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The Water Wheel Volume 21 No 3

The Water Wheel

12 articles

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Articles in this issue

  1. News

    WRC welcomes new CEO

    Page 4

  2. Wetlands and society

    Protecting nature's medicine cabinet: How research is upping the value of endangered aquatic ecosystems

    Petro Kotzé WETLANDS

    Page 8

  3. COVID-19 AND THE ENVIRONMENT

    COVID-19 sanitisers – What is the impact of the pandemic on our aquatic environment?

    Matthew Hattingh

    Page 12

  4. AFRICAN RIVER BASINS

    How the Senegal River sets an example of transboundary basin water management

    Petro Kotzé

    Page 18

  5. DROUGHT RESILIENCE

    Study explores the impact of multi-year drought on apple and wheat farmers in the Western Cape

    Jorisna Bonthuys

    Page 26

  6. The medicinal properties of South

    African aquatic plants are bringing a new dimension to the conservation

    Dr Heidi

    Page 30

  7. NEW GENERATION SANITATION

    Partnership approach brings latest sanitation technology to rural Limpopo community

    Page 36

  8. WETLANDS AND SOCIETY

    Bringing science, policy and society closer together for the Maputaland Coastal Plain's wetlands management

  9. DESALINATION

    Has desalination entered a new era?

  10. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

    Independent water producers – The opportunities and the challenges for SA

    Sue Matthews

  11. AT A GLANCE

    Shongweni – Decades' old dam wall that withstood the worst of KZN floods

  12. Water resource management

    Siltation of SA dams – Working towards a sustainable solution

    Matthew Hattingh