National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)General Authorisations in terms of Section 39 of the National Water Act3. Discharge of waste or water containing waste into a water resource through a pipe, canal, sewer or other conduit; and disposing in any manner of water which contains waste from, or which has been heated in, any industrial or power generation process3.12 Offences |
Any person who contravenes any provision of this authorisation is guilty of an offence and is subject to the penalty set out in section 151(2) of the National Water Act.
Table 3.4: Listed Water Resources
WATER RESOURCE |
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1 |
Hout Bay River to tidal water |
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2 |
Eerste River to tidal water |
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3 |
Lourens River to tidal water |
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4 |
Steenbras River to tidal water |
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5 |
Berg and Dwars Rivers to their confluence |
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6 |
Little Berg River to Vogelvlei weir |
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7 |
Sonderend, Du Toits and Elandskloof Rivers upstream and inclusive of Thee Waterskloof Dam |
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8 |
Mtte River to confluence with Breede River |
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9 |
Dwars River to Ceres divisional boundary |
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10 |
Olifants River to the Ceres divisional boundary |
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11 |
Helsloot and Smalblaar (or Molenaars) Rivers to their confluence with Breede River |
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12 |
Hex River to its confluence with Breede River |
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13 |
Van Stadens River to tidal water |
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14 |
Buffalo River from its source to where it enters the King Williams Town municipal area |
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15 |
Klipplaat River from its source to Waterdown Dam |
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16 |
Swart Kei River to its confluence with the Klipplaat River |
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17 |
Great Brak River |
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18 |
Bongola River to Bongola Dam |
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19 |
Kubusi River to the Stutterheim municipal boundary |
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20 |
Langkloof River from its source to Barkly East municipal boundary |
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21 |
Kraai River to its confluence with the Langkloof River |
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22 |
Little Tsomo River |
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23 |
Xuka River to the Elliot district boundary |
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24 |
Isitsa and lnxu Rivers to their confluence |
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25 |
Mvenyane and Mzimvubu Rivers from sources to their confluence |
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26 |
Mzintlava River to its confluence with the Mvalweni River |
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27 |
lngwangwana River to its confluence with Umzimkulu River |
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28 |
Umzimkulu and Polela Rivers to their confluence |
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29 |
Elands River to the Pietermaritzburg-Bulwer main road |
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30 |
Umtamvuma and Weza Rivers to their confluence |
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31 |
Umkomaas and Isinga Rivers to their confluence |
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32 |
Lurane River to its confluence with the Umkomaas River |
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33 |
Sitnundjwana Spruit to its confluence with the Umkomaas River |
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34 |
Inudwini River to the Poleia district boundary |
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35 |
lnkonza River to the bridge on the Donnybrook-Creighton road |
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36 |
Umlaas to the bridge on District Road 334 on the farm Maybole |
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37 |
Umgeni and Lions River to their confluence |
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38 |
Mooi River to the road bridge at Rosetta |
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39 |
Little Mooi and Hiatikula Rivers to their confluence |
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40 |
Bushmans River to Wagendrift Dam |
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41 |
Little Tugela River and Sterkspruit to their confluence |
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42 |
M’Lambonjwa and Mhlawazeni Rivers to their confluence |
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43 |
Mnweni and Sandhlwana Rivers to their confluence |
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44 |
rugela River to its confluence with the Kombe Spruit |
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45 |
lnyamvubu (or Mnyamvubu) River to Craigie Burn Dam |
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46 |
Umvoti River to the bridge on the Seven Oaks-Rietvlei road |
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47 |
Yarrow River to its confluence with the Karkloof River |
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48 |
Incandu and Ncibidwane Rivers to their confluence |
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49 |
Ingogo River to its confluence with the Harte River |
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50 |
Pivaan River to its confluence with Soetmelkspruit |
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51 |
Slang River and the Wakkerstroom to their confluence |
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52 |
Elands and Swartkoppie Spruit to their confluence |
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53 |
All tributaries of the Komati River between Nooitgedacht Dam and its confluence with and including Zevenfontein Spruit |
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54 |
Seekoeispruit to its confluence with Buffelspruit |
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55 |
Crocodile River and Buffelskloofspruit to their confluence |
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56 |
All tributaries of the Steelpoort River down to its confluence with and including the Dwars River |
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57 |
Potspruit to its confluence with the Waterval River |
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58 |
Dorps River (or Spekboom River) to its confluence with the Marambanspruit |
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59 |
Ohrigstad River to the Ohrigstad Dam |
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60 |
Klein-Spekboom River to its confluence with the Spekboom River |
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61 |
Blyde River to the Pilgrim’s Rest municipal boundary |
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62 |
Sabie River to the Sabie municipal boundary. |
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63 |
Nels River to the Pilgrim’s Rest district boundary |
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64 |
Houtbosloop River to the Lydenburg district boundary |
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65 |
Blinkwaterspruit to Longmere Dam |
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66 |
Assegaai River upstream and inclusive of the Heyshope Dam |
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67 |
Komati River upstream and inclusive of the Nooitgedacht Dam and the Vygeboom Dam |
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68 |
Ngwempisi River upstream and inclusive of Jericho Dam and Morgenstond Dam |
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69 |
Slang River upstream and inclusive of Zaaihoek Dam |
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70 |
All streams flowing into the Olifants River upstream and inclusive of Loskop Dam, Wutbank Dam and Middelburg Dam |
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71 |
UI streams flowing into Ebenezer Dam on the Great Letaba River |
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72 |
Dokolewa River to its confluence with the Politzi River |
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73 |
Ramadiepa River to the Merensky Dam on the farm Westfalia 223, Letaba |
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74 |
Pienaars River and tributaries as far as Klipvoor Dam |
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RAMSAR LISTED WETLANDS: |
PROVINCE |
LOCATION |
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75 |
Barberspan |
North-West |
26°33’ S 25°37’ E |
76 |
Blesbokspruit |
Gauteng |
26°17’ S 28°30’ E |
77 |
De Hoop VIei |
Western Cape |
34°27’ S 20°20’ E |
78 |
De Mond (Heuningnes Estuary) |
Western Cape |
34°43’ S 20°07’ E |
79 |
Kosi Bay |
Kwazulu-Natal |
27°01’ S 32°48’ E |
80 |
Lake Sibaya |
Kwazulu-Natal |
27°20’ S 32°38’ E |
81 |
Langebaan |
Western Cape |
33°06’ S 18°01’ E |
82 |
Orange River Mouth |
Northern Cape |
28°40’ S 16°30’ E |
83 |
St Lucia System |
Kwazulu-Natal |
28°00’ S 32°28’ E |
84 |
Seekoeivlei Nature Reserve |
Free State |
27°34’ S 29°35’ E |
85 |
Verlorenvlei |
Western Cape |
32°24’ S 18°26’ E |
86 |
Verloren Valei |
Mpumalanga |
25°14’ S 30°4’ E |
87 |
Nylsvlei |
Northern |
24°39’ S 28°42’ E |
88 |
Mldemess Lakes |
Western Cape |
33°59’ S 22°39’ E |