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Resubmission of the Skoenmakers River Crossing BAR in response to DEA rejection

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This project entails restoring and/or upgrading ten existing damaged/blocked river crossings along the Skoenmakers river in the Eastern Cape. The river feeds into the Darlington Dam. The river crossings to be upgraded were constructed approximately 30 years ago.

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The Skoenmakers River (located in the semi-arid Karoo region of the Eastern Cape) is being used as a transfer route for water transferred by the Orange-Fish-Sundays River Interbasin Transfer Scheme. The river receives water from the Gariep dam via a gravity tunnel and discharges into the Darlington dam. Development of the Orange-Fish-Sundays River Interbasin Transfer Scheme in the 1970s to early 1980s made access for farmers to their lands hazardous. To overcome inaccessibility to Middlewater and farmlands, 10 River crossings were constructed. The continual change in the hydrological regime of this once ephemeral stream to a much bigger perennial river led to dramatic changes to both the physical structure and riparian vegetation structure of the river system. This has resulted in: • Erosion of the river embankment. • Excessive siltation causing unnatural islands to form within the river bed. • Blockage of water extraction Weirs and pump stations. • Excessive invasive vegetation causing blockage of the water course. • Damage to infrastructure such as road crossings, water extraction weirs and equipment to regulate flood water. This continual change has led to the deterioration of the 10 river crossings. This project entails restoring and/or upgrading the crossings.

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Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 14:27

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  1. PDF icon Part 1 Basic Assessment Report
  2. PDF icon Part 2 Basic Assessment Report
  3. PDF icon Part 3 Basic Assessment Report
  4. PDF icon Part 4 Basic Assessment Report
  5. PDF icon Rejection letter requesting written confirmation from SAHRA
  6. PDF icon HIA required for resubmission of BAR
  7. PDF icon PIA required for resubmission of BAR
 
 

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