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Table J35: Government water supply schemes owned and administered by the<br />
Department<strong>of</strong> WaterAffairs and Forestry or administered by Umgeni Water<br />
in NatallKwaZulu, 1993.<br />
Scheme Details<br />
Bushmans River (Wagendrift Dam) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Hluhluwe River (Hluhluwe Dam) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Mdloti River (Hazelmere Dam) Operated by Umgeni Water on an agency basis<br />
Mgeni River (Albert Falls Dam, Midmar Operated by Umgeni Water on an agency basis<br />
Dam and Inanda Dam)<br />
Mhlatuze River (Goedertrouw Dam) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Mnyamvubu River (Craigieburn Dam) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Ngagane River (Chelmsford Dam) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Pongola River (Pongolapoort Dam) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Slang River (Zaaihoek Dam) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Tugela River (Spioenkop Dam) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Tugela-Vaal River Project (Second phase - Drakensberg Pumped Storage<br />
Scheme, NatallKwaZulu and the Orange Free<br />
State) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Tugela-Vaal River Aqueduct (NatallKwaZulu and the Orange Free State)<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
White Mfolozi River (Klipfontein Dam) Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry<br />
Source: After the Department <strong>of</strong> Water Affairs and Forestry, Durban, 1993.<br />
Note: (i) Umgeni Water owns the Nagle, Henley, Shongweni and Nungwane<br />
dams and the Mearns raw-water pump station on the Mooi River.<br />
-(ii) Besides theTugela-Vaal Project, the only other permanent inter-basin<br />
(as opposed to inter-catchment) transfer scheme in NatallKwaZulu,<br />
is the Mooi-Mgeni Scheme (also known as the Mooi River Emergency<br />
Water Supply Scheme). The latter project was initiated during the<br />
drought <strong>of</strong> 1983. Water is transferred from the Mooi River (a<br />
tributary <strong>of</strong> the Tugela River), to Midmar Dam via the Mp<strong>of</strong>ana and<br />
Uons rivers (both tributaries <strong>of</strong> the Mgeni River). A major extension<br />
<strong>of</strong>the scheme involving construction <strong>of</strong>the Mearns Dam on the Mooi<br />
River, plus a 10,5 km tunnel, is planned for the very near future. An<br />
emergency inter-basin water transfer scheme (pending the later<br />
completion <strong>of</strong> a permanent system), is under construction at<br />
Middeldrift on the Tugela River. Water will be pumped 19 km into<br />
a tributary <strong>of</strong>the Mhlatuze River and then stored in the Goedertrouw<br />
Dam. An emergency transfer scheme drawing water from the<br />
Pongola River, with input into the Mhlatuze system is also under<br />
construction. Readers should examine the annual reports <strong>of</strong> the
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