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Water Management Areas , or WMA's are parts of South Africa that the are manageable by the Water Boards.
The List should be complete, and in accordance with the definitions of the Department of Water Affairs . Apart from these WMA's they also have a number of Water Drainage Area's (some dams are only used for Drainage, some seem to be used for both).
List of Water Management Areas
Name of WMA
Gross Capacity x10³M³
Nr.
Main Rivers
Location
Berg 416
19 Berg River , Diep River and Steenbras River around Cape Town , Western Cape
Breede Water Management Area 1 039
18 Breede River , Riviersonderend River , Sout River , Bot River and Palmiet River around Cape Aghulas , Western Cape
Crocodile (West) and Marico 814
3 Crocodile River and Marico River Mostly North West
Fish to Tsitsikama WMA 726
15 Great Fish River , Kowie River , Boesmans River , Sundays River , Gamtoos River , Kromme River , Tsitsikamma River and Groot River Western part of Eastern Cape
Gouritz WMA 261
16 Gouritz River , Olifants River , Kamanassie River , Gamka River , Buffels River , Touws River , Goukou River and Duiwenhoks River Eastern part of Western Cape
Inkomati WMA 1 049
5 Komati River and Crocodile River Eastern Mpumalanga
Limpopo 281
1 Limpopo River , Matlabas River , Mokolo River , Lephalala River , Mogalakwena River , Sand River and Nzhelele River Limpopo province
Lower Orange WMA 36
14 Ongers River , Hartbees River and Orange River Mostly Northern Cape
Lower Vaal WMA 106
10 Harts River , Molopo River and Vaal River North West and northern Northern Cape
Luvubu and Letaba WMA 652
2 Mutale River , Luvuvhu River and Letaba River Northeast Limpopo
Middle Vaal WMA 1 673
9 Mooi River , Vet River and Vaal River Northwest Free State
Mvoti to Umzimkulu WMA 806
11 Mvoti River , Umgeni River , Umkomazi River and Umzimkulu River Around Durban
Mzimvubu to Keiskama WMA 1 070
12 Mzimvubu River , Mtata River , Mbashe River , Buffalo River , Nahoon River , Groot Kei River and Keiskamma River Rest of Eastern Cape
Olifants WMA 1 074
4 Elands River , Wilge River , Steelpoort River and Olifants River Souther part of Limpopo , northern Mpumalanga
Olifants/Doorn WMA 128
17
Olifants River , Doorn River , Krom River , Sand River , and Sout River Western Cape north of Cape Town
Thukela WMA 1 110
7
Thukela River Western KwaZulu-Natal
Upper Orange WMA 11 566
13
Modder River , Riet River , Caledon River and Orange River Southern Free State
Upper Vaal WMA 5 630
8
Wilge River , Liebenbergsvlei River and Vaal River Gauteng , northern Free State , southern Mpumalanga
Usutu to Mhlatuze WMA 3 283
6
Usutu River , Pongola River , Mhlatuze River , Mfolozi River and Mkuze River Northern KwaZulu-Natal
See also
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