Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2016

Abstract

Contained in the main Scientific Review report is a summary of the recommendations regarding the existing surface and groundwater monitoring sites for all the Water Management Areas (WMAs) following the nine Regional Network Design Workshops held in Nelspruit, Cape Town, Durban, King Williams Town, Bela-Bela and Bloemfontein from March to June 2016. During these workshops theoretical monitoring network considerations for each WMA were presented to various stakeholders, and the considerations were used to review the existing networks and obtain changes and improvements to the networks as recommendations. The main objectives of the workshops were to review the existing monitoring networks against the prioritized National Monitoring Objectives in terms of:

Existing sites meeting the identified objectives;

Redundancies in the existing monitoring network;

Gaps in the spatial coverage with regards to meeting important monitoring objectives;

Possible physical constraints associated with existing and potential new monitoring sites.

Reported in Annexures 1 to 9 of this document are the detailed outcomes, comments and prioritization of all existing and proposed monitoring sites per WMA. The WMAs are reported as per the second National Water Resources Strategy (DWS, 2013e)(see Figure A.1).The annexures are structured as follows:

Annexure 1: Limpopo WMA

Annexure 2: Olifants WMA

Annexure 3: Inkomati-Usuthu WMA

Annexure 4: Pongola-uMzimkulu WMA

Annexure 5: Vaal WMA

Annexure 6: Orange WMA

Annexure 7: Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma WMA

Annexure 8: Breede-Gouritz WMA

Annexure 9: Berg-Olifants WMA

Journal Title

REVIEW, EVALUATION AND OPTIMISATION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WATER RESOURCES MONITORING NETWORK

Publisher

AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd

Place of Publication

Pretoria

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