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Water Resources: Government Information: Library Guide: Water resources management and regulation

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

Water resources regulation

Truen, Sarah. Report: water regulation business case. [no place of publication given]: SA-TIED, April 2022.

Department of Water and Sanitation. Chief Directorate: Resource Directed Measures

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Presentation: Strategic overview of the water regulatory framework in South Africa (2008)

Department of Water Affairs. Resources to develop and implement resource quality objectives, March 2011

Clark, D. J., editor. Development and assessment of an integrated water resources accounting methodology for South Africa. [Gezina, South Africa] : Water Research Commission, 2015. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 2205/1/15.

Water resources regulation: key issues and principles: draft discussion document. [Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry,] March 2010. 

De la Harpe, Jean.  Water management institutions overview / written by Jean de la Harpe, Jo-ann Ferreira and Alana Potter. --    Pretoria : Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, [2005?] Shelf no. G 68 E.WATE.05.WATE

The development of a framework for understanding human rights-based approaches and integrating them into water resources management in South Africa / report to the Water Research Commission by R. Pejan ... [et al.]. --    [Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission], 2007. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 1512/1/07

Exploring the lowest appropriate level of water governance in South Africa : report to the Water Research Commission / by L.E. Jonker ... [et al.]. --    [South Africa] : Water Research Commission, 2010. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 1837/1/10

Mazibuko, Gugu. Evaluation of the opportunities for cooperative governance between catchment management agencies and local government / Gugu Mazibuko and Guy Pegram. --    [Gezina : Water Research Commission] , 2006. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 1433/1/06

Mazibuko, Gugu. Guide for local government cooperation with catchment management agencies / report to the Water Research Commission by Gugu Mazibuko and Guy Pegram. --    Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission, 2006. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC TT 270/06

 Pietersen, Kevin.  South African groundwater governance case study : report prepared for the World Bank in partnership with the South African Department of Water Affairs and the Water Research Commission / by Kevin Pietersen, Hans E. Beekman and Martin Holland. --    Gezina [South Africa] : Water Research Commission, 2011. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC KV 273/11

Review of regulatory aspects of the water services sector : report to the Water Research Commission / Daniel Malzbender ... [et al.]. --    Gezina [South Africa] : Water Research Commission, 2009. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC TT 417/09

Seago, Caryn.  A comparison of the South African approach to water resources management and planning with four international countries : report to the Water Research Commission. [Gezina, South Africa] : Water Research Commission, January 2016. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC KV 341/15

South Africa. Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry (1990-2010). Water and sanitation business : the roles and responsibilities of local government and related institutions. Pretoria : Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, 2005. Shelf no. G 68 E.WATE.05.WATE

G 68 JWRC 1842/1-3/11 & G 68 JWRC TT 497/11
   Towards water resources regulation in South Africa. --    [Gezina, South Africa] : Water Research Commission, 2011.
   4 v. : ill., map ; 30 cm. ( WRC report ; no. 1842/1/11, no. 1842/2/11, no. 1842/3/11, TT 497/11 ) ( WRC report ; no. TT 497/11. )
v. 1. Survey of approaches to water resources regulation  -- v. 2. Institutional criteria, functions and arrangements  -- v. 3. Use of regulatory impact assessment in the developing approaches and tools for the pro-poor water resources regulation  -- v. 4. Synthesis report
 
G 68 E.WATE.05.WATE
South Africa. Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry (1990-2010).

   Water and sanitation business : the roles and responsibilities of local government and related institutions / Department: Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa. --    Pretoria : Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, 2005.

 Strategic review of current and emerging governance systems related to water in the environment in South Africa: report to the Water Research Commission by Guy Pegram ... [et al.]. --    [Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission], 2006. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 1514/1/06

 

Integrated water resources management

IWRM: Water for Growth & Development

Programme of the Department of Water Affairs with assistance from DANIDA.

Department of Water Affairs. Integrated Water Resource Planning website

Department of Water Affairs. Integrated water resource planning for South Africa : a situation analysis 2010. Pretoria : Department of Water Affairs, 2010. (Report no. P RSA 000/00/12910)

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Integrated Water Resources Management

Archive with documents.

Cox, D., author.    Moving from integrated water resources management (IWRM) to integrated natural resources management (INRM) :   report to the Water Research Commission /    Gezina [South Africa] :   Water Research Commission,   November 2015. G 68 JWRC TT 643/15

Palmer, C. G. (Carolyn Gay), Munnik, Victor, and Du Toit, Derick. Practising Adaptive IWRM (Integrated Water Resource Management) in South Africa : Report to the Water Research Commission  Gezina, South Africa: Water Research Commission, 2018. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC TT 2248/1/18

 

Schreiner, B., Pegram, G. & von der Heyden, C. 2009. Reality check on water resources management: Are we doing the
right things in the best possible way?Development Planning Division. Working Paper Series No.11, DBSA: Midrand.

Western Cape. Provincial integrated water resources management plan

G 68 JWRC 1688/1/08
   The role of local government in integrated water resources management linked to water services delivery : report to the Water Research Commission / by Eliria H. Haigh ... [et al.]. --    Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission, 2008.
   xi, 111 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. ( WRC report ; no. 1688/1/08 )
G 68 JWRC TT 304/07
Burke, Jacky
   Integrated water resource management plan guidelines for local authorities / Water Research Commission, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry ; [this report was prepared by Jacky Burke]. --    Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission , 2007.
   x, 156 p. : col. map ; 30 cm. ( WRC report ; no. TT 304/07 )
G 68 JWRC KV 245/10
Rogers, Kevin H.
   Strategic adaptive management as a framework for implementing integrated water resource management in South Africa : report to the Water Research Commission / by K.H. Rogers [and] R. Luton. --    Gezina, South Africa : Water Research Commission, 2011.
   xii, 111 p. : col. ill., maps, charts ; 30 cm. ( WRC report ; no. KV 245/10 )

Review, Evaluation and Optimisation of the National Water Resources Monitoring (NWRM) Network Project

Conference reports

International Conference on Fresh Water Governance for Sustainable Development (2012 : Champagne Sports Resort, Central Drakensberg, South Africa). Proceedings of Conference, 5-7 November 2012. Pretoria: Water Research Commission and Department of Water Affairs, 2012.

Assessment

Hughes, D. A. (Denis A.), author.    Implementing uncertainty analysis in water resources assessment and planning :   report to the Water Research Commission /    Gezina, South Africa :   Water Research Commission,   February 2015. G 68 JWRC 2056/1/14

Sustainable use of South Africa's inland waters :   a situation assessment of resource directed measures 12 years after the 1998 National Water Act /    Gezina, South Africa :   Water Research Commission,   2011. G 68 JWRC TT 491/11

Department of Water Affairs (2010). Assessment of the ultimate potential and future marginal cost of water resources in South Africa (Report No. P RSA 000/00/12610)

Classification

Department of Water Affairs. Regulations for the establishment of a water resource classification system. South Africa. Government gazette, No. 33541 (17 September 2010), Government notice No. R 810.

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.Chief Directorate: Resource Directed Measures. Development of the water resource classification system (WRCS). Volume 1, Overview and 7-step classification procedure, February 2007. 

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.Chief Directorate: Resource Directed Measures. Development of the water resource classification system (WRCS). Volume 2, Ecological, hydrological and water quality guidelines for the 7-step classification procedure, February 2007. 

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.Chief Directorate: Resource Directed Measures. Development of the water resource classification system (WRCS). Volume 3, Socio-economic guidelines for the 7-step classification procedure, February 2007. 

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.Chief Directorate: Resource Directed Measures. Development of the water resource classification system (WRCS). Volume 4,Decision-analysis (including the stakeholder engagement process) guidelines for the 7-step classification procedure, February 2007 

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.Chief Directorate: Resource Directed Measures. Development of the water resource classification system (WRCS). Volume 5, Proceedings of the WRCS stakeholder workshops held at Midrand and Durban, February 2007 

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.Chief Directorate: Resource Directed Measures. A draft position paper on the development of a national water resource classification system (NWRCS) : draft discussion document, May 2006.

Water reuse

Kalebaila, N., E. J. Ncube, C. D. Swartz, S. Marais and J. Lubbe. Strengthening the implementation of water reuse in South Africa. Gezina: water Research Commission, 2020? (Water Research Commission working paper)

Water governance and management

G 68 JWRC 1969/1/14 Hassan, Rashid, author.    Water governance decentralization in Africa :   a framework for reform process and performance analysis : report to the Water Research Commission /    Gezina [South Africa] :   Water Research Commission,   July 2014.

G 68 JWRC KV 341/1/15  Seago, Caryn, author.    A comparison of the South African approach to water resources management and planning with four international countries :   report to the Water Research Commission /    Gezina [South Africa] :   Water Research Commission,   January 2016.

South Africa. Department of Water Affairs. A framework for national water sector partnership structures: the context, structure, functions and terms of reference of the Water Sector Leadership Group & its substructures. Pretoria: Department of Water Affairs, October 2009.

G 68 JWRC KV 343/15 Tapela, Barbara Nompumelelo, author.    Water governance in traditional rural communities of South Africa :   report on policy for effective water governance in traditional rural communities : report to the Water Research Commission /    Gezina [South Africa] :   Water Research Commission,   2015.