The Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation has, in terms of item 6(1) of schedule 3 to the NWA, limited the taking of water that feeds the major dams and is taken from the Western Cape Water Supply System (including ell areas within the Berg-Olifants and Breeds - Gouritz Water Management Areas) by all users by a 20% curtailment on all water use in the aforementioned areas.
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NWA: BREEDE-GOURITZ AND BERG-OLIFANTS WATER MANAGEMENT AREAS LIMITING THE USE OF WATER FOR URBAN, IRRIGATION AND INDUSTRIAL (INCLUDING MINING) PURPOSE IN THE CATCHMENT AREAS OF THE DAMS SUPPLYING THE WESTERN CAPE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND FROM THE SYSTEM
Posted 17 October 2016
