Delineating river network quinary catchments for South Africa and allocating associated daily hydrological information
Nested hierarchical catchments are employed in a wide range of applications (e.g. water resource management, conservation planning, environmental impact or flow assessments, climate change or ...
Handbook on adaptive management strategies and options for the water sector in South Africa under climate change
South Africa is characterised by a highly variable climate added to an already stressed water situation and an imperfect governance system. It became clear that projected amplification of the effects ...
Opportunities for optimization of in-field water harvesting to cope with changing climate in semi-arid smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe
In-field water harvesting for improved crop yields in the semi-arid regions is one approach that has been used to adapt to changing the climate. ...
Resource guidelines for rainwater harvesting
The guidelines provide guidance on the design, installation of the catchment system and yield, and also how to select and size a storage tank taking into account different climatic zones and water ...
Manual for the Rapid Ecological Reserve Determination of Inland Wetlands (Version 2.0)
The first step in the Water Resource Management cycle is the determination of a vision for the desired future state of the resource. This vision sets both the aspirations and constraints for the ...
Develop WASH-related guidance and policy
An analysis of unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene in public spaces from the political economy angle. Socio-economic factors related to the category of users and the proprietary interests of specific ...
Assess new prevention ideas water born-diseases
Using Citizen Science Approaches to monitor water, sanitation and hygiene related risks Relatively few studies have explored how resilience of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems to hazards ...
Development of a revised desktop model for the determination of the ecological reserve for rivers
The previous version of the Reserve Desktop model was based on hydrology and regional parameters, which were largely based on seasonal distributions of stream flow. A recent development in EWR ...
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