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• Agricultural water management

   

  • Report No: TT 267

    ... full report (4.84Mb PDF)
    Technology Transfer and Integreated Implementation of Water Management Models in Commercial Farming (Mr A Pott, Dr N Benadé, Mr P van Heerden, Mr B Grové, Prof J Annandale & Dr M Steyn)

  • Report No: 1250/2/08
    ... full report (4.17 Mb PDF)
    Market Risk, Water Management and the Multiplier Effects of Irrigation Agriculture with reference to the Northern Cape (P R Taljaard, H D van Schalkwyk and D B Louw)
  • Report No: TT 344/08
    ... full report (10.9Mb PDF)
    Best management practices for small-scale subsistence farming on selected irrigation schemes and surrounding areas through participatory adaptive research in Limpopo (Van Averbeke, W)
  • Report No: TT 313/07
    ... full report (3.77Mb PDF)
    Volume 1 of 2: main report: On-farm application of in-field rainwater harvesting techniques on small plots in the central region of South Africa (Botha JJ; Groenewald DC; Mbide N; Baiphethi MN; Nhlabatsi NN & Zere TB)
  • Report No: TT 314/07
    ... full report (134Mb PDF)
    Volume 2 of 2: main report: On-farm application of in-field rainwater harvesting techniques on small plots in the central region of South Africa (Botha JJ; Anderson JJ; Nhlabatsi NN )
  • Report No: KV 149/04
    ... full report (765 kb PDF)
    Development of a general strategy for optimizing the efficient use of primary water resources for effective alleviation of rural (Laker MC )
  • Report No: 1050
    ... full report (858Kb PDF)
    Smaller Irrigation and Agricultural Development in the Olifants River Basin of Limpopo Province: Management Transfer, Productivity, Profitability and Food Security Issues    (CL Machethe, NM Mollel, K Ayisi, MB Mashatola, FDK Anim and F Vanasche)
  • Report No: 1059/1/03
    ... full report (6.41Mb PDF)
    Predicting the Impact of Farming Systems on Sediment Yield in the Context of Integrated Catchment Management   ( A van Zyl & S Lorentz )
  • Report No: KV 193/07
    ... full report (472Kb PDF)
    Discussion paper : Wetlands in Agriculture (Swanepoel CM; Barnard RO)
  • Report No: TT 257/06
    ... full report (2Mb PDF)
    A strategic framework for water-related human research (Venter SN; Mjoli NP)
  • Report No: TT 230/04
    ... full report (2.2Mb PDF)
    Building capacity in irrigation management with wetting front detectors (R Stirzaker; CSIRO; Stevens J; Annandale J; Maeko T; Steyn M; Mpandeli S;Maurobane W; Nkgapele J; Jovanovic N)
  • Report No: TT 235/04
    ... full report (2Mb PDF)
    Contribution of aquaculture to rural livelihoods in South Africa: A baseline study (Rouhani QA; Britz PJ)
  • Report No: TT 248/05
    ... full report (7.78Mb PDF)
    Guidelines for irrigation water measurement in practice (Vd Stoep I; Benade N; Smal HS; Reinders FB)
  • Report No: TT 251/05
    ... full report (1.3Mb PDF)
    Irrigation scheduling using the Soil Water Balance (SWB) model as a user-friendly irrigation scheduling tool (John George Annandale; Joachem Marthinus Steyn; Nico Benade; Nebojsa Zarko Jovanovic; Puffy Soundy)
  • Report No: 578/2/00
    ... full report (15Mb PDF)
    A review of planning and design procedures applicable to small-scale farmer irrigation projects (Crosby CT; De Lange M; Stimie CM; Van der Stoep I)
  • Report No: 691/2/02
    ... full report (3Mb PDF)
    The extraction of water from sediment-laden streams in Southern Africa (Rooseboom A)
  • Report No: TT 274/05
    ... full report (1.5Mb PDF)
    Technology transfer for implementation of the FARMS system (Pieter Willem Botha; Lukas Klopper Oosthuizen, Jan Andries Meiring)
  • Report No: 1467/1/05
    ... full report (2.2Mb PDF)
    Knowledge review of modelling non-point source pollution in agriculture from field to catchment scale (Rossouw JN; Gorgens AHM)
  • Report No: 1467/2/05
    ... full report (1.1Mb PDF)
    First order estimate of the contribution of agriculture to non-point source pollution in three SA catchments: Salinity, Nitrogen and Phosphorus (Cullis J; Rossouw JN; Gorgens AHM)
  • Report Number: 1284/1/07
    ...full report (8.19Mb PDF)
    Effective management of the riparian zone vegetation to significantly reduce the cost of catchment management and enable greater productivity of land resources (Colin Everson, Mark Gush, Mags Moodley; Carmen Jarmain, Mark Governder, Peter Dye)
  • Report Number: 1479/1/06
    ...full report (917Kb PDF)
    A scoping study to evaluate the fitness-for-use of greywater in urban and peri-urban agriculture (Kerry O'Hagan Murphy)
  • Report Number: 1358/1/05
    ...full report (4.13Mb PDF)
    Situation analysis of problems for water quality management in the lower Orange river region with special reference to the contribution of the foothills to salinization (Volschenk T; Fey MV; Zietsman HL)
  • Report Number: 1505/1/07
    ... full report (3.2Mb PDF)
    Endocrine disruptive activity and the potential health risk in an urban nature reserve (MS Bornman, HJ van Vuren, H Bouwman, C de Jager, B Genthe, EJ Barnhoorn)
  • Report Number: KV187/07
    ... full report (3Mb PDF)
    Beneficiation of wastewaters from the SA citrus industry- a feasibility study (Burton SG; Garcin CR; Aucamp JH)
  • Report Number: TT310/07
    ... full report (1.4Mb PDF)
    The social/cultural acceptability of using human excreta(Faeces and Urine) for food production in rural settlements in South Africa (Louiza Christina Duncker; Gertruida Nomsa Matsebe; Nancy Moilwa)
  • Report Number: TT311/07
    ... full report (4.8Mb PDF)
    Procedure for an improved soil survey technique for delineating land suitable for rainwater harvesting (Malcolm Hensley; Pieter Andries Louis Roux; Gutter J; Zerizghy MG)
  • Report Number: 1047/1/07
    ... full report (8.3Mb PDF)
    Water use efficiency of multi-crop agroforestry systems, with particular reference to small scale farmers in semi-arid areas (Rethmann NFG; Annandale JG; Keen CS; Botha CC)
  • Report Number: TT308/07
    ... full report (2.6Mb PDF)
    Principles, approaches and guidelines for the participatory revitalisation of smallholder irrigation schemes. Vol 1: A rough guide for irrigation development practitioners (Jonathan Denison; Siyabu Manona)
  • Report Number: TT309/07
    ... full report (5Mb PDF)
    Principles, approaches and guidelines for the participatory revitalisation of smallholder irrigation schemes. Vol 2: Concepts and cases (Jonathan Denison; Siyabu Manona)
  • Report Number: TT261/06      
    ... full report (7.7Mb PDF)
    Guidelines for the Utilisation and Disposal of Wastewater Sludge. Volume 1 of 5: Selection of Management Options (Snyman HG; Herselman JE; Kasselman G; Steyn CE; Wilken JW)
  • Report Number: TT262/06      
    ... full report (3.3Mb PDF)
    Guidelines for the Utilisation and Disposal of Wastewater Sludge. Volume 2 of 5: Requirements for the Agricultural Use of Wastewater Sludge (Snyman HG; Herselman JE)
  • Report Number: TT226/04      
    ... full report (1.94Mb PDF)
    Research impact assessment: Lessons to be learned from the cost-benefit analyses of selected WRC research projects (Conningarth Economists)
  • Report Number: 1352/1/06
    ... full report (7.7Mb PDF)   ... exec summary (PDF)  
    Multi-Dimensional Models for the Sustainable Management of Water Quantity and Quality in the Orangevaal-Riet Convergence System (MF Viljoen, RJ Armour, JL Oberholzer, M Grosskopf, B van der Merwe, G Pienaar)
     

• Catchment hydrology
   

  • Report No: 1320
    ... full report (454Kb PDF)
    Definition and Upscaling of Key Hydrological Processes for Application in Models (Simon Lorentz, Kevin Bursey, Olufemi Idowu, Cobus Pretorius & Kalala Ngeleka)
  • Report No: 1515/1/06
    ... full report (454Kb PDF)
    A compilation of all the international freshwater agreements entered into by South Africa with other states (Ashton PJ; Earle A; Malzbender D; Moloi MBH; Patrick MJ; Turton AR)
  • Report No: 1498/1/07
    ...full report (280 Kb PDF)
    Quantification of the Groundwater Contribution to Baseflow (Denis Hughes; Roger Parsons; Julian Conrad)
  • Report No: 1497/1/07
    ...full report (6.4 Mb PDF)
    Jatropha curcas in South Africa: An Assessment of its Water Use and Bio-Physical Potential (Holl, Mikala Anne; Gush, Mark Baudert; Hallowes, Jason; Versveld, Dirk Barry)
  • Report Number: KV179/07      
    ... full report (4.8Mb PDF)
    Relationship between soil water regime and soil profile morphology: A proposal for continued research (CW van Huyssteen; PAL le Roux; M Hensley; S Lorentz)
  • Report Number: 1318/1/07
    ... full report (3.2Mb PDF)
    Development and assessment of a continuous simulation modelling system for design flood estimation (Jeffrey Colin Smithers; Kershani Tinisha Chetty; Mehari Suim Frezghi; Darryn Marc Knoesen; Mesfin Hagos Tewolde)
• Conservation of water ecosystems

 

• Report No: 1307/1/08
  ... full report (2.53 Mb PDF)
  The impacts of high winter flow releases from an impoundment on in-stream ecological processes (Dickens, C; Graham, M; De Winnaar, G; Hodgson, K; Tiba, F; Sekwele, R; Sikhakhane, S; De Moor, F; Barber-James, H & Van Niekerk, K)

• Report No: TT 328/08
  ... full report (1.27 Mb PDF)
  Community-based governance of freshwater resources in Southern Africa (Pollard, S & Coussins, T)
   

  • Report No: KV 205/08
    ... full report (1.18Mb PDF)
    Hydrological information requirements and methods to support the determination of environmental water requirements in ephemeral river systems (Hughes DA)
  • Report No: KV 202/07
    ... full report (6.98 Mb PDF)
    Implications Guideline to develop a sustainable urban river management plan (Henning D; Mphake K; Mdala B; Sunil M; Van AArdt R & Jackson E)
  • Report No: 1486/1/06
    ... full report (15.0Mb PDF)
    Conservation planning for river and estuarine biodiversity in the fish-to tsitsikamma water management area  (Nel, J.L., Smith-Adao, L., Roux, D.J., Adams, J., Cambray, J.A., de Moor,F.C., Kleynhans, C.J., Kotze, I., Maree, G., Moolman, J., Schonegevel, L.Y., Smith, R.J., Thirion, C.)
  • Report No: TT 1286/1/07
    ... full report (1.50Mb PDF)
    Development and application of prokaryotic biosensor systems for the evaluation of toxicity of environmental water samples  (Pillay B; Pillay D)
  • Report No: TT 321/07
    ... full report (4.78Mb PDF)
    Wet-RoadMap : A Guide to the Wetland Management Series (Dada R ; Kotze D: Ellery W; Uys M)
   
  • Report No: TT 237/04
    ... full report (1.1Mb PDF)
    Towards the conservation and sustainable use of Eastern Cape estuaries (Breen C; et al)
  • Report No: TT 238/05
    ... full report (6.8Mb PDF)
    Our changing rivers: an introduction to the science and practice of fluvial geomorphology (Freeman NM; Rowntree KM)
  • Report No: TT 241/05
    ... full report (2.5Mb PDF)
    Managing sedimentary processes in SA Estuaries: A guide (Hay D; Huizinga P; Mitchell S)
  • Report No: TT 242/04
    ... full report (2.1Mb PDF)
    The SA diatom collection: An appraisal and overview of needs and opportunities (Harding WR; Archibald CGM; Taylor JC; Mundree S)
  • Report No: TT 245/04
    ... full report (1.6Mb PDF)
    Spatsim, an integrated framework for ecological reserve determination and implementation (Hughes DA; Palmer CG)
  • Report No: TT 277/06
    ... full report (664Kb PDF)
    A research strategy for the detection and management of algal toxins in water sources (Harding WR)
  • Report No: 1581/1/07
    ...full report (1.3 Mb PDF)
    The freshwater requirements of intermittently open Cape estuaries (Alan Whitfield and Guy Bate)
  • Report Number: KV174/06
    ...full report (1.07Mb PDF)
    National wetland inventory: Development of a wetland classification system for South Africa (Ewart-Smith JL; Ollis DJ; Day JA; Malan HL)
  • Report Number: TT217/04
    ...full report (6.39Mb PDF)
    Environmental water quality in water resources management (Palmer T; Berold R; Muller N)
  • Report Number: TT243/04
    ...full report (693Kb PDF)
    Managing estuaries in South Africa: A step by step guide (Hay D; McKenzie M)
  • Report Number: 1310/1/05
    ...full report (5.47Mb PDF)
    Development of criteria for the design of Fishways for SA rivers and estuaries (Heath R; Bok A; Fouche PSO; Mastenbroek WK; Forbes AT)
  • Report Number: 1316/1/07
    ...full report (6.67Mb PDF)
    Community based research on the influence of rehabilitation techniques on the management of degraded catchments (TM Everson, CS Everson and KD Zuma)
  • Report Number: 1414/1/05
    ... full report (14.5Mb PDF)
    Environmental water requirements in non-perennial systems (Rossouw L; Avenant MF; Seaman MT; King JM; Barker CH; du Preez PJ; Pelser AJ; Roos JC; van Staden JJ; van Tonder GJ; Watson M)
  • Report Number: 1163/1/06
    ... full report (1.7Mb PDF)
    Development of a water quality index for estuarine water quality management in South Africa (Wepener V; Cyrus DP; Vermeulen LA; O'Brien GC; Wade P)
  • Report Number: TT276/06
    ... full report (3Mb PDF)
    Cross-sector policy objectives for conserving South Africa's inland water biodiversity (Roux D; Nel JL; MacKay HM; Ashton PJ)
  • Report Number: TT301/07
    ...full report (2.8Mb PDF)
    Introduction to Aquifer dependent Ecosystem in South Africa (Christine Colvin, David Le Maitre, Irené Saayman and Simon Hughes)
  • Report Number: KV191/07
    ... full report (14.2Mb PDF)
    Freshwater flow dependency in South African marine ecosystems: A proposed assessment framework and initial assessment of SA marine ecosystems (Robert Colin Van Ballegooyen, Susan Taljaard, Lara van Niekerk, Stephen Justin Lamberth, André Karl Theron, Steven Paul Weerts)
  • Report Number: KV189/07
    ... full report (1Mb PDF)
    Investment for the Water Research Commission cross-cutting domain: Water and the environment (Marian Jane Patrick, Peter John Ashton, Guy Charles Pegram, Heather Morag MacKay)
  • Report No: KV 197/07
    ...full report (2.5 Mb PDF)
    Twin-Channel Vertical-Slot Fishway and Designs and Tests (Jan Rossouw, Pieter Kotze, Anton Bok, Ralph Heath, Mathew Ross)
  • Report No: TT 281/07
    ...full report (2.5 Mb PDF)
    A methods manual for the collection, preparation and analysis of diatom samples (Taylor JC; Harding WR; Archibald CGM)
  • Report No: TT 287/07
    ...full report (4.7 Mb PDF)
    Guidelines for the planning, design and operation of fishways in South Africa (Ralph Heath, Anton Bok, Pieter Kotze, Paul Fouche, Hylton Lewis, Jan Rossouw, Mathew Ross)
  • Report No: TT 302/07
    ...full report (7.8 Mb PDF)
    The state of yellowfish report in South Africa (Wolhuter LE; Impson ND)
  • Report Number: TT307/07
    ... full report (4.6Mb PDF)
    Watermark: The lasting impression of the ecological reserve (Mmbofheni Stanley Liphadzi)
  • Report Number: TT294/07     
    ... full report (3.1Mb PDF)
    Estuaries and Integrated Development Planning: A Managers' Guide (Duncan Hay)
  • Report Number: 1407/1/07   
    ... full report (30.9Mb PDF)
    The Nature and invasion of riparian vegetation zones in the South Western Cape (Reinecke MK; King JM; Holmes PM; Blanchard R; Malan HL)
  • Report Number: 1405/1/07     
    ... full report (11.1Mb PDF)
    Low flow hydraulics in rivers for environmental applications (Jordanova AA; James CS)
  • Report Number: TT214/03      
    ... report summary (MS Word doc: 22Kb)
    Guides to the freshwater invertebrates of SA: Volume 8: Insecta II (de Moor IJ; Day JA; de Moor FC)
  • Report Number: TT220/04      
    ... report summary (MS Word doc: 22Kb)
    Guidelines for integrating the protection, conservation and management of wetlands into catchment management planning (Dickens C; Kotze D; Mashigo S; MacKay H; Graham M)
  • Report Number: TT280/06
    ... full report (15.7Mb PDF)   ... exec summary (PDF)  
    Conservation Planning for River and Estuarine Biodiversity in the Fish-to-Tsitsikamma Water Management Area  (JL Nel, L Smith-Adao, DJ Roux, J Adams, JA Cambray, FC de Moor, CJ Kleynhans, I Kotze, G Maree, J Moolman, LY Schonegevel, RJ Smith, C Thirion)
  • Report No: 1485/1/07
    ...full report (2.8 Mb PDF)
    Profiling estuary management in integrated development planning in South Africa with particular reference to the Eastern Cape province (Duncan Hay)
  • Report Number: 1558/1/07
    ... full report (1.7Mb PDF)  
    Guidelines for integrated control of pest blackflies along the Orange River (Robert William Palmer, Nick Rivers-Moore, William Mullins, Vivian McPherson, Louis Hattingh)
  • Report Number: KV180/07
    ... full report (1.2Mb PDF)  
    The Biology and Laboratory Host Range of the Weevil Listronotus Marginicollis (Hustache) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a Natural enemy of the Invasive Aquatic Weed Myriophyllum Aquaticum (Velloso) Verde (Haloragaceae) (Parrot's Feather) (IG Oberholzer, DL Mafokoane, MP Hill)
• Developing communities: water supply and sanitation

• Report No: TT 357
  ... full report (3.98 Mb PDF)
  Scientific Support for the Design and Operation of Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines (VIPs) and the Efficacy of Pit Latrine Additives (CA Buckley, KM Foxon, CJ Brouckaert, N Rodda, C Nwaneri, E Balboni, A Couderc & D Magagna)

• Report No: 1443/1/07
  ... full report (2.93 Mb PDF)
  The Selection of small water treatment systems for potable water supply to small communities (Swartz, CD; Goldie, I; Mwiinga, G; Geldenhuys, J; Delcarme, JD; Daries, L & Lodewyk, L)

• Report No: 1611/1/08
  ... full report (640 kb PDF) coming soon
  A survey of information exchange between water services information providers and water services authorities/local Government in South Africa (Pansegrouw, JP & Naidoo P)

• Report No: KV 209/08
  ... full report (5.83 Mb PDF) coming soon
  Impacts of the provision of water, sanitation, hygiene and home based care services to HIV and AIDS infected people (Potgieter, N)
   

  •  Report No: KV 188/07
    ... full report (243 kb PDF)
    The quality of potable water in rural health care facilities (Du Preez M)
     
  • Report No: 1602/1/08
    ... full report (835 kb PDF)
    The use of AFLP to determine the specific origin of enterococci in drinking water in rural households (Du Preez M; Stewart AC; Potgieter N & Venter SN)
     
  • Report No: 1687/1/08
    ... full report (1Mb PDF)
    The determination of annual phosphorus loading limits for South African dams (Harding WR)
     
  • Report No: 1443/2/07
    ... full report (200Kb PDF)
    Socio-Economic factors relating to the evaluation and selection of small water treatment systems for potable water supply to small communities (Delcarme B; Seconna JD & Daries L )
     
  • Report No: TT 315/07
    ...brochure (11.5Mb PDF)           report: User Guide (7.7Mb PDF)         ...software (zip file)
    Aqualite Water Balance Software – User Guide (Roland Scott McKenzie )
    Note: Should you encounter problems of any nature regarding the software zip file (e.g. can't download, can't open, etc) please contact Jay Bhagwan (jayb@wrc.org.za) or Ronnie McKenzie (ronniem@wrp.org.za) directly.
     
   
  • Report No: TT 256/06
    ... full report (3.4Mb PDF)
    The development of a successful unaccounted-for water management programme in the rural water supply context (Ross-Jordan J )
     
  • Report No: TT 228/04
    ... full report (432Kb PDF)
    Community identified performance indicators for measuring water services (Schoeman G; Magongoa)
     
  • Report No: TT 229/04
    ... full report (406Kb PDF)
    Guidelines for economic regulation of water services in South Africa (Palmer Development Group)
     
  • Report No: TT 255/06
    ... full report (32.2Mb PDF)
    The use of key performance indicators in the benchmarking of rural water supply schemes: An aid to development of meaningful local government capacity (Still D; Balfour F)
  • Report No: TT 264/06
    ... full report (3.7Mb PDF)
    The WRC community based health and hygiene model and implementation kit (Onabolu Bolu; Ndlovu Maliti)
     
  • Report No: 1609/1/06
    ... full report (338Kb PDF)
    Investigation into the sustainability of rural water financial flows (Sykes G; Kolisa M)
     
  • Report No: 897/1/01
    ... full report (429Kb PDF)
    Asset management for the water services sector in South Africa (Stephenson D; Barta B; Manson N)
     
  • Report No: 1438/1/05
    ... full report (1Mb PDF)
    Strategic approaches in the provision of sanitation services to informal and unserviced areas (Lagardien A; Cousins D)
  • Report No: 1439/1/06
    ... full report (1.1Mb PDF)
    Pathogen destruction in urine diversion sanitation systems: Vol 1 (Austin LM; Phasha MC; Cloete TE)
  • Report No: 1439/2/06
    ... full report (988Kb PDF)
    Use and acceptance of urine-diversion sanitation systems in South Africa: Vol 2 (Duncker LC; Matsebe GM; Austin LM)
  • Report No: 1521/1/07
    ...full report (236 Kb PDF)
    Involving traditional health practitioners in health, hygiene and sanitation education and promotion (Kate Clement & Lansana Marah)
     
  • Report No: 1523/1/07
    ...full report (335 Kb PDF)
    The effectiveness of sanitation awareness and education programmes in informal settlements (Naidoo N; Mdala B; Mphaka K; Chidley C)
     
  • Report No: 1497/1/07
    ...full report (6.4 Mb PDF)
    Jatropha curcas in South Africa: An Assessment of its Water Use and Bio-Physical Potential (Holl, Mikala Anne; Gush, Mark Baudert; Hallowes, Jason; Versveld, Dirk Barry)
  • Report Number: TT 275/06
    ...full report (2.55Mb PDF)
    Guidelines for the design, operation and maintenance of urine-diversion sanitation systems (Austen LM)
     
  • Report Number: TT316/07
    ... full report (348Kb PDF)
    Water Services and HIV / AIDS: Integrating health and hygiene education in the water and sanitation sector in the context of HIV/AIDS (Alistair Clacherty and Alana Potter)
     
  • Report Number: TT317/07
    ... full report (8.5Mb PDF)
    Water Services and HIV / AIDS: A guide for local government councillors and officials responsible for water, sanitation and municipal health services (Alistair Clacherty and Alana Potter)
     
  • Report Number: 1439/3/06
    ...full report (570Kb PDF)
    Use of human excreta from urine-diversion toilets in food gardens: agronomicand health aspects: Vol 3 (Mnkeni PNS; Cisneros BJ; Phasha MC; Austin LM)
  • Report Number: TT246/05
    ...full report (2Mb PDF)
    Ecological sanitation - Literature review (ecosan) (Austin LM; Duncker LC; Marsebe; Phasha MC; Cloete TE)
  • Report Number: TT250/05
    ...full report (835Kb PDF)
    Water poverty mapping: Development and introduction using a case study at the local municipal scale for the Eastern Cape (Cullis J)
     
  • Report Number: 1519/1/07
    ...full report (513Kb PDF)
    Development of a methodology to assess knowledge uptake by technical professionals and decision-makers for development water services (MB van Ryneveld and SL Sproule)
  • Report Number: 1398/1/05
    ...full report (2.12Mb PDF)
    Origin, fate and clinical relevance of water-borne pathogens present in surface waters (Said M; le Roux WJ; Burke L; Said H; Paulsen L; Venter SN; Potgieter N; Masoabi D; de Wet CME)
     
  • Report Number: 1248/1/06
    ...full report (13.6Mb PDF)
    The evaluation of the anaerobic baffled reactor for sanitation in dense peri-urban settlements (ABR) (Foxon KM; Buckley CA; Brouckaert CJ; Dama P; Mtembu DZ; Rodda N; Smith M; Pillay S; Arjun N; Lalbahadur T)
     
  • Report Number: 1380/1/06
    ...full report (932KMb PDF)
    A methodical approach to health and sanitation integration (Onabolu B; Ndlovu M)
  • Report Number: 1635/1/07
    ...full report (698Kb PDF)
    Towards a knowledge and information dissemination strategy for sanitation (Nozibele Pauline Mjoli)
  • Report Number: KV88/07
    ... full report (410Kb PDF)
    The Quality of Potable Water in Rural Health Care Facilities (Martella du Preez)
     
  • Report Number: 1633/1/07
    ... full report (695Kb PDF)
    Molecular relatedness of enteric pathogens isolated from water sources and HIV/AIDS patients with diarrhoea in rural communities in the Limpopo and Eastern Cape Provinces (Obi CL; Ramalivhana J; Onabolu B; momba MNB; Igumbor JO; Janse van Rensburg EL; Lukoto M; Green E; Ndou S; Bessong PO; Mulaudzi TB)
     
  • Report Numbers: 384/1/99 - 384/6/99      
     ... view | download zip file
    A water resources and sanitation systems source book with special reference to KwaZulu-Natal: Parts 1 - 6 (Alcock PG) 
     
  • Report Number: 1605/1/07
    ... full report (142Kb PDF)
    Development of a National Water Consumption Archive (Jakobus Ernst van Zyl and Leon Casper Geusteyn)
     
  • Report Number: 1400/1/07
    ... full report (1.4Mb PDF)   ... exec summary (PDF)  
    Child-Centred Course for Teachers to Promote Basic Health and Hygiene Awareness in Rural Communities (L Abelitis, A Lenehan)
     
  • Report Number: 1539/1/06
    ... full report (596Kb PDF)   ... exec summary (PDF)  
    Evaluation of Sewage Treatment Package Plants for Rural, Peri-Urban and Community Use (P Gaydon, N McNab, G Mulder, I Pillay, M Sahibdeen,  P Thompson)
     
• General
  
   
  • Report No: TT 295
    ... full report (2.57 Mb PDF)
    Local institutions for water governance: A Story of the development of a Water User Association and Catchment Forum in the Kat River Valley, Eastern Cape (Jane Burt, Alistair McMaster, Kate Rowntree & Robert Berold)
     
  • Report No: KV 203/08
    ... full report (1.3 Mb PDF)
    Water law of South Africa 1912-1998 (Uys M)
     
  • Report No: KV 209/08
    ... full report (5.83 Mb PDF)
    Impacts of the provision of water, sanitation, hygiene and home based care services to HIV and AIDS infected people (Potgieter M)
     
  • Report No: TT 346/08
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    Learning and teaching about water in our classrooms: A series of lesson plans for Grades 8-10 (Peddie C; Hibbert D & Conway-Physik C)
     
  • Report No: TT 345/08
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  • Report No: KV 207/08
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  • Report No: TT 258/06
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