Water Management Area

Natural resource

Usable return flow

Total local yield

Surface water

Ground-water

Irrigation

Urban

Mining and bulk industry

(Mm3/a)

1

Limpopo

160

98

8

15

0

281

2

Luvuvhu/Letaba

244

43

19

4

0

310

3

Crocodile West and Marico

203

146

44

282

41

716

4

Olifants

410

99

44

42

14

609

5

Inkomati

816

9

53

8

11

897

6

Usutu to Mhlathuze

1019

39

42

9

1

1110

7

Thukela

666

15

23

24

9

737

8

Upper Vaal

598

32

11

343

146

1130

9

Middle Vaal

−67

54

16

29

18

50

10

Lower Vaal

−54

126

52

0

2

126

11

Mvoti to Umzimkulu

433

6

21

57

6

523

12

Mzimvubu to Keiskamma

777

21

17

39

0

854

13

Upper Orange

4311

65

34

37

0

4447

14

Lower Orange

−1083

24

96

1

0

−962

15

Fish to Tsitsikamma

260

36

103

19

0

418

16

Gouritz

191

64

8

6

6

275

17

Olifants/Doring

266

45

22

2

0

335

18

Breede

687

109

54

16

0

866

19

Berg

403

57

11

37

0

505

Total South Africa

10,240

1088

675

970

254

13,227

77.4%

8.2%

5.1%

7.3%

2.0%

100%