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Water Resources: Government Information: Library Guide: Water quality

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Department of Water and Sanitation. Revision of Water Quality Management (WQM) Policies and Strategies for South Africa

For the Blue Drop Certification Programme and the Green Drop certification Programme of the Department of Water and Sanitation See: Integrated Regulatory Information System.

Department of Water and Sanitation. Integrated Water Quality Management Strategy (IWQMS)

Department of Water and Sanitation. Resource Quality Information Services Data and Reports (RQIS)

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Directorate of Water Quality Management Includes policies, guidelines, strategies. (archived site)

Policies and strategies

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Policy. Water Quality Management Policies and Strategies for South Africa. Integrated Water Quality Management Policy. Edition 2, Version 1. Draft for Public Comment. Pretoria: Department of Water and Sanitation, [2023?]. Comment requested in: South Africa. Government gazette no. 48187, notice no. 3142 (10 March 2023.) The only date on the policy is 2018.  

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Water quality management policies and strategies for South Africa. Report no. 3.2, Integrated water quality management strategy. Edition 2. Pretoria: Department of Water and Sanitation, March 2017. (Report P RSA 000/00/21715/16)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Water quality management policies and strategies for South Africa. Report no. 3.2, Integrated water quality management strategy. Edition 2. Pretoria: Department of Water and Sanitation, February 2017. (Report P RSA 000/00/21715/16)

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. Water quality management policies and strategies for South Africa. Inception report. Edition 1. Pretoria: Department of water and Sanitation, December 2015 (Report Number 1.1. P RSA 000/00/21715/1

 South Africa. Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry (1990-2010).  National water quality management framework policy. Department: Water Affairs and Forestry ; [author: S. A. P. Brown]. --    Pretoria : Department of Water Affairs and Forestry , 2002. ( Water quality management series. Management series, Sub-series ; no. MS 7. Draft 2 ) Shelf no. G 68 E.WATE.02.NATI
   

South Africa. Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry (1990-2010). Strategic Framework for National Water Resource Quality Monitoring Programmes. Pretoria: Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry, September 2004.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Water Quality Management Policies and Strategies in the Republic of South Africa. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, April 1991.

 

Reports

Latest Watch ReportsBlue Drop Watch Report 2023, Green Drop Watch Report 2023, No Drop Watch Report 2023

South Africa. Department of Water and Sanitation. 2022 Green Drop and Blue Drop reports. For earlier ones Search Documents.

Griffin, N. J., author.    Critical analysis of environmental water quality in South Africa :   historic and current trends : report to the Water Research Commission /    Gezina [South Africa] :   Water Research Commission,   2014. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 2184/1/14

 South Africa. Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry (1990-2010). Chief Directorate: Communication Services.  Drinking water quality regulation strategy : the role of national and provincial government in regulation of drinking quality water / produced by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Chief Directorate Communication Services. --    Pretoria : Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, [2005?]. Shelf no. G 68 E.WATE.05.DRIN

 

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Resource Directed Management of Water Quality. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, September 2006.