Water Management Area | Irrigation | Urban | Rural | Mining and bulk industrial | Power generation | Afforestation | Total local requirements | |
(Mm3/a) | ||||||||
1 | Limpopo | 238 | 34 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 322 |
2 | Luvuvhu/Letaba | 248 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 333 |
3 | Crocodile West and Marico | 445 | 547 | 37 | 127 | 28 | 0 | 1184 |
4 | Olifants | 557 | 88 | 44 | 94 | 181 | 3 | 967 |
5 | Inkomati | 593 | 63 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 138 | 844 |
6 | Usutu to Mhlathuze | 432 | 50 | 40 | 91 | 0 | 104 | 717 |
7 | Thukela | 204 | 52 | 31 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 334 |
8 | Upper Vaal | 114 | 635 | 43 | 173 | 80 | 0 | 1045 |
9 | Middle Vaal | 159 | 93 | 32 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 369 |
10 | Lower Vaal | 525 | 68 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 643 |
11 | Mvoti to Umzimkulu | 207 | 408 | 44 | 74 | 0 | 65 | 798 |
12 | Mzimvubu to Keiskamma | 190 | 99 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 374 |
13 | Upper Orange | 780 | 126 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 968 |
14 | Lower Orange | 977 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1028 |
15 | Fish to Tsitsikamma | 763 | 112 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 898 |
16 | Gouritz | 254 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 337 |
17 | Olifants/Doring | 356 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 373 |
18 | Breede | 577 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 633 |
19 | Berg | 301 | 389 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 704 |
Total for South Africa | 7920 | 2897 | 574 | 755 | 297 | 428 | 12,871 | |
62% | 23% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 100% |