![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E4R8DSCF0091_130__1__6.JPG) Environmental Flows are considered in South Africa's water accounts. Source:Pyke 2002 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E2RLORANGE_BEI_BETHU_3.JPG) The Orange-Senqu River at Bethulie, South Africa. Source:Kruchem 2011 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E282ORANGE_RIVER_VON_3.JPG) The Orange-Senqu River from Vanderkloof Dam wall. Source:Kruchem 2011 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E3G0NAMIBIA_DRYRIVER_3.JPG) Dry river beds in southern Namibia. Source:iStockphoto/Steiner 2008 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E28DAGRICULTURE_SA_V_3.JPG) Virtual Water considers every use of water needed to reach the final product. Source:Vilseskogen 2008 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E4H8P1050828_RGB_130__.JPG) Cash crops grown in South Africa and shipped to another country, is one way that virtual water is traded. Source:Kruchem 2008 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32DXR24_1_3_1MEETINGTH_3.JPG) Water saving technologies in agriculture could result in large savings in the Orange-Senqu River basin overall. Source:Ian Bailey 2006 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E4QDP1010340_130__1__1.JPG) Nuts are a high value crop, produced in increasingly large volumes in South Africa. Source:Roux Pecan 2009 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E47KCHOICE_GRADE_130__.JPG) High grade Pecans. Source:Roux Pecan 2009 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E4SB0012961_130__1__93.JPG) An ephemeral stream during the dry season. Source:Department of Water Affairs (DWA), South Africa 2005 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E2IBLESOTHO_SEHLABAT_3.JPG) Sehlabathebe National Park – a park worth conserving. Source:©iStockphoto/Ananiadis 2008 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E35JDAMOPERATIONS_BI_3.JPG) Monitoring our resources so that they are used sustainably. Source:Vogel 2007 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E4IIPHOTO_145_130__1_6.JPG) Groundwater is an important source of water in the basin, which is monitored by all four basin states. Source:Kirchner 2008 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E4V5CONDUCTIVITY_2_130.JPG) Conductivity levels in the basin. Source:DWAF South Africa 2009 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E57KSULPHATE_2_130__1_.JPG) Sulphate levels in the basin. Source:DWAF South Africa 2009 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E527ORASECOM_2010_JB_4.JPG) Sampling activities during the first ORASECOM Joint Basin Water Resources Survey. Source:ORASECOM 2010 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E4SF0000807_130__1_192.JPG) Monitoring response indicators is a good way of determining the overall health of an ecosystem. Source:DWAF South Africa 2001 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E4G3YEBOGOGO_130__1__1.JPG) Information systems allow data to be made easily accessible and transferable. Source:©iStockphoto/Parnell 2007 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E4QVWEIR_130__1_110790.JPG) Stream-flow, as well as chemical and physical water attributes, are monitored for the entire basin and compiled in comprehensive information systems. Source:©iStockphoto/Kawisign 2008 ( click to enlarge ) |
![](_SYSTEM/WRITABLE/THUMBNAILCACHE/1Y2P0IJ32E492PICTURE_063_2__130.JPG) Data about water availability can influence water management scenarios, which in turn impact releases from dams such as Katse Dam. Source:Lesotho Highlands Development Agency 2009 ( click to enlarge ) |