Municipal Snapshot

This fact sheet provides a municipal snapshot of the Saldanha Bay Municipality (SBM), focusing on water constraints, water intensity across economic sectors, and the projected economic impact of water deficits by 2040.

• Water is a critical constraint to development in the Saldanha Bay Municipality (SBM), and current allocations from the West Coast District Municipality are insufficient to meet future demand based on current abstraction rates.
• SBM's urban water requirements are projected to increase by approximately 99% by 2040, driven by population growth of 2.3% and the presence of high-water-consuming industries such as fisheries and steel manufacturing.
• Climate change is expected to raise agricultural water requirements in SBM by 44% between 2015 and 2040, which is the highest increase for any municipality in the region, although SBM currently requires the least irrigation water in the region.
• The projected water deficit by 2040 could cost the local economy R8.7 billion per year (114% of the current economy size) and result in the loss of 44,640 jobs per year (113% of current local employment).
• SBM's total water supply deficit is estimated at 8.4 million m3 per year by 2025 and may increase to approximately 16.8 million m3 per year by 2040.

APA

GreenCape (2018). Municipal Snapshot. https://greencape.co.za/assets/Uploads/SALDANHA-BAY-SNAPSHOT-6.pdf

Chicago

GreenCape. Municipal Snapshot. 2018. https://greencape.co.za/assets/Uploads/SALDANHA-BAY-SNAPSHOT-6.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=GreenCape |title=Municipal Snapshot |date=June 2018 |url=https://greencape.co.za/assets/Uploads/SALDANHA-BAY-SNAPSHOT-6.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{greencape2018municipal, author = {{GreenCape}}, title = {{Municipal Snapshot}}, institution = {GreenCape}, year = {2018}, month = jun, url = {https://greencape.co.za/assets/Uploads/SALDANHA-BAY-SNAPSHOT-6.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }