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Table 4.22: Mining operations in the Sand sub-catchment .................................................. 244
Table 4.23: Water quality data for three sites along the Sand River .................................... 245
Table 4.24: Mining operations in the Nzhelele sub-catchment ............................................. 248
Table 4.25: Mining operations in the Levuvhu sub-catchment ............................................. 252
Table 4.26: Average annual values of a range of water quality characteristics at three DWAF
sampling sites on the Mutale and Levuvhu rivers ............................................. 252
Table 4.27: Summary of actual and anticipated water resources and water quality problems
associated with mining operations and mineral processing activities in the Limpopo
basin .................................................................................................................... 254
Table 5.1: Area statistics for the two states comprising the Olifants basin ........................ 256
Table 5.2: Population statistics for the two SADC states comprising the Olifants basin ... 259
Table 5.3: Mining operations in the Wilge sub-catchment .................................................. 265
Table 5.4: Representative water chemistry data for four major sewage treatment works in the
Little Olifants – Riet sub-catchment ................................................................... 269
Table 5.5: Mining operations in the Little Olifants - Riet sub-catchment ............................ 270
Table 5.6: Selected water chemistry data for acid mine drainage from coal mines in the Little
Olifants - Riet sub-catchment ............................................................................. 271
Table 5.7: Water quality data for three sites on the Olifants River in the Middle Olifants subcatchment
............................................................................................................ 275
Table 5.8: Mining operations in the Middle Olifants sub-catchment ................................... 276
Table 5.9: Mining operations in the Steelpoort sub-catchment .......................................... 280
Table 5.10: Water quality data from five sites on the Steelpoort and Dwars rivers close to chrome
and vanadium mining operations ....................................................................... 281
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