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Final Basic Assessment Report (FBAR): the remediation and rehabilitation of the river channel along the Skoenmakers River, Eastern Cape River

Short Project Title

Skoenmakers River Rehabilitation: FBAR: Final BAR Rehabilitation

Project Title

Final Basic Assessment Report (FBAR): the remediation and rehabilitation of the river channel along the Skoenmakers River, Eastern Cape River

SRK Project Reference Number

472748

SRK Project Manager

Ms Manda Hinsch

Contact Email

Stakeholder@srk.co.za
hinm@srk.co.za

Contact Number

012 361 9821

Skoenmakers River Rehabilitation: FBAR: Final BAR Rehabilitation

PROJECT SYNOPSIS

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.

    The portions of the river to be assessed are located to the east of the R400 and to the west of the R335 and will hereafter be referred to as the study area. The study area is located within the Great Karoo and the Drought Corridor Ecoregions and within the Fish to Tsitsikama Water Management Area (WMA);

PROJECT LOCATION

The proposed project is situated within Eastern Cape Province. Skoenmakers River Rehabilitation is located in the semi-arid Karoo region of the Eastern Cape in the Cacadu District Municipality and within the Blue Crane Route Municipality.

STATUS OF PROJECT

Final Basic Assessment Reports

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472748_Skoenmakers_River_Rehabilitation_FBAR_Final_20160209
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Appendix A - Maps

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472748_20160126_River_Rehab_Layout_A3
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472748_20160126_River_Rehab_Locality_A3
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472748_20160126_River_Rehab_Sensitivity_A3
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Appendix B_Site Photographs

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App_B_Photo_report
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Appendix C - Technical drawings

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472748_Skoenmakers_Intervention_diagrams_per_zone_20160208
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Technical_drawings
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Appendix D - Specialist Reports

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472748_PIA_20150831
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CTS15_008_Skoenmakers_River_Project.compressed
1491 KB
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FPC1559
6891 KB
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SAS_SRK_Consulting_Inception_Report_Skoenmakers_12052014
4733 KB
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SAS_SRK_Skoenmakers_River_Crossing_Rehab_Plan_with_Aquatics_23102014
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Appendix E1_Advert.Site Notice

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472748.2016.01.12Proof_of_advert_from_the_die_Burger_Dbar
1089 KB
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472748.2016.01.12Proof_of_advert_from_the_die_Burger_Fbar
2440 KB
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472748.20160112._Advert_for_The_Herald.Dbar_
2527 KB
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472748.20160112._Advert_for_The_Herald.Fbar_
1278 KB
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472748_2015.05.25_2.Site_Notices_Photos_Small_Grouped_for_the_ammended_
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Appendix E2_Stakeholder Notification and Agreement

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1.Email_
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Courier_waybills
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Registered_mail_receipts
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SMS_Proof
10 KB
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Appendix E3_Comments And Response Report

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1.Comments_and_Response_from_DEA
231 KB
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2.Comments_and_Response_from_DEDEAT
464 KB
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3.472748_Comments_and_Response_Report_for_the_Crossing
63 KB
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472748.2016.02.09.Response_to_Alan_Southwood_DEDEAT_
220 KB
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472748_DEA_Rehab_FBAR_Cover_letter_20160208
136 KB
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472748_Skoenmakers_Comment_on_DBAR_20160122
101 KB
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Appendix E4_Autority Proof of Notification

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DEA
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Appendix E5_I&AP Register

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472748.2015.03.30.IAP_Register_MASV
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Appendix F - Impact Assessment

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2015_01_12_impact_-_River_Rehabilitation
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2015_01_12_impact_-_River_Rehabilitation_operational
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Appendix G - EMP

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472748.20160204_Skoenmakers_rehabilitation_Final1
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Appendix H - Details of EAP and Declaration

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471509_20150619_Skoenmaker_BAR_Decleration_of_Interest_EAP
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SRKZA_PTA_HinschM_Oct_2013.docx_QR
73 KB
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Appendix I - Specialist Declaration

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Specialist_declaration_Francois_Coetzee_Skoenmakers
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Specialist_declaration_Heidi_Fourie_Skoenmakers
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Specialist_declaration_SAS
118 KB
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Appendix J - Skoenmakers River Erosion Protection Report

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SkoenmakersRiverErosionProtectionReportGRB_rev1_Compressed
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Appendix K - SG Codes

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472748.Application_Appendix_SG_codes
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