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2020-2021 Orange-Senqu Surface Water Quantity Synoptic Analysis
Khakea-Bray Transboundary Dolomite Aquifer Recharge Assessment
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Improving Groundwater Knowledge in Selected Transboundary Aquifers
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Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System (STAS) – Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers (GGRETA) Project
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Support to Phase 3 of the ORASECOM Basin-wide Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) – Plan: Overview
- 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 […]
Read more- 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
Climate Change Impacts on the Orange-Senqu Basin (WP4)
- Author:Bennie Haasbroek
- Post date:27 January, 2014
- Categories:Climate,Surface Water Resources
Objectives The Overall objective of Work package 4 was to carry out a detailed assessment of the occurrence, extent and possible effects of climate change in the Orange-Senqu River basin. This work involved the following: Detection of statistically significant change in the climate including an assessment of to which extent the detected climate change is consistent with the […]
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2014 Integrated Water Resources Management Plan (IWRMP) – Development and Supporting Studies
- 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 […]
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Updating and extension of Orange-Senqu Hydrology (WP 2)
- Author:Bennie Haasbroek
- Post date:15 January, 2014
- Categories:Climate,Infrastructure,Surface Water Resources,Water Use
Objectives to produce updated and extended hydrological sequences for the basin as a whole. to ensure that the hydrological data sets are easily accessible for any future work Main Activities Provision of appropriate Capacity Building in a number of key areas agreed with each basin state Recommendations on appropriate protocols and procedures for data collection […]
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Development of Integrated Orange-Senqu River Basin Model (WP1)
- Author:Bennie Haasbroek
- Post date:24 October, 2013
- Categories:Climate,Integrated Water Resources Management,Surface Water Resources,Water Use
Objectives to enlarge and improve the existing models to cover the total Orange River Basin and to capacitate representatives of each of the basin states to set up and use the models. Main Activities Assessment of strengths and weaknesses of existing models Extension and expansion of the existing models Assessment of system yields Review the […]
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Support to Phase 2 of the ORASECOM Basin-wide Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) – Plan: Overview
- Author:Bennie Haasbroek
- Post date:24 October, 2013
- Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Climate,Economy and Society,Infrastructure,Integrated Water Resources Management,Policy, Legislation and Strategies,Surface Water Resources,Water Use
Overview The main objectives of this consultancy were to enlarge and improve the existing models for the Orange-Senqu Basin, so that they incorporated all of the essential components in the four Basin States and are accepted by each Basin State. These models must be capable of providing the current and likely future information needs of […]
Read more- Tags:adaptation to climate change, adaptive capacities, capacity building, climate change, evaluation, gauging networks, GIS, hydrological model, irrigation, IWRM, IWRMP, monitoring environmental flows, natural flow, present ecological state, rainfall. natural runoff, socio-economic, spatial data, water balance, Water Quality, water quality model, water quality monitoring, water resource model, yield
