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Groundwater assessment and sustainable management of the coastal alluvial aquifers in Namib Desert, Namibia: Omdel Aquifer as case study
(University of Western Cape, 2020)The study addressed the groundwater assessment and sustainable management of the coastal alluvial aquifers in Namib Desert, the Omaruru River Delta Aquifer (Omdel Aquifer) was used as a case study. Sustainable utilization ... -
Groundwater assessment and sustainable management of the coastal alluvial aquifers in Namib Desert, Namibia: Omdel Aquifer as case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)The study addressed the groundwater assessment and sustainable management of the coastal alluvial aquifers in Namib Desert, the Omaruru River Delta Aquifer (Omdel Aquifer) was used as a case study. Sustainable utilization ... -
Groundwater Dependence of Aquatic Ecosystems associated with the Table Mountain Group Aquifer
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)Results from this study enables a better understanding of groundwater surface water interactions in the TMG, particularly regarding aquatic ecosystems. It has also highlighted the necessity to do proper impact assessments ... -
Groundwater management model for the Spitskop area in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The thesis investigates the potential of the Rietfontein and Spitskop aquifer to meet a demand of 1000 m3/d (12 Lis) as an alternative water resource for the Rietfontein and Spitskop Community. Increasing demand for clean ... -
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 ... -
Groundwater quality monitoring : An approach to groundwater resource quality protection
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)Resource protection is considered by the National Water Act (Act No. 36, 1998) of South Africa as one of the methods that can lead to resource management. Furthermore, the Water Services Act (Act No. 108, 1997) regards ... -
Groundwater recharge estimation in Table Mountain Group aquifer systems with a case study of Kammanassie area
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)The focus of this study was on recharge mechanisms and recharge estimation within the Table Mountain Group area. The study evaluated recharge processes and recharge estimation methods in the Table Mountain Group aquifer systems. -
Groundwater resource evaluation and protection in the Cape Flats, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The analysis of geologic, hydrologic and hydrogeologic data interpreted to give the characteristics of the Cape Flats aquifer showed the quality of groundwater from the aquifer is suitable for development as a water resource. ... -
Groundwater resource evaluation in Table Mountain group aquifer systems
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Table Muntain Group has been identified as one of the major Regional Aquifers in South Africa. the vast distribution of it leads to a great diversity in its hydrogeological properties, which influences the dynamics of ... -
High-grade metamorphism, anatexis and deformation of metasedimentary rocks from the Kamiesberg Group near Kliprand, Southern Bushmanland Domain, Namaqua Metamorphic Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Migmatitic metapelites of the Kamiesberg Group are distributed throughout the central Bushmanland Domain (Namaqua Metamorphic Province) which is otherwise dominated by felsic gneisses. This study focusses on an outcrop ... -
Hydraulic properties of the Table Mountain Group (TMG) aquifers
(University of Western Cape, 2008)Research findings in current study provide a new insight into the fractured rock aquifers in the TMG area. Some of the results will have wide implications on the groundwater management and forms a solid basis the further ... -
Hydraulic properties of the Table Mountain group (TMG) aquifers
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The Table Mountain Group (TMG), located at the southmost cape of African Continent, is one out of three major regional aquifer systems in South Africa, which has a potential of bulk water supply to meet the requirements ... -
Hydraulic properties of the vadose zone at two typical sites in the Western Cape for the assessment of groundwater vulnerabilitv to pollution
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Aquifer vulnerability assessment is increasingly becoming a very significant basis in order to fulfil the water demands in South Africa. Knowledge of soil hydraulic properties that consists of the soil water retention and ... -
Hydraulic properties of the vadose zone at two typical sites in the Western Cape for the assessment of groundwater vulnerability to pollution
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Aquifer vulnerability assessment is increasingly becoming a very significant basis in order to fulfill the water demands in South Africa. Knowledge of soil hydraulic properties that consists of the soil water retention and ... -
Hydro geochemical characteristics of the basement aquifers in namaqualand
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)At the onset of this research programme it became apparent that there is a dearth of research studies focusing on the groundwater resources of the region. As a result, a conceptual representation of the hydrogeological ... -
Hydrocarbon potential of the Prince Albert Formation, Ecca Group in the main Karoo Basin, South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)This thesis focusses on the hydrocarbon potential of the Prince Albert Formation in terms of its shale gas potential. Unconventional gas production from hydrocarbon-rich shale formations, known as “shale gas”, is one of ... -
Hydrogeophysical characterisation of shallow coastal aquifers in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Coastal aquifers present a key groundwater resource for freshwater supply in many coastal zones of Africa, and its availability is largely driven by the physical hydrogeological properties. An understanding of the aquifer ... -
Hydrogeophysical characterization of coastal aquifers for solution-based modeling, West Coast, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)The need to improve groundwater security remains critical especially in urban areas where demand for groundwater as an alternative source of water supply increases. Declining trends in availability of surface water because ... -
Hydrological Characterisation of Wetlands: Understanding wetlands-catchment linkages
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This study explores the hydrological processes of selected wetlands in four different catchments in South Africa (the Nuwejaars River in the Western Cape which has the Elandsdrift-Wiesdrift wetland; the Mohlapetsi river ... -
Hydrosalinity fluxes in a small scale catchment of the berg river (Western Cape)
(2008)The objective of this study was to determine the hydrosalinity fluxes associated with overland and subsurface (vadose zone) flow for different soils and land uses. For this purpose, the following data were collected during ...