18° 20° 22° 24° 26° 28° 30° 32° ° ° 2 2 2 Z I M B A B W E 2 Status of ELEVATION ! Musina ! L imp o p M ! ! ! ! o ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! !! Mopane Tshipise ! Pafuri O Groundwater Level Trends 0 - 400m Alldays ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! # ! ! ! ! Swartwater ! Pundu Maria ! ! ! ! Nzhelele !! Z ! ! ! !! ! 400 - 800m ! Buysdorp ! Makhado ! Tom Burke! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A 30 Januray 2016 to 30 Januray 2018 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Levubu Shingwedzi ! ! ! ! ! M Bochum Mogwadi ! 800 - 1200m ! ! ! M o ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Morebeng ! S k ! ! ! ! B O T S W A N A ! ! i ! o ! Ga-Ramokgopa! ! n l Rebone o ! ! ! g ! ! L I M u B 1200 - 1600m ! !! ! ! L e e ! ! ! 1! ! ! Mooketsi ! ta b d Description: Seshego !! a x i ! ! ! !! #! Letsitele e Bakenberg Mmotong ! ! !!! I n !! Tzaneen ! ° ! !! ! ° a ! !!H !! !! !Gravellotte 4 ! 4 The map indicates the change in groundwater t w ! # ! ! Q 2 1600 - 2000m o Mokolo POLOKWA!NE ! ! Phalaborwa 2 N g ! ! !! ! ! Sentrum Mokopane !!!! lifants levels for the period between Januray 2016 and ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! O ! C ! !! ! U co r !# ! !! ri o Vaalwater Doorndraai ! ! a c ! ! 2000 - 2400m o ! ! Zebediela Januray 2018. The increase of water levels is M d ! Penge ! i ! Mookgophong! ! le ! ! Ga-Masemola! E !Thabazimbi ! ! ! ! indicated in blue and lilac points. Green indicates Dwaalboom ! ! ! !! ! Steelpoort !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! 2400 - 2800m ! ! Modimolle Flag Boshielo# !! Supingstadt Bela-Bela!! ! Jane Furse Ohrigstad ! stable (unchanged) water levels and the decrease ! ! ! ! a ti Tloonane Village Marble Hall ! m of water levels is indicated in orange and red ! ! o 2800m > !# c ! ! n Motswedi ! !Ga Mokgatlha Fafung Rapotokwane ! I ! ! Klipvoor Nossob Vaalkop# ! ! # ! ! ! !! Mokgola Roodekopjes # # 2 Kwena ! ! !!! ! ! !! Lehurutshe ! Loskop !H ! !!!!! Zeerust Swartruggens PRETORIA !! !! !! ! Hartbeespoort MBOMBELA! ! Mata-Mata !!!! ! Ottoshoop ! ! ! ! ! Pomfret !!! ! ! ! ! !! 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Dealesville Verkeerdevlei la # !!! ! a n ge Griekwastad ! o d d e r ! Woodstock O r ! M ! #Krugersdrift ! Kranskop Goedertrou Eksteenfontein H ! ! ! KIMBERLEY ! a ! Excelsior r Petrusburg ! t ! K Z N Mapumulo Lekkersing b !! !H ! ! Port Nolloth e e ! ! ! BLOEMFONTEIN n Greytown ! s o ! ! Mandini Change in Groundwater (GW) Levels [m] ! Kenhardt ! d ! !! ! # e ! ! Tierpoort Rustfontein l ! R a ! Niekerkshoop i e t # #Albert Falls Marydale Kalkfontein Dewetsdorp C Midmar# # ! ! Reddersburg Inanda ! Kleinsee ! ! ! L E S O T H O # GW Level Increase > 1.0 A Komaggas ! Fauresmith ! ! Wepener ! Bulwer ! N C C Edenburg ! ! ! Strydenburg Welbedacht# !! !H ° C ° Loop 10 a ! ! DURBAN ! 0 ! Se Richmond !! 0 T r B Trompsburg! n qu GW Level Increase > 0.1 to 1.0 3 n a r ak Petrusville 3 rvo ! Ixopo Kamieskroon n M ! le # Smithfield ! ! O Vanderkloof Phillipolis ! z Hondeklipbaai ! ! e ! Zastron im g n ! ! Matatiele ! ! 6 g k ! ! ! te ! L Vanwyksvlei e Springfontein GW Level Stable: -0.1 to 0.1 ! Leliefontein ! h Brandvlei # r Philipstown ! ! s ! ! ! u ! Kliprand Vanwyksvlei ! Vosburg Britstown Gariep Rouxville ! l u ! ! !! ! !! !! De Aar Sterkspruit ! ! !! Norvalspont! # Mount Fletcher ! A Garies # ! !! !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! Smartt Syndicate ! ! !! ! Lady Grey GW Level Decrease: > -0.1 to -1.0 ! Colesberg ! Venterstad a ! Ntabankulu Loeriesfontein K ra i ! ! s ! ! Mount Frere ! Kotzesrus !! i !Burgersdorp ! N ! Hanover !!! V Carnarvon ! Barkly East ! ! Bitterfontein Noupoort ! GW Level Decrease: > -1.0 !! iT s t Flagstaff Jamestown i sa Nieuwoudtville S a !! Tsolo ! !!! k Victoria West Richmond Molteno ! T ! ! !! ! t Loxton ! Steynsburg ! Lusikisiki u ! Williston ! ! !! ! ! Umtata S o Calvinia ! !!! !Cala # ! N !! !! ! Sterkstroom Libode !!!! Middelburg ! !! ! !Lady Frere ! ! ! M I !!! !!! Hofmeyr ! z Water Management Areas ! ! # Ncora Engcobo im ! ! Xonxa # # Ngqeleni v A Middelpos Fraserburg ! Grassridge # ! u ! Klawer ! Lubisi !! M bu ° ! ° orin ! ! Murraysburg !! !! ! ba C D g ! Nieu - Bethesda s 2 9 Tarkastad ! ! ! ! 2 3 Lambert's Bay ! ! Nelspoort h E 3 2012 Water Management Areas Boundary !!!!! ! ! ! # Cofimvaba e !!!!! ! !!!! ! ! ! Kommandodrift! !!!!! !!# !! ! !! #! Vanryneveldspas # ! ! !! !!! !!! G !!!!! ! Sutherland ! !! Graaff - Reinet Lake Arthur r ! C Elandsbaai !!!! ! Clanwilliam ! ! ! !! oo 1 Limpopo ! ! ! !! ! ! ! K Aberdeen t- ! !! a ! # K Centane ! Beaufort West r ! De Hoop ei ! i Pearston ! ! g ! E C ! O !! ! ! Merweville ! a ! O ! ! ! ! Citrusdal ! ! ! ! ! Bedford Komga ! 2 Olifants ! ! ! ! Kei Mouth ! ! Leeu Gamka Somerset East ! ! Be a ! Jansenville !!! rg ! Rietbron ! G Bridle Drift !!!!! k C ! !!!!!! A Porterville 7 ! !!!!!! ! ! # !!!!!!! Beervlei# ! ro o t-V i s !H N 3 Inkomati-Usuthu Saldanha !!!!! m ! ! Darlington !!!!!!! a G ro o Klipplaat EAST LONDON ! !!! ! Laingsburg G Prince Albert t # !! !!!! Tulbagh !! ! ! Willowmore ! ! ! ! # # ! ! !! ! A E ! !! ! ! # Matjiesfontein Floriskraal ! Steytlerville! Paterson Hamburg 4 Pongola-Mtamvuna !!!! ! Voelvlei Gamkapoort ! S o ! !!! ! ! ! nd ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! De Rust ! a ! I Atlantis ! ! !! ! ! Oudtshoorn ! g !! ! ! Brandvlei !! !! ! s ! ! ! !! ! ! Calitzdorp !! ! Alexandria ! 5 Vaal A ! ! !!! !! ! !#! !! ! !!! !! Kouga# ! ! !! Kenton on Sea ! !! ! # !!! ! !! !!! !! D CAPE TOWN !! !!!! Kwaggaskloof ! !!! !! Uitenhage Port Alfred !!!! ! !!! ° !!! ° ! Berg!!!!!Franschhoek B reW C ! Humansdorp ! ! ! !#!!! e G ! ! ! 4 ! ! ! Knysna B ! !H N 4 6 Orange N River ! ! o ! !! 3 !!! ! # Villiersdorp George ! Kareedouw ! !!!!! 3 H!! !!! 8 u # PORT ELIZABETH ! Theewaterskloof Albertina r ! Sedgefield Impofu Jeffreys Bay I Somerset West ! ! i Plettenberg Bay !! !!!! ts Mossel Bay Cape St Francis 7 Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma ! ! ! ! !! !!!! Hermanus !!! Bredasdorp Stilbaai Stanford ! ! 100 0 100 200 300 Km 8 Breede-Gouritz Arniston ! Agulhas 9 Berg-Olifants 1:6 000 000 18° 20° 22° 24° 26° 28° 30° 32° Task No: GM17_471 Data sources: Boundaries, towns and rivers: Chief Directorate National Geospatial Information (NGI), Dept. Rural Development & Land Reform (DRDLR). Groundwater level data: National Groundwater Archive (NGA) and HYDSTRA Database; Directorate: Surface & Groundwater Information; Dept. of Water & Sanitation (DWS)..