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Table J34: Components <strong>of</strong> the environmental impact assessment matrix for the<br />

proposed Muzi Pan irrigation scheme (continued).<br />

3. Post-construetion phase<br />

Channel switching<br />

Rood storage<br />

Flow regulation<br />

Installation <strong>of</strong> pumps<br />

Diversion channels<br />

Irrigation<br />

1. Physical factors<br />

Rood flows<br />

Uncontrolled water levels<br />

Defined river course<br />

Good quality water<br />

Proposed actions which may cause environmental impacts<br />

2. Ecological factors<br />

• Floodplain communities<br />

Herbaceous<br />

Woody<br />

• Pan communities<br />

Muzi<br />

Neshe<br />

Ovengweni<br />

Tshanetshe "<br />

Swamp community (Mkuzel<br />

Lake St Lucia<br />

Existing characteristics <strong>of</strong> the environment<br />

3. Sociological factors<br />

Subsistence farming<br />

Communal grazing -<br />

Fishing (subsistence)<br />

Pedestrian traffic<br />

• Commercial farming<br />

Dryland cultivation<br />

Irrigated cultivation<br />

Source: After Anonymous, 1988. The potential environmental impact <strong>of</strong> the<br />

proposed Muzi irrigation scheme: a scoping study conducted on behalf <strong>of</strong><br />

Campbell, Bernstein and Irving, Environmental Advisory Services, Durban,<br />

41 p.<br />

See also: Heeg, J. and Breen, C.M., 1982. Man and the Pongolo Floodplain, South<br />

African National Scientific Programmes Report No. 56, Cooperative<br />

Scientific Programmes, CSIR, Pretoria, 117 p. (See specifically, p. 78 - 80<br />

and text).<br />

Note: Impacts were defined as potentially unavoidable negative impacts,<br />

potentially avoidable negative impacts, and potentially positive impacts.

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