ACT, 1998 (ACT NO. 36 OF 1998): THE REHABILITATION OF THE HISTORICALLY MINED PIT ON PORTION 15 OF THE FARM JAGERSFONTEIN 14 IS IN THE FREE STATE THROUGH BACKFILLING OCTOBER 2019 Report prepared by: REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2018/110720/07 Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) : Louis De Villiers Assistant : Morné van Wyk : Suite 221 Private Bag X01 Postal Address Brandhof 9324 : 21 Dromedaris Street Dan Pienaar Physical Address Bloemfontein 9301 Tel : 072 967 7962 : [email protected] E-mail [email protected] Page | ii Applicant: Applicant Contact Person : Mr. P. N. Meyer Postal Address : P.O. Box 24 Jagersfontein 9974 Physical Address : Jagersfontein Tailings Operation Jagersfontein Tel : 073 463 1747 E-mail : [email protected] Site Information: Property (i.e. farm) name : Jagersfontein Farm Number : 14 Farm Portion : 15 21 Digit Surveyors Code(s) : F01100000000001400015 Magisterial District : Fauresmith District Municipality : Xhariep District Municipality Local Municipality : Kopanong Local Municipality : Lat: -29.771783° Site coordinates (Centre of site) : Long: 25.418445° Page | i Page | ii TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS iii 1. INTRODUCTION 27 1.1 Activity Background ............................................................................................................................ 27 1.2 Contact Details .................................................................................................................................... 27 1.2.1 Contact details of the Applicant ...................................................................................................... 27 1.2.2 Contact details of the Environmental Consultant ........................................................................... 28 1.3 Location of project .............................................................................................................................. 28 1.3.1 Regional locality .................................................................................................................................. 28 1.3.2 Water management area.................................................................................................................. 28 1.4 Property description ............................................................................................................................ 29 1.4.1 Landowner ........................................................................................................................................... 29 1.4.2 Land tenure and use of immediately adjacent land ..................................................................... 29 1.4.3 Surface infrastructure and presence of servitudes ......................................................................... 30 1.5 Purpose of the IWWMP ....................................................................................................................... 31 2. CONTEXTUALISATION OF ACTIVITY 33 2.1 Description of Activity ......................................................................................................................... 33 2.2 Extent of activity .................................................................................................................................. 35 2.3 Key activity related processes and products .................................................................................. 35 2.4 Activity life description ........................................................................................................................ 35 2.5 Activity infrastructure description ...................................................................................................... 36 2.6 Key water uses and waste streams ................................................................................................... 36 2.6.1 Water use activities ............................................................................................................................. 36 2.6.2 Key waste streams ............................................................................................................................... 36 2.7 Organisational structure of activity/organisation ............................................................................ 36 2.8 Jagersfontein Developments (Pty) Ltd Environmental Policy ........................................................ 39 3. REGULATORY WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 40 3.1 Summary of all water uses .................................................................................................................. 40 3.2 Existing lawful water uses .................................................................................................................... 40 3.3 Relevant exemptions .......................................................................................................................... 40 Page | iii 3.4 Generally authorised water uses ....................................................................................................... 41 3.5 New water uses to be licensed ......................................................................................................... 41 3.6 Waste management activities (NEMWAA) ...................................................................................... 42 3.7 Other authorisations and regulations (EIAs, EMPs RoDs) ................................................................ 42 4. PRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION 44 4.1 Climate ................................................................................................................................................. 44 4.1.1 Regional Climate ................................................................................................................................. 44 4.1.2 Rainfall .................................................................................................................................................. 44 4.1.3 Evaporation .......................................................................................................................................... 45 4.2 Surface water....................................................................................................................................... 46 4.2.1 Water Management Area ................................................................................................................. 46 4.2.2 Surface water hydrology .................................................................................................................... 47 4.2.3 Surface water quality .......................................................................................................................... 49 4.2.4 Mean Annual Runoff (MAR) ............................................................................................................... 49 4.2.5 Resource class and river health ......................................................................................................... 50 4.2.6 Receiving water quality objectives and the reserve ...................................................................... 50 4.2.7 Surface water user survey .................................................................................................................. 50 4.2.8 Sensitive areas survey ......................................................................................................................... 50 4.3 Groundwater ....................................................................................................................................... 51 4.3.1 Aquifer characterisation ..................................................................................................................... 51 4.3.2 Groundwater quality ........................................................................................................................... 51 4.3.3 Hydrocensus ......................................................................................................................................... 55 4.3.4 Potential pollution source identification ........................................................................................... 55 4.3.5 Groundwater Model ........................................................................................................................... 55 4.4 Socio-economic Environment ........................................................................................................... 55 4.4.1 Population density, growth and location ......................................................................................... 56 4.4.2 Employment data in Kopanong Local Municipality ....................................................................... 57 4.4.3 Income per individual in the Kopanong Local Municipality .......................................................... 57 5. ANALYSES AND CHARACTERISATION OF ACTIVITY 59 5.1 Site delineation for characterisation ................................................................................................. 59 5.2 Water and Waste Management ....................................................................................................... 59 5.2.1 Process water ......................................................................................................................................