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Water Resources: Government Information: Library Guide: South Africa: Breede River

This guide directs you to government sources on water resources from international to local level.

Langeberg Municipality

Langeberg Municipality. Water master plan, March 2012.

Langeberg Municipality. Water services development plan for 2014/2015: executive summary 

Langeberg Municipality Water Block Tariff Study, October 2014 & Water Demand Management and Water Conservation Strategy (WC/WDM) for Montagu, Robertson, Mcgregor, Ashton & Bonnievale in Langeberg Local Municipality, January 2014 Download .zip file: Drought Management Policy.

 

Breede Water Management Area

Gcanga, Amanda, Annabel Horn, Wilna Kloppers. Supporting the Breede River Catchment. Water & Sanitation Africa, March/April 2018.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate: National Water Resource Planning.    Internal strategic perspective   Breede WMA / Breede Water Management Area: internal strategic perspective. Version 1 Pretoria :   Department of Water Affairs and Forestry ,   2004. Shelf no. GZCD 68 J.DWAF WMA 18/0304.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Breede Water Management Area: water resources situation assessment: main report, Volume 1, June 2002.

Breede-Overberg

Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency. Established by Government notice no. 700 of 13 July 2005 in Government gazette no. 27793. Amalgamated with the Gouritz Catchment Management Agency in 2014 to form the Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency. 

Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency ; Department of Water Affairs. Theewaterskloof Dam Resource Management Plan: research Report. [Worcester :   Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency, 2012 or later.]

 Annual reports, 2009/2010-2014/2015.   [Worcester :   Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency] Shelf no. G 68 ES.WATE.BREE 2014+ online.

South Africa. Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency.    Breede-Overberg catchment management strategy, part 1part 2part 3.     [Worcester :   Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency,   2011.] Shelf no. G 68 E.WATE.11.BREE

Journal article (non-government): Meissner, Richard, Nikki Funke, Karen Nortje. The politics of establishing catchment management agencies in South Africa: the case of the Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency. In: Ecology and society, Vol. 21, no. 3 (Sept. 2016). Also in JSTOR.

 

Databases

Department of Water and Sanitation. Municipal Strategic Self-Assessments (MuSSA)

Department of Water and Sanitation. National Integrated Water Information System

National reports

Water Resources of South Africa, 2012 Study (WR2012).

"This website describes the water resources of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. It is the culmination of a number of water resource appraisals that have been carried out over the past four decades." 

Bailey, A. K., W. V. Pitman. Water resources of South Africa, 2012 study (WR2012). Gezina: Water Research Commission, 2016. Volume 1, Executive summaryVolume 2, User's guide,  Volume 3, Book of maps. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC TT 683/16-TT685/13.

Atlas of freshwater ecosystem priority areas in South Africa :   maps to support sustainable development of water resources : report to the Water Research Commission. [v. 1] Executive summary -- [v. 2] User’s guide -- Book of maps (CD-ROM).    Gezina :   Water Research Commission ,   2011. Shelf nos. GO 68 JWRC TT 500/11, GZCD 68 JWRC TT 500/11

Water resources of South Africa, 2005 study (WR 2005) :   report to the Water Research Commission. Version 2. User's guide.  Gezina, [South Africa] :   Water Resources Commission,   2011. Shelf nos. G 68 JWRC TT 512-3/11, GZCD 68 JWRC TT 512-3/11 

Water resources of South Africa, 2005 study (WR 2005) /    Gezina, [South Africa] :   Water Resources Commission,   2009. v. 1. Executive summary -- v. 2. User’s guide (in CD-ROM format) - v. 3. Book of maps. Shelf nos. G 68 JWRC TT 380/08, GZCD 68 JWRC 380/08-382/08, GO 68 JWRC TT 382/08. 

Basson, M. S.    Overview of water resources availability and utilisation in South Africa /    Pretoria :   Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry ; BKS,   1997. Shelf no. G 68 JWA PRSA/00/0197

South Africa. Water Research Commission.    Surface water resources of South Africa 1990    [Pretoria?] :   produced by GisLAB,   1995. CD-ROM Shelf no. GZCD 68 JWRC 298

Midgley, D. C. (Desmond Clifford). Surface water resources of South Africa 1990. Appendices.    [Pretoria] :   Water Research Commission,   1994. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 298/4.1/94

Midgley, D. C. (Desmond Clifford). Surface water resources of South Africa 1990. Book of maps.  [Pretoria] :   Water Research Commission,   1994. Shelf no. GO 68 JWRC 298/4.2/94

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs.    Management of the water resources of the Republic of South Africa.    Pretoria :   The Department,   1986. Shelf no. G 68 E.WATE.86.MANADA 627 SOUT, DH 627 SOUT,

Water Research Commission Articles & reports

Go to the Water Research Commission Knowledge Hub and search with "breede." 

Boyd, L., F. Adams, Z. Sithole, J. Dateling and G. McConkey. Development of an integrated water quality management framework decision support system: pilot study in the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area: report to the Water Research Commission. Gezina: Water Research Commission, 2017? (WRC Report No. TT 740/17)

Cullis, James DS, Nico Rossouw, Geoff du Toit, Daniel Petrie, Gideon Wolfaardt , Willem de Clercq and Annabel Horn. Economic risks due to declining water quality in the Breede River catchment. Water SA, Vol. 44, no. 3 (July 2018)

Lloyd, Philip. Historical trends in the flows of the Breede River.  Water SA, Vol.36, no.3  (April 2010)

Murray Biesenbach and Badenhorst Inc. A pilot study of the irrigated areas served by the Breede River (Robertson) irrigation canal. Part I, Technical report. Gezina: Water Research Commission, March 1988. (WRC No 184/1/89)

Murray Biesenbach and Badenhorst Inc. A pilot study of the irrigated areas served by the Breede River (Robertson) irrigation canal. Part II, Appendices. Gezina: Water Research Commission, March 1988. (WRC No 184/2/89)

Steynor, A. C., B.C. Hewitson, M.A. Tadross. Projected future runoff of the Breede River under climate change. Water SA, Vol.35, no. 4 (July 2009)

Catchment water targets

Baleta, Hannah, and Tien Shiao. Setting Site Water Targets Informed by Catchment Context Case Study: Upper Vaal River Basin and Berg and Breede River Basins, South Africa. United Nations Global Compact CEO Water Mandate and Pacific Institute, July 2020. (Not government.)

Breede-Gouritz

Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency. This CMA was formed by the amalgamation of the Breede Catchment Management Agency and the Gouritz Catchment Management Agency in 2014, in terms of Government notice no. 412 of 23 May 2014. Annual reports, 2014 onwards. Annual performance plans, 2018/20192019/20202020/2021, 2021/2022, 2023/2024

UN Global Compact. Water Action Hub. Breede-Gouritz

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area Background Information Document, September 2016. Pretoria: Department of Water and Sanitation ; Worcester: Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency, September 2016.

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Reserve determination for water resources of the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, August 2022. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 46798 (26 August 2022), notice no. 2428.

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Proposed reserve determination for water resources of the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area. Pretoria: Government Printer, August 2021. In: South Africa. Government Gazette no. 44945 (6 August 2021), Governmnt notice no. 700, pages 337-436 (98 pages)

Boyd, Lee A., Adams, F., Sithole, Z., Dateling, J., and McConkey, G. Development of an Integrated Water Quality Management Framework Decision Support System : Pilot Study in the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area.  Gezina [Pretoria: Water Research Commission, 2017. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC TT 740/77

Ncube, Bongani. Approaches for Emerging Farmer Participation in Water Resource Management : the Case of the Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA), Western Cape : Report to the Water Research Commission  Gezina, South Africa: Water Research Commission, 2018. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 2310/1/17

South Africa. Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency. Catchment management strategy for the Breede-Gouritz water management area. July 2017.

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Review, evaluation and optimisation of the South African water resources monitoring network: network inventory. Volume 2, Map book: draft. WMA 8: Breede-Gouritz. Pretoria: Department of Water and Sanitation, March 2015.

Anchor Environmental Consultants 2015. Determination of the Ecological Reserve for the Klein Estuary. Report prepared for the Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency. 

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998). Determination of  classes of water resources and resource quality objectives for the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area. No. 1008, SA Government Gazette No. 43726 of 18 September 2020. (Includes colour maps.)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998). Proposed classes of water resource and resource quality objectives for the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area. No. 1298, SA Government Gazette No. 42053 of 23 November 2018. (Includes colour maps)

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs (2012). Business Case for the Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Water Ecosystems. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz WMA. Ecological Base Configuration Scenario Report. December 2017. Revision: Final.  (Report No: RDM/WMA8/00/CON/CLA/0317)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Water Ecosystems. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz WMA. Evaluation of Resource Units Report. July 2018. Revision: Final. (Report No: RDM/WMA8/00/CON/CLA/0617)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Water Ecosystems. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz WMA. Evaluation of Scenarios Report. May 2018. Revision: Final. (Report No: RDM/WMA8/00/CON/CLA/0417)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Water Ecosystems. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz WMA: Linking the Value and Condition of the Water Resource. January 2017. Revision: Draft. (Report No: RDM/WMA8/00/CON/CLA/0616) 

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Water Ecosystems. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz WMA: Outline of Resource Quality Objectives Report. July 2018. Revision: Final (Report No: RDM/WMA8/00/CON/CLA/0717) 

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Water Ecosystems. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz WMA: Quantification of the Environmental Water Requirements and changes in Ecosystems Goods, Services and Attributes. Pretoria: Department of Water and Sanitation, January 2017 (No: RDM/WMA8/00/CON/CLA/0617)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Water Ecosystems. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz WMA: Resource Unit Prioritisation Report. June 2018. Revision: Final. (No: RDM/WMA8/00/CON/CLA/0517)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Water Ecosystems. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz WMA: Resource Units and Integrated Units of Analysis Delineation ReportOctober 2016. (No: RDM/WMA8/00/CON/CLA/0416)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Water Ecosystems. Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives for the Water Resources in the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area Status Quo Report. Pretoria: Department of Water and Sanitation, January 2017 (No: RDM/WMA8/00/CON/CLA/0516)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Water Resource Classification System Current Studies. (Includes above reports). Scroll down to Breede-Gouritz WMA.

Van der Berg, Eric. Project Steering Committee Meeting 2, 29 November 2017. The Determination of Water Resources Classes and Resource Quality Objectives in the Breede-Gouritz WMA (presentation)

Hydrology

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate: National Water Resource Planning. The assessment of water availability in the Berg Catchment (WMA 19) by means of water resource related models. Report no. 5, Update of catchment hydrology. Volume 2, Upper Breede River: final. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2009.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Hydrology. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003. 

Mine water

South Africa. Water Research Commission. Mine water atlas. 4.10, Breede Gouritz WMA. Gezina: Water Research Commission, 2016. (TT 670/16)

Programmes

World Wide Fund For Nature South Africa. Summary report: Breede Catchment Water Stewardship Programme. Cape Town: WWF, May 2016. (Not government)

Reconciliation strategies

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Integrated Water Resource Planning. Document Portal (Search by local municipality.)

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Development of Reconciliation Strategies for all Towns in the Southern Planning Region. Summary Report: Cape Winelands District Municipality; Final. October 2011.

Breede River

Cape Nature. C.A.P.E. Estuaries Programme. Situation Assessment Report for the Breede River Estuary. 20 May 2008. 

CapeNature. C.A.P.E. Estuaries Programme.  Objective 2: Estuary Management Plan for the Breede River Estuary. Cape Town : CapeNature, 20 May 2008.

Görgens, A. H. M. The DISA Hydrosalinity Model. Pretoria: Water Research Commission, 2001. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 369/1/01.
 

Ninham Shand (Pty)    Breede River Basin study   reports and GIS data /    [Pretoria?] :   Department of Water Affairs and Forestry,   2003. Shelf no. GZCD 68 E.WATE.03.BREE

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Assessment of water availability in the Berg Catchment (WMA 19) by means of water resource related models. Groundwater model report no. 9, Breede River alluvium aquifer model: final. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Directorate of Water Resources Planning, December 2008. (Ref. no. PWMA 19/000/00/0408)

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Pre-feasibility and Feasibility Studies for Augmentation of the Western Cape Water Supply System by Means of Further Surface Water Developments. Report no. 1, Volume 1, Riverine environmental water requirements. Appendix no. 5, Habitat integrity: Breede River. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs, June 2012. 

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Pre-feasibility and Feasibility Studies for Augmentation of the Western Cape Water Supply System by Means of Further Surface Water Developments. Report no. 3, Feasibility studies. Volume 2, First phase augmentation of Voelvlei Dam: Breede-Berg (Michell's Pass) water transfer scheme: final. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs, December 2012.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Pre-feasibility and Feasibility Studies for Augmentation of the Western Cape Water Supply System by Means of Further Surface Water Developments. Breede-Berg (Michell’s Pass) Water Transfer Scheme & Riverine Environmental Water Requirements. 2012. 

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Ecological reserve determination (water quality). Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Ecological reserve determination for six representative sites using the building block methodology. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Groundwater assessment. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Groundwater reserve determination. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Hydrology. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003. 

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Intermediate determination of resource directed measures for the Breede River estuary. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003. 

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Land use. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Main report. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, October 2003.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Papenkuils Wetland: intermediate (ecological) reserve determination (low confidence). Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Resources Planning. Breede River Basin study. Water quality situation assessment.  Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 2003.

South Africa. River Health Programme. Rivers of the Breede River Water Management Area, 2011 (State of rivers report). Pretoria : River Health Programme, 2011.

Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Breede River Estuarine Management Plan: implementation project: background research report. March 2022.

Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Breede River Estuarine Management Plan: final. January 2018.

Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Breede River Estuarine Management Plan: final draft, June 2016

Western Cape IWRM Action Plan: Status Quo Report Final Draft. (2011) Chapter 9, The Breede WMA

World Wildlife Fund South Africa. Understanding groundwater at the Breede River source; information collation towards monitoring and sustainable use around the Titus River. Cape Town: WWF, 2019. "This technical report was funded by Woolworths and prepared by Delta-h Groundwater Systems (Pty) Ltd on behalf of WWF South Africa and project partners: Titus Irrigation Board, Western Cape Government Department of Agriculture Land Care and the Breede Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA)."

 

Western Cape

Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. State of environment outlook report for the Western Cape Province. Inland water. February 2018.

Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. State of environment outlook report for the Western Cape Province. Inland water chapter, September 2013.

Western Cape Water Supply System Augmentation Project 

Western Cape Water Supply System Augmentation Scheme. Detailed Feasibility Phase. Breede-Berg (Michell's Pass) Water Transfer Scheme

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Directorate: Options Analysis. Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for augmentation of the Western Cape water supply system by means of further surface water developments. Report no. 3, Feasibility studies. Volume 2, First phase augmentation of Voelvlei Dam. Breede-Berg (Michell's Pass) Water Transfer Scheme : final. Pretoria : Department of Water Affairs, December 2012.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. Directorate: Options Analysis. Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for augmentation of the Western Cape water supply system by means of further surface water developments. Report no. 1, Volume 1, Riverine environmental water requirements. Appendix No. 5, Habitat integrity: Breede River. Pretoria : Department of Water Affairs, June 2012.

Western Cape IWRM Action Plan: Public Information Sessions presentation

Western Cape Integrated Water Resources Management Action Plan, 2011: Executive Summary: Status Quo Report

Western Cape IWRM Action Plan: Status Quo Report Final Draft. Chapter 9, The Breede WMA

Water quality

Department of Water and Sanitation. National Integrated Water Information System. See: Water Quality

De Clercq, W. P. (Willem Petrus), author.    Development of water resource management tools to manage salinity in the Berg and Breede catchments in the Western Cape :   report to the Water Research Commission.  Gezina, [South Africa] :   Water Research Commission,   2014. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 2063/1/14

Kirchner, J. (Jürgen Otto Gustav). Investigation into the contribution of ground water to the salt load of the Breede River, using natural isotopes and chemical tracers :   final report to the Water Research Commission.   Pretoria :   Water Research Commission,   [1995] Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 344/1/95

Groundwater

Seyler, Helen, Michael Baleta, Mark Bollaert and Maris Sunaitis. Understanding groundwater at the Breed River source: information collation towards monitoring and sustainable use around the Titus River. Cape Town: World Wildlife Find South Africa, 2019.

Wetlands

SRK Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd. Evaluation of ecosystem services of the Papenkuils Wetland, DEA&DP 1159 2021. Cape Town: Western Cape Government, Environmental Affairs & Development Planning, [2021.]