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Mvoti to Umzimkulu Water Management Area: Situational Assessment Table of Contents Page Number 1. Introduction 1 2. Background 1 2.1 The National Water Act 1 2.2 The Importance and Relevance of Catchment Management 7 3. Institutional Arrangements 9 3.1 Within the Water Management Area 9 3.2 Regional Institutions 13 3.3 Department of Water Affairs 14 4. Demographics and Socio-economic Profile 16 4.1 Total Population 16 4.2 Population Density 19 4.3 Per Capita Income 21 4.4 Poverty Index 23 5. Catchment Characteristics 25 5.1 Physical Characteristics 25 5.2 Land Use 28 5.3 The Natural Environment 30 6. Hydrology 33 6.1 Climate and Temperature 33 6.2 Rainfall 34 6.3 Runoff 36 6.4 Evaporation 36 6.5 Groundwater 39 7. Water Resources Infrastructure 41 7.1 Existing Infrastructure 41 7.2 Water Resources Planning 43 8. Water Resource Management 44 8.1 Operating Policies and Procedures 44 8.2 Yields of Major Dams and Systems 45 9. Existing Permits and Registration of Water Users 45 10. Water Use 48 10.1 The National Water Situation Assessment Model 48 10.2 Water Conservation Initiatives 50 11. Water Quality 51 12. Cost Recovery 56 13. Conclusions 57 14. References 60 Mvoti to Umzimkulu Water Management Area: Situational Assessment Index of Tables Page Number Table 1 : Allocation of responsibilities in DWAF 15 Table 2 : Demographic statistics for selected tertiary catchments in the WMA 18 Table 3 : Selected socio-economic indicators for tertiary catchments in the WMA 21 Table 4 : Temperature data 33 Table 5: Major water and wastewater infrastructure in WMA 41 Table 6 : Incremental yields for current conditions 45 Table 7 : Progress on water user registration 47 Mvoti to Umzimkulu Water Management Area: Situational Assessment Index of Figures Page Number Figure 1: KZN water management areas 3 Figure 2: CMA establishment process 5 Figure 3: Proposed CMA proposal development process 6 Figure 4: Areas of jurisdiction of key institutions in the