OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF MINING ON THE ... - IIED pubs

Land use above the Zambezi Escarpment is mainly commercial farming: private and resettlement land (ZSG,
1998). Farming is generally intensive cash crops or livestock production. The Dande Communal Land (below
the escarpment) is very sparsely populated, with some limited livestock and cotton production. There is some
Parks & Wildlife Land in the northwest and east49.
The major settlements are Karoi and Mhangura Towns, and Alaska and Lions Den Villages.
3.33.1.4 Surface water users
Irrigation by commercial agriculture is a major water user. Karoi and Mhangura Towns, and Alaska and Lions
Den Villages draw water from within the sub-catchment.
3.33.1.5 Water management systems
The sub-catchment falls under the Manyame Catchment Council of ZINWA.
3.33.1.6 Human impacts on water resources (excluding mining)
The following could be expected to have an impact on water resources:
• Landfills, urban areas of Karoi, Mhangura, Alaska and Lions Den;
• Disposal of liquid effluent, urban areas of Karoi, Mhangura, Alaska and Lions Den;
• Urban run off, urban areas of Karoi, Mhangura, Alaska and Lions Den;
• Non-point domestic effluent, rural areas;
• Non-point impact of agriculture (pesticides, fertilizers, etc), throughout the sub-catchment;
• Non-point impact of irrigation in redistribution of river waters;
• Fuel loss and litter on the main roads from Chinhoyi to Karoi and Mhangura and from the railway to Lions
Den; and
• Run off, Chinhoyi Airport.
3.33.2 Mining and mineral processing operations
49 Chewore and Doma Safari Areas
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