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Living Resources<br />
Water Quantity & Quality<br />
Land-use & Infrastructure Development<br />
CATEGORY<br />
Siltation<br />
Physical habitat<br />
alteration/ destruction<br />
Alteration of salinity<br />
regime<br />
Eutrophication<br />
Toxic chemical pollution<br />
Microbial contamination<br />
Littering<br />
Suspended solids<br />
Direct Alteration of<br />
biomass/species<br />
Verlorenvlei Estuary Management Plan<br />
Part 1: Situation Assessment (Auditing)<br />
Table 1.1: An overview of key activities and linkages to potential environmental problems if<br />
managed inappropriately<br />
PROBLEM<br />
ACTIVITY<br />
Alien vegetation infestation in flood<br />
plain <br />
Veld fires <br />
Road Infrastructure (including roads,<br />
crossings, culverts) <br />
Riparian Infrastructure (including<br />
fences, bird hides, low-lying<br />
developments)<br />
In-stream infrastructure (e.g. jetties,<br />
pumphouses) <br />
<br />
Recreational activities (boating,<br />
windsurfing, swimming) <br />
Mining (Tungsten/Molybdenum) <br />
Artificial breaching <br />
Agriculture: Crop production &<br />
Livestock in catchment <br />
Water abstraction (river, groundwater,<br />
direct abstraction, sumps) <br />
Alien vegetation infestation in<br />
catchment causing flow reduction <br />
Wastewater disposal (non-reticulated<br />
sewage, boat washing, effluent from<br />
pig farm ())<br />
Solid waste disposal (building rubble,<br />
leaches and litter from municipal<br />
dump)<br />
<br />
<br />
Agricultural return flow <br />
Harvesting and burning of reeds and<br />
sedges <br />
Gill netting of indigenous fish species <br />
Introduction of alien fish species <br />
Agriculture: Livestock grazing of<br />
riparian zone <br />
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