• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:27 April, 2016
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Climate,Economy and Society,Infrastructure,Integrated Water Resources Management,Landcover and Use,Policy, Legislation and Strategies,Surface Water Resources,Water Use

Overview The main objectives of this consultancy were to undertake scenario analyses, economic, water requirement projection and ecological support studies to produce the 2014 Orange-Senqu Integrated Water Resources Management Plan (IWRMP). The Project included 5 work packages that are described below. Funding Organisation(s): GIZ   WP 4A: Economic Analysis of Water based on Water Accounting for the […]

Tags:adaptation to climate change, adaptive capacities, irrigation, IWRM, IWRMP, monitoring environmental flows, natural flow, Phase 3, present ecological state, rainfall. natural runoff, socio-economic, water balance, Water Quality, water quality model, water resource model, water resources planning model, WRPM, WRYM, yield

• Author:Rapule Pule
• Post date:1 April, 2016
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems

The second 5-yearly comprehensive Joint Basin Survey (JBS2) of the quality of the water resources of the Orange-Senqu River Basin was undertaken in 2015. This is one of the programmes of ORASECOM aimed at advising the State Parties on the development, use, and conservation of the water resources of the Basin. The surveys are structured into four components, namely (i) Aquatic […]

Tags:ecosystem, fish, habitat integrity, invertebrates, monitoring, POPs, riparian vegetation, Water Quality

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:27 January, 2014
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Surface Water Resources

Objectives The main objective for this Work Package is to assess Environmental Flow Requirements (EFRs) at selected key areas of the Orange River Basin at an “Intermediate Level”. Main Activities The main activities included: A scoping level assessment of ecological and socio-cultural condition and importance across the basin. Delineation into Management Resource Units and selection of […]

Tags:diatomes, ecohydraulics, EFR, fish, Geomorphology, goods and services, riparian vegetation, Water Quality

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:27 January, 2014
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Climate,Economy and Society,Infrastructure,Integrated Water Resources Management,Landcover and Use,Policy, Legislation and Strategies,Surface Water Resources,Water Use

  Introduction This article outlines the aims and objectives of the basin-wide Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plan development  as well as how the work would be carried out through a combination of consolidation of technical studies and stakeholder consultation. During the development of the IWRM Plan it is ensured that the key basic elements are […]

Tags:IWRM, IWRM Plan, IWRMP

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:11 December, 2013
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Groundwater Resources,Integrated Water Resources Management,Surface Water Resources

Overview and Purpose The main purpose of this transboundary diagnostic analysis (TDA) is to provide a scientific and technical basis for the identification and prioritisation of key issues concerning the degradation of aquatic ecosystems in the Orange–Senqu River basin. It is intended as a decision-support tool for the Orange–Senqu basin states and stakeholders to identify […]

Tags:IWRM

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:15 November, 2013
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Groundwater Resources,Integrated Water Resources Management,Surface Water Resources

Overview and Purpose In their meeting in 2005 the Ministers responsible for water in the riparian States of the Orange-Senqu River basin have recognised the need for formal guidance for communication and collaboration on transboundary environmental assessment in the context of the ORASECOM Agreement. Such guidance would, among with other provisions, enable active stakeholder participation […]

Tags:IWRM

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:15 November, 2013
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Groundwater Resources,Integrated Water Resources Management,Landcover and Use,Policy, Legislation and Strategies,Surface Water Resources

Overview and Purpose The Orange-Senqu Strategic Action Programme (SAP) is a negotiated document that provides a basin-wide framework for the implementation of a prioritised set of national and joint transboundary actions and investments for addressing jointly agreed priority environmental concerns in the Orange-Senqu river basin. The SAP is endorsed at political (Ministerial) level and together […]

Tags:IWRM, NAP, SAP, Strategic Action Programme

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:14 November, 2013
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Surface Water Resources

Introduction Four southern African countries, Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia share the basin of the Orange-Senqu River and are Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Currently, the SC targets 21 chemicals and classes of chemicals. Previously, the research in the Orange-Senqu Basin on POPs concentrated on pesticide POPs such as DDT. Only recently […]

Tags:fish, instream, monitoring, POPs, sediment toxicity, wild birds

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:14 November, 2013
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Surface Water Resources

Purpose The specific purpose of this assignment was to undertake the first baseline monitoring of aquatic ecosystem health in the Orange-Senqu River System and to support the broader joint baseline survey. The focus of this specific assignment was to investigate the Aquatic Ecosystem Health of the Orange-Senqu River System and includes a detailed assessment of […]

Tags:aquatic, biota, ecological category, ecosystem, fish, habitat, habitat integrity, instream, invertebrates, monitoring, riparian vegetation

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:7 November, 2013
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems

Overview This document discusses critical issues impacting on the health of the Orange-Senqu River Mouth and identifies local priority interventions recommended for the SAP implementation phase. The Orange-Senqu River mouth is situated between the towns of Oranjemund in Namibia and Alexander Bay in South Africa. The study area extended from the mouth to the head of […]