National Water Management Areas of South Africa

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administrative hydrological division water management region system

The National Water Management Areas of South Africa are administratively defined hydrological regions used by the government to plan, regulate, and manage the country’s water resources.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
National water resource management system of South Africa	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative hydrological division ⓘ water management region system ⓘ
administeredBy	catchment management agencies ⓘ
appliesTo	all provinces of South Africa ⓘ
basedOn	catchment areas ⓘ hydrological boundaries ⓘ river basins ⓘ
classificationType	functional water management region ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
dataUsedFor	drought planning ⓘ flood management ⓘ infrastructure investment planning ⓘ national water balance assessments ⓘ
distinctFrom	provincial administrative boundaries of South Africa ⓘ
governedByPrinciple	equitable access to water ⓘ protection of aquatic ecosystems ⓘ sustainable use of water resources ⓘ
hasComponent	aquifers ⓘ dams ⓘ major rivers of South Africa ⓘ river catchments ⓘ
hasCurrentVersionCount	9 ⓘ
hasHistoricalVersionCount	19 ⓘ
higherLevelRegion	Southern African hydrological region NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedIn	early 2000s ⓘ
informationDisseminatedThrough	National Water Resource Strategy (NWRS) documents ⓘ
legalFramework	National Water Act, 1998 (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ
mapsPublishedBy	Department of Water and Sanitation (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy	hydrological monitoring networks of South Africa ⓘ
policyInstrumentFor	protection of strategic water source areas ⓘ water allocation reform ⓘ water conservation and demand management ⓘ
purpose	water resources management ⓘ water resources planning ⓘ water resources regulation ⓘ
reconfiguredAround	2012 ⓘ
relatedConcept	catchment management strategy ⓘ integrated water resources management ⓘ
restructuredFrom	19 Water Management Areas of South Africa ⓘ
restructuredTo	9 Water Management Areas of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	groundwater resources ⓘ surface water resources ⓘ water allocation ⓘ water quality management ⓘ water use licensing ⓘ
subdivisionOf	national water resources strategy of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Department of Water and Sanitation (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crocodile (West) and Marico Water Management Area → partOf → National Water Management Areas of South Africa ⓘ

Lower Vaal Water Management Area → partOf → National Water Management Areas of South Africa ⓘ

Upper Vaal Water Management Area → partOf → National Water Management Areas of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: National water resource management system of South Africa