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Proposed Reserve for the F60-G30 Catchment
Draft Notice - Annexures
Inception Report
Gap Analysis Report
Inventory of Water Resource Models
Delineation of Groundwater Resource Units Report
Ecological Reference Conditions Report
Basic Human Needs and Ecological Water Requirements report
Operational Scenarios & Socio-Economic and Ecological Consequences report
Stakeholder Engagement of Operational Scenarios Report
Monitoring Programme Report
Groundwater Reserve Determination Report
Background Information Document
Background_Presentation
Technical Presentation
Background Information Document No. 2
Project Progress presentation
Technical presentation
Background Information Document No.3
Project Overview
Background Information Document No.4
Background Information Document No.5
Background Information Document No.6
Reports
Lower Vaal Surface-Groundwater Close Out Report, September 2023 [PDF - 6 MB]
Lower Vaal Surface-Groundwater Main Report, September 2023 [PDF - 6 MB]
Lower Vaal Surface-Groundwater Capacity Building and Training Report, September 2023 [PDF - 6 MB]
Lower Vaal Surface-Groundwater Interactions Report, September 2023 [PDF - 6 MB]
Lower Vaal Final Groundwater Protection zones Report, June 2023 [PDF - 6 MB]
Lower Vaal Final Groundwater Quality Report, April 2023 [PDF - 6 MB]
Lower Vaal Recharge and Baseflow Report, February 2023 [PDF - 6 MB]
Lower Vaal Water Resource Assessment Report, December 2022 [PDF - 6 MB]
Lower Vaal Hydro-census Report , September 2022 [PDF - 3.5 MB]
Lower Vaal Final Literature Review and Data Gathering Report; , May 2022 [PDF - 1 MB]
Lower Vaal Final Gap Analysis Report; , July 2022 [PDF - 1 MB]
Inception Report , January 2022 [PDF - 1 MB]
Background Information Document (BID), February 2022 [PDF - 1 MB]
Project Steering Meeting
Background Information Document 01, February 2022 [PDF - 582kb]
Background Presentation, March 2022 [PPT - 4.5 MB]
Technical Presentation, March 2022 [PPT - 4.6 MB]
Project Steering Meeting 2
Background Information Document 02, May 2023 [PDF - 582kb]
Project Overview, May 2023 [PPT - 4.5 MB]
Technical Presentation, May 2023 [PPT - 4.6 MB]
Project Steering Meeting 3
Background Information Document 03, September 2023 [PDF - 1706kb]
Project Overview, September 2023 [PPT - 1.46 MB]
Technical Presentation, September 2023 [PPT - 17.2 MB]
Ecological Specifications and Monitoring plan report, January 2024 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
Ecological Consequences of Scenarios report, December 2023 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
Technical Presentation PSC 2, October 2023 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
Technical Presentation PSC 1, June 2023 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
RiverSurvey2ReportFinal, June 2023 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
Upper Orange_PSC2 BID_Oct'23_Final, October 2023 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
WP11343_DWS UO Reserve Determination_EcoCategorisation Report_FINAL_24Aug23_VOLUME 1, August 2023 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
WP11343_DWS UO Reserve Determination_EcoCategorisation Report_FINAL_24Aug23_VOLUME 2, August 2023 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
WP11343_DWS UO Reserve Determination_EWR Quantification Report_Final_23Sep23, September 2023 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
WP11343_DWS Upper Orange Reserve Determination_Groundwater Report_Final (February 2024), February 2024 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
WP11343_DWS Upper Orange Reserve Determination_Wetland, November 2022 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
WP11343_Socio-Economic_Report, March 2023 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
WP11343_Upper_Orange_River Survey Report, August 2022 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
WP11343_DWS Upper Orange Reserve_BHN, October 2022 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
GT1145 Upper Orange Wetland Field Survey Report Final , May 2022 [PDF - 5.7 MB]
Upper Orange PSC 1 BID 2 [PDF - 1.5 MB]
WP11343 DWS Upper Orange Reserve Determination GW Survey Report , 7 June 2022 [PDF - 6 MB]
WP11343 DWS Upper Orange Reserve Determination Resource Units Report Final , 2 March 2022 [PDF - 4 MB]
Inception Report , 25 October 2021 [PDF - 12 MB]
Gaps Report , 18 December 2021 [PDF - 12 MB]
Stakeholder Engagement Plan , 18 December 2021 [PDF - 12 MB]
Bid , 13 January 2022 [PDF - 12 MB]
Capacity Building Report , February 2024 [PDF - 26.3 MB]
Close-Out Report & External Reviewer Report , March 2024 [PDF - 1.46 MB]
Inegrated Main Report , March 2024 [PDF - 11.3 MB]
Mzimvubu Catchment Reserve Gazette, November 2022 [PDF - 15 MB]
Breede - Gouritz WMA Reserve Gazette, August 2022 [PDF - 4.3 MB]
Croc-West Reserve, December 2021 [PDF - 12 MB]
Mokolo & Matlabas Catchments Reserve Gazette, January 2022 [PDF - 888 KB]
Vaal Gazetted Reserve , 25 September 2020 [PDF - 12 MB]
Olifants Doorn Reserve, March 2018 [PDF - 12 MB]
Inkomati Reserve , July 2016 [PDF - 12 MB]
Mvoti-to-Umzimkulu, July 2016 [PDF - 8 MB]
Olifants Letaba Gazzetted Reserve, July 2016 [PDF - 20 MB]
Groundwater Reserve Report August 23[PDF - 1 MB]
Scenario Report April 23[PDF - 1 MB]
EWR Report February 23[PDF - 1 MB]
Ecospecs and Monitoring Report April 23[PDF - 1 MB]
Closeout Report June 23[PDF - 1 MB]
Implementation Plan June 23[PDF - 4 MB]
Main Integrated Repor June 23[PDF - 6 MB]
Water Quality Survey Report (October 2022)[PDF - 12 MB]
Dry Season Survey April 2022[PDF - 12 MB]
Water Quality Trip Report April 2022[PDF - 12 MB]
Estuary EWR Field Report Nov 2021[PDF - 12 MB]
Ecoclassification Report - 22 November 2022[PDF - 12 MB]
Gaps Analysis Report June 2022 Final [PDF - 12 MB]
GroundWater Delineation Report August 2022 [PDF - 12 MB]
Surface Water Delineation Report August 22 [PDF - 12 MB]
Background Information Document (BID) , January 2022 [PDF - 12 MB]
Inception Report , December 2021 [PDF - 8 MB]
Project Steering Committee (PSC) 1
Presentation PSC 1 January 22
DWS PSC Presentation January 2022
Minutes PSC 1 [PDF - 8 MB]
Project Steering Committee (PSC) 2 - July 2022
Background Presentation
Hydrology Presenation
Minutes PSC 2
Project Steering Committee (PSC) 3 - November 2022
Background Iinformation
Groundwater Presentation
Minutes PSC 3
Project Steering Committee (PSC) 4 - March 2023
Estuary Presentation
Minutes PSC 4
Integration Workshop Sept 2022
F60 and G30 Reserve Integration
Freshwater fishes of the G30 and F60 Water Management Areas
G30F60 Integration Workshop September 2022
Sandveld Ephemeral Water Body Vegetation (Excluding Estuaries)
Wetlands-intro
F60 and G30 Reserve Integration Sep22 EWR sites
Implementation Workshop July 2023
Estuaries EWR
Groundwater Reserve
Minutes - Implementation work session
Rivers and Wetlands Reserve
Appendix: 37 SWSA-gwa
Status Quo SWSA-gw Report
Project Steering Committee Meeting No. 1
Public Stakeholder Meeting No. 1
Project Steering Committee Meeting No. 2
Hydrology Specialist Report , July 2016 [PDF - 2.9 MB]
Basic Human Needs Reserve, July 2016 [PDF - 1.4 MB]
Closure Report, July 2016 [PDF - 1.8 MB]
Development Scenarios, July 2016 [PDF - 1.7 MB]
Groundwater: Main Findings and Conceptualisations, July 2016 [PDF - 1.6 MB]
Hydrology Specialist Report, July 2016 [PDF - 1.6 MB]
Inception Report, July 2016 [PDF - 3.5 MB]
Kosi Estuary Rapid Ecological Water Requirement, July 2016 [PDF - 4.8 MB]
Lake Sibaya Volume 2 - Intermediate Ewr Assessment Report, July 2016 [PDF - 6.7 MB]
Lake Sibaya Intermediate Ewr Volume 1 - Ecoclassification Report, July 2016 [PDF - 9.5 MB]
Lake Sibaya Volume 4 - Ecospecs and Monitoring Programme, July 2016 [PDF - 1.7 MB]
Lake Sibaya Intermediate Ewr Volume 3 - Specialist Reports, July 2016 [PDF - 1.4 MB]
A Rapid Groundwater Reserve Determination for the Lake Sibayi and Kosi Bay Estuarine Lakes, July 2016 [PDF - 9.1 MB]
Summary of Relevant Ewr Information for Mhlatuze and Nhlabane Estuaries, July 2016 [PDF - 8.6 MB]
Mlalazi Estuary Rapid Ewr, July 2016 [PDF - 1.5 MB]
Pongola Floodplain Ewr Report, July 2016 [PDF - 14.5 MB]
River Intermediate Ewr Volume 1: Ecoclassification, July 2016 [PDF - 2.6 MB]
River Intermediate Ewr Volume 4: Ecospecs and Monitoring, July 2016 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
River Intermediate Ewr Volume 2: Ewr Assessment Results, July 2016 [PDF - 12 MB]
River Intermediate Ewr Volume 3: Specialist Reports, July 2016 [PDF - 17 MB]
River Rapid Ewrs Extrapolation of Environmental Water Requirements, July 2016 [PDF - 4 MB]
River Delineation and Site Selection Report, July 2016 [PDF - 4.8 MB]
Macro-Economic and Socio-Economic Assessment of the Usutu To Mhlatuze Catchment, July 2016 [PDF - 3.3 MB]
Lake St Lucia Volume 1: Intermediate Ecoclassification and Ewr Assessment Report, July 2016 [PDF - 27.7 MB]
St Lucia Volume 2: Hydrodynamic Modelling of Salinity and Suspended Sediment, July 2016 [PDF - 6.5 MB]
Wetland Prioritisation and Assessment, July 2016 [PDF - 16 MB]
Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting 1 - June 2016
Introduction [PDF - 1.0 MB]
Purpose and PSC establishment [PDF - 0.4 MB]
Roles responsibilities and Communication [PDF - 0.4 MB]
Study Intro [PDF - 0.4 MB]
Water Resources [PDF - 7.3 MB]
Groundwater RUs [PDF - 4.7 MB]
Orange EWR [PDF - 2.1 MB]
RUs and EWR sites [PDF - 2.3 MB]
Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting 2 - November 2016
Project Status [PDF - 1.4 MB]
Small estuaries [PDF - 2.53 MB]
River EWR desktop [PDF - 1.79 MB]
Wetlands EWR [PDF - 2.26 MB]
Groundwater [PDF - 3.62 MB]
Scenarios [PDF - 2.52 MB]
Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting 3 - June 2017
Project Status [PDF - 1.61 MB]
Introduction to scenarios [PDF - 792 KB]
Description of Scenarios [PDF - 2.03 MB]
Orange River Ecological Consequences [PDF - 1.5 MB]
Orange Estuary Ecological Consequences [PDF - 2.11 MB]
Yield Related Impacts & Issues to consider for Recommendations [PDF - 1.56 MB]
Preliminary Ecological Reserve Category [PDF - 297 KB]
Orange River Ecological Specifications and Monitoring [PDF - 1.58 MB]
Estuary Ecological Specifications and Monitoring [PDF - 1.03 MB]
Inception Report, December 2015 [PDF - 1.4 MB]
Resource Unit Report, March 2016 [PDF - 33.4 MB]
River EWR Report, August 2016 [PDF - 3.62 MB]
Estuary Field Assessment Report, October 2016 [PDF - 3.62 MB]
Basic Human Needs Reserve Report, October 2016 [PDF - 1.58 MB]
Groundwater EWR Report, October 2016 [PDF - 27.0 MB]
Wetlands EWR Report, November 2016 [PDF - 3.62 MB]
Buffels, Swartlientjies, Spoeg, Groen and Sout EWR Report, March 2017 [PDF - 10.3 MB]
Report on Consequences of Scenarios, May 2017 [PDF - 2.74 MB]
Ecological Specifications and Monitoring Report, July 2017 [PDF - 1.82 MB]
Main Summary Report, August 2017 [PDF - 8.33 MB]
National Government Gazette Olifants Letaba Reserve, 07 September 2018 [PDF - 76.7 MB]
Comments & Response Register, November 2017 [PDF - 345 KB]
OLS EWR quantification report Final, 30 November 2016 [PDF - 34.6 MB]
Eco-Classificaiton Report, Aug 2016 [PDF - 14.0 MB]
OLS EWR quantification report Final Draft Client Review, June 2016 [DOCX - 3.1 MB]
Field Survey, June 2016 [PDF - 1.43 MB]
Gap Analysis, June 2016 [PDF - 639 KB]
Inception Report , April 2016 [PDF - 3.1 MB]
Wetlands Component Report Draft, July 2016 [DOCX - 15.9 MB]
Olifants Letaba Groundwater Component Report , June 2016 [PDF - 5.52 MB]
Key Stakeholder Meeting
KSM 1 - May 2016
26 Tzaneen, May 2016 [PDF - 0.4 MB]
25 Loskop, May 2016 [PDF - 0.4 MB]
Stakeholder Olifants Letaba Reserve Study Presentation, May 2016 [PPT - 10.0 MB]
Stakeholder presentation Final, May 2016 [PDF - 7.66 MB]
Capacity Building
Site Selection, Oct 2015 [PDF - 2.4 MB]
Site Survey, Oct 2015 [PDF - 0.9 MB]
Groundwater, Feb 2016 [PDF - 4.5 MB]
Wetland, April 2016 [PDF - 15.8 MB]
EWR, June 2016 [PDF - 3.7 MB]
EMSSA Information Brochure[PDF - 110 KB]
Media Statement[PDF - 348 KB]
Knowledge and Information Sharing Brochure[PDF - 508 KB]
Project Plan[PDF - 110 KB]
Inception Report[PDF - 110 KB]
Situation Assessment and Gap Analysis[PDF - 110 KB]
Eutrophication Management Strategy for SA-Final[PDF - 14.7 MB]
Eutrophication Management Strategy into Practice Report[PDF - 110 KB]
Background Information Document - PSC Invitation [PDF - 110 KB]
PSC Meeting 1 Minutes[PDF - 110 KB]
Situation Assessment and Gap Analysis Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Project Inception Presentation [PDF - 110 KB]
Background Information Document PSC Meeting 2 [PDF - 110 KB]
PSC Meeting 2 Minutes[PDF - 110 KB]
Technical Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Project Progress Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Background Information Document - PSC Meeting 3 [PDF - 110 KB]
Progress Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Technical Presentation [PDF - 110 KB]
Agenda[PDF - 110 KB]
Background Information Document [PDF - 110 KB]
Eutrophication Management Strategy for South Africa (Edition 2) – V13.9.1 for Public Comments[PDF - 110 KB]
Eutrophication Management Strategy into Practice – V2.2 for Public Comments[PDF - 110 KB]
Public Comments Form[DOCX - 110 KB]
Public Meeting Minutes (14 October 2022)[PDF - 110 KB]
Eutrophication Management Strategy: Progress Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Eutrophication Management Strategy for South Africa Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Eutrophication Management Strategy into Practice Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
EMSSA Issues and Response Register[PDF - 110 KB]
Background Information Document PSC Meeting 1 [PDF - 110 KB]
Project Inception Report Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Meeting Objectives Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Project Introduction and Progress Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Background Information Document PSC Meeting 2[PDF - 110 KB]
Meeting Objectives and Project Progress Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Rivers and Wetlands Technical Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Background Information Document PSC Meeting 3[PDF - 110 KB]
PSC Meeting 3 Minutes[PDF - 110 KB]
Estuaries Technical Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Background Information Document PSC Meeting 4[PDF - 110 KB]
Lakes and Dams + Groundwater Technical Presentation[PDF - 110 KB]
Background Information Document - PSC Invitation[PDF - 110 KB]
Cleaner Technology Options - Project Inception Report[PDF - 1.46 MB]