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Water Resources: Government Information: Library Guide: Environmental issues

This guide directs you to government sources on water resources from international to local level.

Climate change

Donnenfeld, Zachary. Parched Prospects 3 : Using the International Futures Model to Forecast Water Supply and Withdrawals in South Africa : Report to the Water Research Commission.  Gezina [South Africa]: Water Research Commission, 2018. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC TT 741/17

Vogel, Coleen, author.    Adaptation to climate change :   what may it mean for the water resources sector? /    Gezina [South Africa] :   Water Research Commission,   May 2015. G 68 JWRC TT 630/15

Department of Environment Affairs (2013). Long-term Adaptation Scenarios Flagship Research Programme (LTAS) for South Africa. Climate change implications for the water sector in South Africa.

G 68 JWRC 1500/1/06
Mukheibir, P.
   Climate variability, climate change and water resource strategies for small municipalities : water resource management strategies in response to climate change in South Africa, drawing on the analysis of coping strategies adopted by vulnerable communities in the Northern Cape province of South Africa in time of climate variability / report to the Water Research Commission by P. Mukheibir, D. Sparks. --    [Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission], 2006.
   iii, 81p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. ( WRC report ; no. 1500/1/06 )
 
G 68 JWRC 1562/1/10
   Methodological approaches to assessing eco-hydrological responses to climate change in South Africa : report to the Water Research Commission / by R.E. Schulze ... [et al.]. --    [South Africa] : Water Research Commission, 2011.
   xi, 197 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 30 cm. ( WRC report ; no. 1562/1/10 )
 
G 68 JWRC 1843/2/12
Stuart-Hill, Sabine.
   Handbook on adaptive management strategies and options for the water sector in South Africa under climate change / Sabine Stuart-Hill, Roland Schulze, John Colvin. --    Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission, 2012.
   vi, 103 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm. ( WRC report ; no. 1843/2/12 )
 
G 68 JWRC 1953/1/12
   The impact of climate change on water services delivery : a case study of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality : report to the Water Research Commission / by S. J. Piketh ... [et al.] --    Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission, 2013.
   xiv, 103 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 30 cm. ( WRC report ; no. 1953/1/12. )
 
 
G 68 JWRC KV 207/08
Green, G. C. (George Clifford)
   Towards defining the WRC research portfolio on climate change for 2008-2013 / report to the Water Research Commission by G. C. Green. --    [Gezina, Pretoria : Water Research Commission], 2008.
   viii, 45 p. ; 30 cm. ( WRC report ; no. KV 207/08 )
 
G 68 JWRC TT 518/12
Schultze, R. E.
   A 2011 perspective on climate change and the South African water sector / R.E. Schulze. --    Gezina [South Africa] : Water Research Commission, 2012.
   xxxi, 366 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. ( WRC report ; no. TT 518/12 )

Water quality

G 68 JWRC 2184/1/14
Griffin, N. J., author.
   Critical analysis of environmental water quality in South Africa : historic and current trends : report to the Water Research Commission / by N.J. Griffin, C.G. Palmer and P-A. Scherman. --    Gezina [South Africa] : Water Research Commission, 2014.
   xxiv, 195 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, charts ; 29 cm ( WRC report ; no. 2184/1/14 )

Pollution

South Africa. Department of Environmental Affairs. National Guideline for the Discharge of Effluent from Land-based Sources into the Coastal Environment. Pretoria: Department of Environmental Affairs, 2014. (RP 101/2014)