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Media Statement Crocodile Restrictions On Irrigation December 2024
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Source domain: iucma.co.za
Collected on 28 June 2026
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What this means
This is a media statement issued by IUCMA on 09 December 2024 announcing immediate restrictions on irrigation water abstraction in the Crocodile River catchment and its tributaries under the National Water Act. It lists the affected river systems and requires water users to cease or limit agricultural irrigation abstractions from any dam or surface water resource within those catchments. It also describes IUCMA’s role as a water management authority under the Act.
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Immediate restriction on irrigation water abstraction
All agricultural irrigation activities must cease immediately in the Crocodile River main river and all its listed tributaries. This includes any abstraction from dams or surface water resources within these catchments.
- Who it is for
- all agricultural water users in the Crocodile River catchment and its tributaries
- How to act on it
- Comply with the restriction by stopping all irrigation water abstraction from any dam or surface water source within the affected catchments.
- Closes
- 9 December 2024
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The purpose of this notice is to inform all water users to commence with immediate water use abstraction restrictions for all agricultural-related irrigation activities out of the Crocodile River and all of its tributaries.
Key Takeaways
- reference: National Water Act 36 of 1998, Section 6(1) of Schedule 3
- subject: restriction on irrigation water abstraction in the Crocodile River catchment and tributaries
- date: 09 December 2024
- authority: Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency (IUCMA)
- affected areas: Crocodile River main and tributaries; listed tributaries including Alexanderspruit, Blinkwater, Buffelskloof, Elands, Gladdespruit, Gutshwa, Houtbosloop, Lunsklip, Nels, Nsikazi, Stads, Sand River, Sterkspruit, Valyspruit, Vissipruit, Kaap River, White River, Zongagskraal Rivers
- instruction: immediate water use abstraction restrictions for agricultural irrigation
- scope: applies to all dams and surface water resources within the catchments
Dates
Closing Date (read from the document by Govermate)
9 December 2024