The Acting 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 from the Mkhombo/Rhenosterkop Dam, Ohrigstad Dam and the Buffelskloof Dam catchments by all users as follows-
- Mkhombo/Rhenosterkop Dam and Elands River Catchment upstream and downstream of the Mkhombo/Renosterkop Dam up to the confluence with Olifants River -
(a) 20% restriction on the water usage of 23.68 million m³/a for domestic use; and
(b) 40% restriction on irrigation abstraction;
- Ohrigstad Dam -
(a) 90% restriction on the usage of 81 million m3/a for irrigation use;
- Buffelskloof Dam -
(a) 35% restriction on registered use of 11.04 million m3/a for irrigation.
