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Table K7:<br />
216<br />
Pietermaritzburg, 55 p. + app., in an overview analysis <strong>of</strong> certain<br />
borehole records held by the KwaZulu Department <strong>of</strong>Agriculture and<br />
Forestry and the Directorate <strong>of</strong> Geohydrology <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Water Affairs and Forestry, found that mean borehole yield per<br />
district varied from 1 440·6 120 I h- 1 . Maximum yield per district<br />
varied from 6 120 - 108 000 I h- 1 . Of the 1 211 boreholes<br />
examined in the 19 NatallKwaZulu magisterial districts, 362<br />
boreholes or approximately 30% were regarded as dry (yielding less<br />
than 360 I h- 1 ). The boreholes assessed were those drined since<br />
the early 1970s. Most KwaZulu boreholes are equipped with<br />
handpumps. Better yields are likely in some cases, if engine-driven<br />
pumps were to be fitted. Relatively high yields were noted in the<br />
Ngotshe, Vryheid, Eshowe and Nkandla magisterial districts.<br />
The depth and yield characteristics <strong>of</strong> functional wells providing usable<br />
water on white, Indian or Coloured owned or managedfarms in Natal, 1960.·<br />
Item Depth <strong>of</strong> wells<br />
(m)<br />
91,4<br />
Percentage <strong>of</strong> wells in 89,7 9,4 0,8 0,1<br />
each cate90ry<br />
Hourly yield (tl <strong>of</strong> wells according to depth<br />
Percentage <strong>of</strong> wells in 22730,4<br />
each category<br />
91,4 m 0 100 0 0<br />
Source:<br />
After Anonymous, 1964. Report on agricultural and pastoral production<br />
1959 - 60, South Africa and South West Africa: No. 4, agricultural<br />
machinery, implements, equipment and vehicles; fertilizers and soil<br />
dressings; irrigation and water supply; expenditure incurred in connection<br />
with farming operations; wages and salaries, Agricultural Census No. 34,<br />
Bureau <strong>of</strong> Statistics, Pretoria, 164 p.<br />
Note: (i) The difference between a well and a borehole was not explained.<br />
(ii) Wells providing usable water were most numerous in the Lower<br />
Tugela, Hlabisa, Port Shepstone and Estcourt magisterial districts.<br />
(iii) Dry wells were a feature <strong>of</strong> the Pinetown and to a lesser extent the<br />
Dundee and Lower Tugela magisterial districts. Water too saline to<br />
drink was found on occasion in the Pinetown and Lower Tugela<br />
magisterial districts.
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