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5.10.1.5 Water management systems
The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) are responsible for the management of water resources
and the allocation of permits for water use and effluent discharge. The responsibility for supply of irrigation
water is delegated to the local irrigation board.
5.10.1.6 Human impacts on water resources (excluding mining)
The following activities can be expected to have an impact on water resources in the Timbavati-Klaserie subcatchment:
• Small landfills and solid waste disposal sites at the town of Hoedspruit, as well as at tourist camps in the
Kruger National Park and on private game reserves;
• Over-grazing and other forms of veld degradation, leading to increased erosion and loads of suspended
sediments in most streams and rivers;
• Non-point domestic effluent from several tourist camps and farms;
• Minor non-point impact from non-intensive commercial or subsistence agriculture;
• Minor amounts of litter and domestic garbage alongside the few roads that traverse the upper reaches of
the sub-catchment.
5.10.2 Mining and mineral processing operations
None known.
5.10.3 Alluvial mining
None known or anticipated.
5.10.4 Monitoring systems
The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) collect a few water samples and gauge flows in the
perennial upper reaches of the Klaserie River, whilst staff members of the Kruger National Park assist with flow
gauging and water quality monitoring at two sites along the lower Olifants River.
5.10.5 Water quality data
No water quality data were available for this sub-catchment.
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