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NATIONAL WATER ACT (36/1998): LIFTING OF WATER RESTRICTIONS FOR VARIOUS STAND-ALONE DAMS AND SYSTEMS IN LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA, NORTH WEST AND FREE STATE

Posted 20 July 2017

The Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation has, in terms of section 63 read with section 72 of the NWA, lifted the water restrictions of the Vondo Dam, the Nsami and the Glen Alpine stand-alone dams in Limpopo Province; the Buffelskloof and the Ohrigetad stand-alone dams in Mpumalanga Province; the Koster Dam, the Lindleyspoort Dam, the Madikwe Dam, the Marico-Bosveld & Kromellenboog Dam, the Molatedi Dam, the Pella Dam and the Swartruggens Dam in North West Province; and the Gariep Dam, the Vanderkloof Dams and the Armenia Dam in the Free State Province.