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Amount of water available
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Table 3.6 Water balance for major catchments in South Africa, 1996
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1996 |
| Region | River basin | Maximum
yield | Water
requirements | Balance
available |
| Northern region |
Crocodile/Limpopo | 1117 | 1732 | -615 |
| Olifants | 1449 | 1641 | -192 |
| Eastern inland
region |
Komati |
2252 |
1401 |
851 |
| Maputu | 2582 | 919 | 1663 |
| Eastern coastal
region |
Umfolozi |
1351 | 933 | 418 |
| Tugela |
2900 | 813 | 2087 |
| Umgeni/Umzimkulu | 4122 | 1941 | 2181 |
| Umzimvubu | 2635 | 934 | 1701 |
| Mbashe/Kei | 2191 | 983 | 1208 |
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Southern coastal region |
Great Fish |
263 | 580 | -317 |
| Sundays |
164 |
407 |
-243 |
| Gamtoos |
801 |
347 | 454 |
| Gouritz | 565 | 434 | 131 |
| South Western
region |
Breede/Berg | 2508 | 1891 | 617 |
| Olifants/Doring | 585 | 491 | 94 |
| Buffels | 2 | 14 | -12 |
| Karoo Region
|
Senqu |
4481 |
21 | 4460 |
| Orange to Vaal
confl. |
1533 |
700 |
833 |
| Orange below Vaal
confl. |
0 |
1834 |
-1834 |
| Central Region |
Vaal |
1789 |
2029 |
-240 |
| South Africa |
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33290 |
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(2030) |
| Possible future water
requirements
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| Urban &
domestic |
6936 |
| Mining and
industrial |
3380 |
| Irrigation &
afforestation |
15874 |
| Environmental |
4225 |
| TOTAL |
30415 |
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