DWA CORPORATE IDENTITY Presented by: Johan Maree Deputy Director: Media Production 12 December 2012 MVOTI TO UMZIMKULU NWRCS MVOTI & MKOMAZI RIVER ECOLOGICAL.

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DWA CORPORATE IDENTITY Presented by: Johan Maree Deputy Director: Media Production 12 December 2012 MVOTI TO UMZIMKULU NWRCS MVOTI & MKOMAZI RIVER ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES: Delana Louw Rivers for Africa 26 November 201

2  Need to answer the ‘what if’ questions  Express in terms of change in Ecological Category AND degree in which the REC is met  Detailed process to predict changes in all the biophysical components per site and per scenario.  Then to integrate and demonstrate in systems context  Include in MC DSS process Determining ecological consequences of scenarios

Consequences Fish Physico-chemical Geomorphology Macroinvertebrates Riparian vegetation EC FOR PES & REC Evaluate scenarios Determine PES, REC and % Predict EC and % Determine degree to which REC is met AVERAGE SCORE FOR EACH SCENARIO & STANDARDISE TO 1 Consequences Fish Physico-chemical Geomorphology Macroinvertebrates Riparian vegetation EC FOR SC Consequences Fish Physico-chemical Geomorphology Macroinvertebrates Riparian vegetation COMPARE EC TO REC Rank Scenarios at each EWR site

Determining ecological consequences of scenarios Ecological ranking of scenarios per EWR site RELATIVE ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF SITES PES EIS Locality in conservation areas Confidence Length of river WEIGHT Ecological ranking of scenarios for the system APPLY WEIGHT TO OUTPUT

MKOMAZI RESULTS: MK_1_EWR MK_I_EWR 1 MK_I_EWR 3 MK_I_EWR 2 Proposed Smithfield Dam Estuary Sappi  Geomorp: Impact of the dam on sedimentation and possible erosion and accumulation of fines.  Results in habitat changes.  Lack of fast flowing habitats and possible reduction and/or eradication of ANAT and BNAT (Sc 2&4 – no EWR)  Scenarios that include EWR releases are an improvement, but the unseasonal releases and at times higher flows than natural are problematic.  Most scenarios meet the ecological objectives in terms of EcoStatus except for Sc MK4 and MK2 (no EWR)  None of the scenarios meet the ecological objectives for all the components. Sc Mk 21 are the best of the options overall and is therefore ranked the highest D C/D C

MKOMAZI RESULTS: MK_2_EWR MK_I_EWR 1 MK_I_EWR 3 MK_I_EWR 2 Proposed Smithfield Dam Estuary Sappi  Geomorp: Impact of the dam on sedimentation and possible erosion and accumulation of fines.  Results in habitat changes.  The other scenarios include increased high flows in the dry season with a loss of slow habitats which impact on fish.  None of the scenarios meet the ecological objectives. Although Sc MK21, 41 and 42 results in the same EcoStatus, the instream biota are impacted by the reduced wet season base flows and reduced floods. Sc MK41 is the best scenario of these three scenarios because it provides more flows during wet season.  Scenario MK2 and MK4 have the worst impact due to reductions in baseflows during dry and wet seasons. C B/C B

MKOMAZI RESULTS: MK_3_EWR MK_I_EWR 1 MK_I_EWR 3 MK_I_EWR 2 Proposed Smithfield Dam Estuary Sappi  Geomorp: Less severe impacts than us.  Deterioration in instream biota (small), is related to the low flows for drought in wet months and impact on spawning  Sc MK 21, 31 and 41 result in the same EcoStatus and have the least impact with a slight deterioration in geomorphology and instream biota.  Sc MK22, 23, 32 and 33 also have the same EcoStatus as the PES/REC but there is further deterioration in the instream biota as well as geomorphology and water quality.  Scenario MK2 and 4 have the biggest impact as overall they drop a category for while Sc MK42 only caters for the low flow EWR and the impact is therefore slightly less, i.e. it drops half a category D C/D C

MKOMAZI RIVER: INTEGRATED CONSEQUENCES  Where the line crosses, the ranking order between sites are different.  To determine a system ranking, need to weigh the sites

EWR site PESEISConf Locality in protected areas Dist Normalised Weight EWR 1 CModerate EWR 2 BHigh EWR 3 CModerate MKOMAZI RIVER: SITE WEIGHTING MK_I_EWR 1 MK_I_EWR 3 MK_I_EWR 2 Proposed Smithfield Dam Estuary Sappi

 Sc MK 21 and 41 are the best options as they are the closest to meeting the ecological objectives.  Both these scenarios include the total EWR flows and the impacts are mostly due to the impacts on the dam itself, such as the barrier effect, impact on larger frequency of floods and largely due to the increased (above natural) base flows. MKOMAZI RIVER: INTEGRATED RANKING

 Sc MV3 is the worst case as it does not include EWR releases. The channel will narrow with vegetation encroachment. An overall loss of fast habitats will impact on the instream biota.  Impacts associated with Sc MV42 and 43 are less pronounced as it includes EWR releases to some degree.  Sc MV 41 supplied the total EWR and therefore meets the ecological objectives. MVOTII RESULTS: MV_I_EWR2 D C