Author:Adekola, O; Majozi, TDate:Dec 2011Wastewater minimization can be achieved by employing water reuse opportunities. This paper presents a methodology to address the problem of wastewater minimization by extending the concept of water reuse to include a wastewater regenerator. ...Read more
Author:Duvenhage, F; Brent, AC; Stafford, William HL; Grobbelaar, SDate:Apr 2020A systematic approach to evaluate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant fleet deployment and sustainable water resource use in arid regions is presented. An overview is given of previous work carried out. Once CSP development scenarios, ...Read more
Author:Bugan, Richard DH; Jovanovic, Nebojsa; De Clercq, WPDate:Apr 2012A detailed water balance and conceptual flow model was calculated and developed for the Sandspruit catchment for the period 1990 to 2010 on a winter rainfall water-year (1 April - 31 March) basis. The Sandspruit catchment (quaternary catchment ...Read more
Author:Msiza, IS; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V; Marwala, TDate:Nov 2008Computational Intelligence techniques have been proposed as an efficient tool for modeling and forecasting in recent years and in various applications. Water is a basic need and as a result, water supply entities have the responsibility to ...Read more
Author:Patanaik, A; Anandjiwala, RDDate:Jun 2008This article presents the results from a study on the cross-plane water flow through the needle punched nonwoven geotextiles produced from polypropylene fibers. Different types of nonwoven geotextiles are produced by varying the processing ...Read more
Author:Ruiters, Cornelius; Matji, Maselaganye PetrusDate:Oct 2015The standard water institutions, governance and infrastructure reform and policy prescription package of the 1990s and early 2000s, i.e., restructuring, private-public partnerships (PPP), establishment of an independent regulator, have not ...Read more
Author:Adeyeye, K; Gibberd, Jeremy T; Chakwizira, JDate:Nov 2020Water supply in an increasing number of rural and peri-urban communities can be described as marginal i.e. subject to failure, becoming unaffordable or increasingly difficult to access. A range of common factors contribute to water marginalisation ...Read more
Author:Matshe, I; Maposa, Sibonginkosi; Zikhali, PDate:Aug 2013Using household data from the 2009 General Household Survey, this paper examines the role of natural resource scarcity in rural development in South Africa, with a particular focus on water scarcity. It seeks to examine whether there is a ...Read more
Author:Mahlathi, Christopher; Siyakatshana, Njabulo; Chirwa, EDate:Oct 2016Instream water quality management encompasses field monitoring and utilisation of mathematical models. These models can be coupled with optimisation techniques to determine more efficient water quality management alternatives. Among these ...Read morecb
Author:Adams, Janine B; Taljaard, Susan; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Jul 2023This review study investigated the response of low-inflow estuaries (LIEs) to dam releases as this type of estuary is particularly sensitive to freshwater inflow modification. LIEs occur in arid and semi-arid regions and are subject to periods ...Read more
Author:Harris, J; Van Vliet, HR; MacKay, HMDate:1999An intensive review of existing Water Law has just been conducted by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. The review was motivated by the need for preparation for new legislation to support water resource management with a goal of ...Read more
Author:Le Maitre, David C; Colvin, CA; Maherry, ACDate:Jan 2009The Klein Karoo is situated in the Western Cape, South Africa, and is characterised by low rainfall (100–450 mm yr–1). The Klein Karoo is situated in the primary catchment of the Gouritz River. The mean annual runoff (MAR) for the three major ...Read more
Author:Meissner, Richard; Funke, Nicola S; Nortje, Karen; Claassen, MariusDate:Aug 2015Water security and the appropriate management of water resources are vitally important to South Africa, its population and the economy. According to the Department of Water and Sanitation’s 2013 Strategic Overview of the Water Sector in South ...Read more
Author:Dye, P; Jarmain, CDate:Jan 2004This paper reviews relevant available information on rates of total evaporation from black waffle and from grasslands and fynbos shrublands. These data provide an indication of the likely change in catchment water yield following invasion or ...Read more
Author:Ntshidi, Zanele; Dzikiti, Sebinasi; Mazvimavi, DDate:May 2018Apple orchards have previously been bearing 60–80 t ha-1 at most. However in recent years yield has increased to more than 100 t ha-1. There is need to understand the water requirements of the high yielding orchards, given that high crop loads ...Read more
Author:Everson, CS; Dye, PJ; Gush, Mark B; Everson, TMDate:Dec 2011The biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems affect each other through complex interactions and processes. These dynamic interactions give ecosystems their distinct identities and provide ecosystem services critical to human survival (e.g. ...Read more
Author:Ramoelo, Abel; Skidmore, AK; Schlerf, M; Mathieu, Renaud SA; Heitkönig, IMADate:2011Information about the distribution of grass foliar nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is important for understanding rangeland vitality and for facilitating the effective management of wildlife and livestock. Water absorption effects in the ...Read more