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of dams in NatallKwaZulu can also be found in Noble, R.G. and
Hemens, J., 1978. Inland water ecosystems in South Africa - a
review of research needs, South African National Scientific
Programmes Report No. 34, Cooperative Scientific Programmes,
CSIR,. Pretoria, 150 p. The (zero) sediment accumulation as a
percentage of full capacity data in the above table, do not
necessarily reflect the current situation in certain dams. Some
updated sediment data are provided in Rooseboom, A., 1992.
Sediment transport in rivers and reservoirs: a southern African
perspective, WRC Report No. 297/1/92, Water Research
Commission, Pretoria, various pages - see the chapter on water
quality, elsewhere in this publication.
(v) The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Pretoria, undertook
a series of hydrographic surveys on several important dams in
Natal/KwaZulu. Data are presented on the storage capacity of each
dam, as well as sediment statistics. An example is given below:
Anonymous, 1987. Henley Dam capacity determination,
Hydrographic Survey, Directorate: Survey Services, Department of
Water Affairs, Pretoria, 20 p. + app.
(vi) Diagrams and maps showing existing and planned dams (as
envisaged in 1978) in Natal/KwaZulu are presented in Thorrington­
Smith, Rosenberg and McCrystal, 1978. Towards a plan for
KwaZulu: a preliminary developmentplan, VOl 1, The written report,
341 p., arid VOl 2, Atlas of maps and illustrations, various pages,
_KwaZulu Government, Ulundi. Similar information can be found in
Ninham Shand and Partners, 1971. Water resources of the Natal
South Coast, Natal Town and Regional Planning Commission Report,
VOl 18A, 31 p. + app., and VOl 18B, Appendices, various pages,
Pietermaritzburg; as well as in Chew, J.A. and Bowen, 1965. The
water resources of the 1II0vo River: a preliminary survey of the 1II0vo
River and its water storage possibilities, Natal Town and Regional
Planning Commission Report, VOl 12, Pietermaritzburg, 37 p. +
app. See also Chew, J.A. and Bowen, 1971. The water resources
of the coastal areas of northern Natal and Zululand, Natal Town and
Regional Planning Commission Report, VOl 17, Pietermaritzburg,
18 p. + app., plus James, W., 1973. Storage of water on the
Zululand coastal plains: a brief study of the feasibility of conserving
runoff from the lower-lying parts of most Natal catchments, and of
distributing the water from a storage area in Zululand to coastal
demand centres, Natal Town and Regional Planning Commission
Report, VOl 22, Pietermaritzburg, 57 p.
(viii Some data such as capacity and the irrigation potential of irrigation
dams on farms in Natal, for which a subsidy was applied for, are
available from the Department of Agriculture, Private Bag X9059,
Pietermaritzburg, 3200. Data on dams and reservoirs in KwaZulu
built by or on behalf of the KwaZulu Department of Agriculture and
Forestry, or the KwaZulu Department of Works, are available from