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The use of treated effluent for agricultural irrigation in the Bottelary River area: Effluent quality, farmers perception and potential extent
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The Bottelary River area is located in a Mediterranean climate region, where the agricultural sector plays an important role. During the dry summer season, there is not enough precipitation to meet the agricultural irrigation ...
Modelling the behaviour and fate of priority pesticides in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The use of pesticides poses a serious threat to the limited water resources of South Africa. The amounts which are not taken up by crop plants, are often washed away by runoff into surface waters, or leached through the ...
Groundwater occurrence of Table Mountain area in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Groundwater is an important water resource to be used to supplement the water demand for the City of Cape Town for present and future generations. Understanding the groundwater occurrence of the Table Mountain area is very ...
The fate of microbial contaminants in the subsurface with a South African case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The time bound agenda of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) aims at reducing poverty, extending gender equality and advancing opportunities for health and education by addressing current and future water resource and ...
Assessment controls on reservoir performance and the affects of granulation seam mechanics in the Bredasdorp Basin, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The Bredasdorp Basin is one of the largest hydrocarbon producing blocks within Southern Africa. The E-M field is situated approximate 50 km west from the FA platform and was brought into commission due to the potential ...
Comparative Study of the Chemostratigraphic and Petrophysical characteristics of Wells A-Al, A-Ll, A-Ul and A-Il in the Orange Basin, South Atlantic Margin, Offshore South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Many hydrocarbon reservoirs are situated in barren sequences that display poor stratigraphic control. Correlation between the wells can become extremely difficult and traditional correlation techniques can prove to be ...
Hydrosalinity Fluxes in a Small Scale Catchment of the Berg River (Western Cape)
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The occurrence of dryland salinity is widespread throughout semi-arid regions of the world. The sources of salts may be either rock weathering or rain deposition. Clearing of natural scrubland to make way for cultivated ...
Regional groundwater monitoring in the Olifants-doom water management area
(University of Western Cape, 2006)
The aim of this investigation was to provide a framework or strategy for prioritising and implementing regional groundwater monitoring in the OlifantsDoom Water Management (WMA) area. Regional groundwater monitoring is ...
Structural controls on groundwater flow in the Clanwilliam area
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Deformation of the western part of the Table Mountain Group rocks during the Cape Orogeny created a series of folds and associated fractures. The subsequent continental break-up of Gondwana led to the development of large ...
The impacts of channelisation on the geomorphology and ecology of the Kuils River, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2003)
Urbanisation and storm water input in the Kuils River catchment changed the flow of the river
from ephemeral to perennial. This led to flooding problems in the Kuilsrivier central business
district. The river was channelised ...