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NATIONAL WATER ACT (36/1998): OLIFANTS WATER MANAGEMENT AREA: LIMITING THE USE OF WATER FOR URBAN, IRRIGATION AND INDUSTRIAL (INCLUDING MINING) PURPOSES FROM THE MIDDELBURG DAM

Posted 23 February 2014

The Director General (Acting) of the Department of Water Affairs, has, in terms of item 6(1) of Schedule 3 to the National Water Act 36 of 1998, limited the taking of water from the Klein Olifants River upstream of the Middelburg dam, including Middelburg, to 30ML per day.