Loskop Irrigation Board came into existence due to the partial privatisation of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Take-over by Loskop Irrigation Board has taken place on 1 April 1992 with 4 Board Members appointed by the Minister of Water Affairs and 4 chosen members from the Scheme. A management committee with a Chairman was chosen. Currently all Board Members are chosen by the irrigators.

The instructions to the Board were to distribute water and to maintain the irrigation canals, excluding the dam, and these have to be done with the revenue received by the Board.

The Scheme consists of 16 117 scheduled hectares irrigation land divided into 702 properties where the majority have an average size of 25,7ha. At the allotment of a full water quota 7 700m3 water per hectare is allocated. A further 59 consumers are also attended to by the Board which include all industrial consumers and also private instances.

The main source of water provision is Loskop Dam with a catchment area in the Highveld.

The Scheme consists of a network of cemented canals and 7 balancing dams. The total length of the ±495km canal system consists of 2 main canals of 96km (Left Bank) and 60km (Right Bank) respectively. The rest consists of branch canals. During peak periods up to 33 000m3 water per hour can be delivered by the Left Bank main canal.

A network of cemented drains as well as ground drains are distributed over the Scheme to counteract wash- away floods.