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integration of management of water resources with the delegation of powers to institutions at the regional or
catchment level. The purpose of the Act is to ensure that the nation’s water resources are protected, used,
developed, conserved, managed and controlled in ways, which take into account:
• Meeting the basic human needs of present and future generation;
• Promoting equitable access to water;
• Redressing the results of past racial discrimination;
• Promoting the efficient, sustainable and beneficial use of water in the public interest;
• Facilitating social and economic development;
• Providing for growing demand for water use;
• Protecting aquatic and associated ecosystems and their biological diversity;
• Reducing and preventing pollution and degradation of water resources;
• Meeting international obligations; and
• Managing floods and droughts.
The National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) chapter 14, part 3 Section 144 specifically applies to this development
and therefore no construction or development may take place within the 1:100 year flood line of a river and this
area was also included into the buffer area; excluded for development:
“For the purposes of ensuring that all persons who might be affected have access to information regarding
potential flood hazards, no person may establish a township unless the layout plan shows, in a form acceptable
to the local authority concerned, lines indicating the maximum level likely to be reached by floodwaters on
average once in every 100 years.”
The project will require the submission of a Water Use License Application (WULA) in terms of Section 21 of the
NWA which will include the following activities:
a. abstraction of water from a water resource;
b. storage of water (not containing waste);
c. impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse;
d. discharging of waste or water containing waste into a water resource partially through a pipe, canal, sewer,
sea outfall or other conduit;
e. disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource;
f. altering the beds, banks, course or characteristics of a watercourse;
g. removing, discharging or disposing of water found underground if it is necessary for the efficient
continuation of an activity, or for safety of people;
The WULA will be undertaken as a process within the scope of this environmental authorisation process.
Therefore, the above activities as described under Section 21 of the National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) will form
an important component of the Public Participation process.
4.4 Integrated Environmental Management
Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) is a philosophy, which prescribes a code of practice for ensuring
that environmental considerations are fully integrated into all stages of the development process. This philosophy
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