DWS: Water Ecosystems Management

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Current Studies

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Structure

Current Studies

General Documents

Gazetting of the Reserve in the Berg-Olifants WMA (F60 G30 Catchments)

Reports

Proposed Reserve for the F60-G30 Catchment

Gazetting of the Reserve in the uThukela Catchment

Reports

Draft Notice - Annexures

High Confidence Groundwater Reserve Determination Study in the Berg Catchment

Reports

Project Steering Committee Meeting No. 1

Project Steering Committee Meeting No. 2

Project Steering Committee Meeting No.3.

Project Steering Committee Meeting No.4.

Project Steering Committee Meeting No.5.

Project Steering Committee Meeting No.6.

Investigation of Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction for the Protection of Water Resources in the Lower Vaal Catchment

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]
DWS Upper Orange Reserve Determination
- Reports
  - 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]
Gazetting of the Reserve
- Reports
  - 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]
Determination of a Reserve for selected surface water (rivers, estuaries and wetlands) and groundwater in the F60 and G30 Catchment within the Berg-Olifants Water Management Area (WMA 9)
- Reports
- Project Steering Committee (PSC) 1
- Project Steering Committee (PSC) 2 - July 2022
- Project Steering Committee (PSC) 3 - November 2022
- Project Steering Committee (PSC) 4 - March 2023
- Integration Workshop Sept 2022
- Implementation Workshop July 2023
Refinement of Strategic Groundwater Source Areas of South Africa
- Reports
- Project Steering Committee Meeting No. 1
  - Background Information Document
  - Technical Presentation
- Public Stakeholder Meeting No. 1
  - Background Information Document
  - Technical Presentation
- Project Steering Committee Meeting No. 2
  - Background Information Document
  - Technical Presentation
  Reserve Determination Study of Selected Surface Water, Groundwater, Estuaries and Wetlands in the Usutu Mhlatuze Water Manamgement Area
  - Reports
    - 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]
  Determination of Ecological Water Requirements for Surface Water (Rivers, Estuaries and wetlands) and Groundwater in the Lower Orange Water Management Area (WMA)
  - 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]
  - Reports
    - 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]
  Determination, Review and Implementation of the Reserve in the Olifants/Letaba System.
  - Reports
    - 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]

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