FYI: Spring Grove Dam Resource Management Plan: Notification

[Alka Ramnath]

FYI – Please see the attached invitation for the Spring Grove Dam Resource Management Plan. This plan is a legal requirement in the terms of the National Water Act regulations and will inform the development of the scheme around Spring Grove Dam.

 

 

From: Donavan Henning [mailto:Dona...@nemai.co.za]
Sent: 02 May 2013 09:10 AM
Subject: Spring Grove Dam Resource Management Plan: Notification

 

Dear Sir / Madam

 

This serves as notification of the development of the Resource Management Plan for the Spring Grove Dam.

 

BACKGROUND

In 2000, the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) together with Umgeni Water commissioned a feasibility study for a phase 2 of the Mooi-Mgeni Scheme. This study recommended the construction of Spring Grove Dam on the Mooi River close to Rosetta with a water transfer system (i.e. a pump station and pipeline to the Mpofana River).

 

DWA and the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA), who is the implementing agent for this scheme, have embarked on a process to develop a Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Spring Grove Dam. The main aim of a RMP is to compile a workable, functional and sustainable access and utilisation plan for the dam.

 

Refer to the attached Background Information Document for further details regarding the Spring Grove Dam and the RMP development process.

 

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN

The Spring Grove Dam, which is located 2 km south west of the Rosetta on the farms Rosetta and Spring Vale, and the surrounding land must be conserved and utilised in an environmentally sound and equitable manner based on an integrated RMP, and developed in association with all relevant stakeholders. A RMP will lay the foundation required to consolidate objectives for the Spring Grove Dam, within the framework of existing policy priorities on national, provincial and local levels. It will also be used to inform decision-making that may have a direct impact on the dam.

 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

The following meetings will be held to grant Interested and Affected Parties an opportunity to provide input into the development of the RMP:

 

No.	Meeting Type	Date	Time	Venue
1	Public Workshop	15 May 2013	15h00 - 17h00	Nottingham Road Landowners Association Hall
2	Public Workshop	16 May 2013	09h00 - 11h00

 

You are also welcome to complete the accompanying questionnaire and to return it to Nemai Consulting by 31 May 2013.

 

Regards

Donavan Henning

 

Nemai Consulting

Tel : (011) 781 1730

Fax : (011) 781 1731

Mobile : 082 891 0604

Email : dona...@nemai.co.za

Address : 147 Bram Fischer Drive Ferndale, 2194

Postal Address : PO Box 1673, Sunninghill, 2157

 

 

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