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Water Wheel

WRC's flagship water magazine

The Water Wheel is the Water Research Commission's popular science magazine, covering the latest water research, policy developments, and innovations in South Africa. Issues are organised by volume and issue number below, with the most recent issue displayed first.

Volume 49

1 article

Volume 49 cover

Climate change adaptation: How will we feed people in 2050

Yacob Beletse

Volume 17

1 article

Volume 17 cover

Water Wheel September/October 2018

WRC Editorial

Volume 17

1 article

Volume 17 cover

The Water Wheel March/April 2018

WRC Editorial

Volume 17

8 articles

Volume 17 cover

The Water Wheel May-June 2018

WRC Editorial

Water Wheel January-February 2018

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel July-August 2018

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector March 2018

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector September 2018

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector July 2018

WRC Editorial

Water sector news May 2018

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector January 2018

WRC Editorial

Volume 16

12 articles

Volume 16 cover

The Water Wheel November-December 2017

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel March-April 2017

WRC Editorial

Water Wheel July-August 2017

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel January-February 2017

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel May-June 2017

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel September-October 2017

WRC Editorial

News from the water sector May 2017

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector July 2017

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector March 2017

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector November 2017

WRC Editorial

Water sector news September 2017

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector January 2017

WRC Editorial

Volume 15

11 articles

Volume 15 cover

The Water Wheel July-August 2016

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel November-December 2016

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel September-October 2016

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel May-June 2016

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel March-April 2016

WRC Editorial

Water Wheel January-February 2016

WRC Editorial

CEO Column: 2016 Year of the Monkey

Dhesigen Naidoo

South African water news November 2016

WRC Editorial

News for the SA water sector May 2016

WRC Editorial

News from the water sector September 2016

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector January 2016

WRC Editorial

Volume 14

1 article

Volume 14 cover

The Water Wheel March/April 2015

WRC Editorial

Volume 14

1 article

Volume 14 cover

Water Wheel January/February 2015

WRC Editorial

Volume 14

11 articles

Volume 14 cover

The Water Wheel November-December 2015

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel July-August 2015

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel May-June 2015

WRC Editorial

The Water Wheel September-October 2015

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector January 2015

WRC Editorial

News from the water sector September 2015

WRC Editorial

CEO Column: The year in focus 2015

Dhesigen Naidoo

CEO's column July 2015

Dhesigen Naidoo

News from the SA water sector July 2015

WRC Editorial

New reports from the WRC January 2015

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector May 2015

WRC Editorial

Volume 13

1 article

Volume 13 cover

Water Wheel November/December 2014

WRC Editorial

Volume 13

1 article

Volume 13 cover

The Water Wheel September/October 2014

WRC Editorial

Volume 13

1 article

Volume 13 cover

Water Wheel July/August 2014

WRC Editorial

Volume 13

1 article

Volume 13 cover

Water Wheel May/June 2014

WRC Editorial

Volume 13

1 article

Volume 13 cover

Water Wheel March/April 2014

WRC Editorial

Volume 13

1 article

Volume 13 cover

Water Wheel January/February 2014

WRC Editorial

Volume 13

6 articles

Volume 13 cover

News from the SA water sector November 2014

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector September 2014

WRC Editorial

News of the SA water sector January 2014

WRC Editorial

CEO's column and news from SA water sector July 2014

WRC Editorial

News from the global water sector July 2014

WRC Editorial

Last Word November 2014

WRC Editorial

Volume 12

1 article

Volume 12 cover

Water Wheel November/December 2013

WRC Editorial

Volume 12

1 article

Volume 12 cover

Water Wheel September/October 2013

WRC Editorial

Volume 12

1 article

Volume 12 cover

Water Wheel July/August 2013

WRC Editorial

Volume 12

1 article

Volume 12 cover

Water Wheel May/June 2013

WRC Editorial

Volume 12

1 article

Volume 12 cover

Water Wheel March/April 2013

WRC Editorial

Volume 12

1 article

Volume 12 cover

Water Wheel January/February 2013

WRC Editorial

Volume 12

10 articles

Volume 12 cover

News from the SA water sector January 2013

WRC Editorial

CEO Column and local water sector news November 2013

WRC Editorial

CEO Column and water sector news July 2013

WRC Editorial

CEO's column and news from SA water sector May 2013

WRC Editorial

CEO Column and news from the SA water sector September 2013

WRC Editorial

WRC Symposium 2013

Lani van Vuuren

Global water news March 2013

WRC Editorial

News from the global water sector January 2013

WRC Editorial

Global water sector news November 2013

WRC Editorial

New WRC reports January 2013

WRC Editorial

Volume 11

1 article

Volume 11 cover

Water Wheel November/December 2012

WRC Editorial

Volume 11

1 article

Volume 11 cover

Water Wheel September/October 2012

WRC Editorial

Volume 11

1 article

Volume 11 cover

Water Wheel July/August 2012

WRC Editorial

Volume 11

1 article

Volume 11 cover

Water Wheel May/June 2012

WRC Editorial

Volume 11

1 article

Volume 11 cover

Water Wheel March/April 2012

WRC Editorial

Volume 11

1 article

Volume 11 cover

Water Wheel January/February 2012

WRC Editorial

Volume 11

13 articles

Volume 11 cover

Water Wheel Special Edition 2012

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector September 2012

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector November 2012

WRC Editorial

Water sector news May 2012

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector July 2012

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector January 2012

WRC Editorial

Global water news May 2012

WRC Editorial

Global water news September 2012

WRC Editorial

New reports and global news January 2012

WRC Editorial

News from the local water sector March 2012

Lani van Vuuren

Company news July 2012

WRC Editorial

Global water news March 2012

Lani van Vuuren

Global water news July 2012

WRC Editorial

Volume 10

1 article

Volume 10 cover

Water Wheel November/December 2011

WRC Editorial

Volume 10

2 articles

Volume 10 cover

Water Wheel September/October 2011

WRC Editorial

Water Wheel September/October (Special Supplement) 2011

WRC Editorial

Volume 10

1 article

Volume 10 cover

Water Wheel July/August 2011

WRC Editorial

Volume 10

1 article

Volume 10 cover

Water Wheel May/June 2011

WRC Editorial

Volume 10

1 article

Volume 10 cover

Water Wheel March/April 2011

WRC Editorial

Volume 10

1 article

Volume 10 cover

Water Wheel January/February 2011

WRC Editorial

Volume 10

12 articles

Volume 10 cover

Letters to the Water Wheel November 2011

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector September 2011

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water industry March 2011

WRC Editorial

Letters and news on the SA water sector January 2011

WRC Editorial

Latest news from the SA water sector May 2011

WRC Editorial

Global news January 2011

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water industry November 2011

Lani van Vuuren

Global water news September 2011

WRC Editorial

New WRC reports July 2011

Lani van Vuuren

Water company news May 2011

WRC Editorial

Global water news March 2011

WRC Editorial

Global water news November 2011

Lani van Vuuren

Volume 9

1 article

Volume 9 cover

Water Wheel November/December 2010

WRC Editorial

Volume 9

1 article

Volume 9 cover

Water Wheel September/October 2010

WRC Editorial

Volume 9

1 article

Volume 9 cover

Water Wheel July/August 2010

WRC Editorial

Volume 9

1 article

Volume 9 cover

Water Wheel May/June 2010

WRC Editorial

Volume 9

1 article

Volume 9 cover

Water Wheel March/April 2010

WRC Editorial

Volume 9

1 article

Volume 9 cover

Water Wheel January/February 2010

WRC Editorial

Volume 9

14 articles

Letters to the Editor September 2010

WRC Editorial

Latest news from the South African water sector July 2010

Lani van Vuuren

Letters to the Editor May 2010

WRC Editorial

News from the water sector November-December 2010

Lani van Vuuren

News on International Year of Biodiversity July 2010

Lani van Vuuren

International Year of Biodiversity September 2010

Lani van Vuuren

News from the South African water sector May 2010

Lani van Vuuren

News from International Year of Biodiversity November 2010

Lani van Vuuren

New WRC reports (May 2010)

Lani van Vuuren

News from the global water sector July 2010

Lani van Vuuren

News snippets September 2010

Lani van Vuuren

Company and global water news November 2010

Lani van Vuuren

South African water company news July 2010

Lani van Vuuren

Research projects in progress November 2010

Lani van Vuuren

Volume 8

1 article

Volume 8 cover

Water Wheel November/December 2009

WRC Editorial

Volume 8

1 article

Volume 8 cover

Water Wheel September/October 2009

WRC Editorial

Volume 8

1 article

Volume 8 cover

Water Wheel July/August 2009

WRC Editorial

Volume 8

1 article

Water Wheel - May/Jun 2009

van Vuuren L

Volume 8

1 article

Water Wheel - Mar/Apr 2009

van Vuuren L

Volume 8

1 article

Water Wheel - Jan/Feb 2009

van Vuuren L

Volume 8

5 articles

News from the South African water sector (March 2009)

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector (January 2009)

van Vuuren L

Global water news (March 2009)

van Vuuren L

Water company news (March 2009)

van Vuuren L

News from water companies (May 2009)

van Vuuren L

Volume 7

1 article

Water Wheel - Nov/Dec 2008

van Vuuren L

Volume 7

2 articles

Water Wheel - Sep/Oct 2008

van Vuuren L

Water Wheel - Sep/Oct 2008 Supplement

van Vuuren L

Volume 7

1 article

Water Wheel - Jul/Aug 2008

van Vuuren L

Volume 7

1 article

Water Wheel - May/Jun 2008

van Vuuren L

Volume 7

1 article

Water Wheel - Mar/Apr 2008

van Vuuren L

Volume 7

1 article

Water Wheel - Jan/Feb 2008

van Vuuren L

Volume 7

10 articles

News from the South African water sector (September 2008)

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector (March 2008)

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector (November 2008)

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector (January 2008)

van Vuuren L

Water company news (September 2008)

van Vuuren L

Letters to the Editor (July 2008)

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector (May 2008)

van Vuuren L

New WRC reports (September 2008)

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector (July 2008)

van Vuuren L

News from the global water sector (September 2008)

van Vuuren L

Volume 6

1 article

Water Wheel - Nov/Dec 2007

van Vuuren L

Volume 6

1 article

Water Wheel - Sep/Oct 2007

van Vuuren L

Volume 6

1 article

Water Wheel - Jul/Aug 2007

van Vuuren L

Volume 6

1 article

Water Wheel - May/Jun 2007

van Vuuren L

Volume 6

1 article

Water Wheel - Mar/Apr 2007

van Vuuren L

Volume 6

8 articles

Water Wheel - Jan/Febr 2007

van Vuuren L

Letters to the Editor (May 2007)

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector (May 2007)

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector (July 2007)

van Vuuren L

Letters to the Editor (November 2007)

WRC Editorial

Letters to the Editor (September 2007)

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector (September 2007)

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector (November 2007)

van Vuuren L

Volume 5

1 article

Water Wheel - Nov/Dec 2006

van Vuuren L

Volume 5

1 article

Water Wheel - Sep/Oct 2006

van Vuuren L

Volume 5

1 article

Water Wheel - Jul/Aug 2006

van Vuuren L

Volume 5

1 article

Water Wheel - May/Jun 2006

van Vuuren L

Volume 5

1 article

Water Wheel - Mar/Apr 2006

van Vuuren L

Volume 5

1 article

Water Wheel - Jan/Febr 2006

van Vuuren L

Volume 4

1 article

Water Wheel - Nov/Dec 2005

van Vuuren L

Volume 4

1 article

Water Wheel - Sep/Oct 2005

van Vuuren L

Volume 4

1 article

Water Wheel - Jul/Aug 2005

van Vuuren L

Volume 4

1 article

Water Wheel - May/Jun 2005

van Vuuren L

Volume 4

1 article

Water Wheel - Mar/Apr 2005

van Vuuren L

Volume 4

1 article

Water Wheel - Jan/Feb 2005

van Vuuren L

Volume 3

1 article

Water Wheel - Nov/Dec 2004

du Plessis J

Volume 3

1 article

Water Wheel - Jul/Oct 2004

van Vuuren L

Volume 3

1 article

Water Wheel - May/Jun 2004

van Vuuren L

Volume 3

1 article

Water Wheel - Mar/Apr 2004

van Vuuren L

Volume 3

1 article

Water Wheel - Jan/Feb 2004

van Vuuren L

Volume 3

10 articles

Water Wheel - Special Edition 2004

van Vuuren L

Letters to the Editor (May 2004)

Jan du Plessis

News from the South African water sector July 2004

Jan du Plessis

News from the South African water sector (May 2004)

Jan du Plessis

News from the South African water sector March 2004

Jan du Plessis

News from the South African water sector January 2004

Jan du Plessis

Conference & Symposia January 2004

Jan du Plessis

Latest WRC publications (November 2004)

Jan du Plessis

Conferences and symposia May 2004

Jan du Plessis

Conferences and symposia March 2004

Jan du Plessis

Volume 2

1 article

Water Wheel - Nov/Dec 2003

van Vuuren L

Volume 2

1 article

Water Wheel - Sep/Oct 2003

van Vuuren L

Volume 2

1 article

Water Wheel - Jul/Aug 2003

van Vuuren L

Volume 2

1 article

Water Wheel - May/Jun 2003

van Vuuren L

Volume 2

1 article

Water Wheel - Mar/Apr 2003

van Vuuren L

Volume 2

1 article

Water Wheel - Jan/Feb 2003

van Vuuren L

Volume 2

10 articles

News from the South African water sector 2003

Jan du Plessis

News from the South African water sector 2003

Jan du Plessis

News from the South African water sector 2003

Jan du Plessis

SA youth water prize 2003

Jan du Plessis

Conferences and symposia January 2003

Jan du Plessis

Conferences and symposia May 2003

Jan du Plessis

Conferences and symposia March 2003

Jan du Plessis

Conferences and symposia September 2003

Jan du Plessis

Letters to the Editor 2003

WRC Editorial

Conferences and symposia July 2003

Jan du Plessis

Volume 1

1 article

Water Wheel - Nov/Dec 2002

van Vuuren L

Volume 1

5 articles

Volume 1 cover

SA Waterbulletin March 2002

WRC Editorial

SA Waterbulletin January 2002

WRC Editorial

SA Waterbulletin May 2002

WRC Editorial

News from the SA water sector 2002

Jan du Plessis

Conferences and symposia November 2002

Jan du Plessis

Undated

929 articles

Undated cover

SA Waterbulletin July 2000

WRC Editorial

Water Wheel Special Edition on Groundwater

WRC Editorial

SA Waterbulletin May 1999

WRC Editorial

SA Waterbulletin September 2000

WRC Editorial

SA Waterbulletin March 1999

WRC Editorial

SA Waterbulletin December 1998

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SA Waterbulletin February 1983

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SA Waterbulletin May 2000

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SA Waterbulletin November 2000

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SA Waterbulletin November 1995

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SA Waterbulletin January 1996

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SA Waterbulletin July 1996

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SA Waterbulletin November 2001

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SA Waterbulletin October 1988

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SA Waterbulletin July 1997

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SA Waterbulletin September 1996

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SA Waterbulletin March 1996

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SA Waterbulletin May 1982

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SA Waterbulletin November 1996

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SA Waterbulletin May 1996

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SA Waterbulletin January 1997

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SA Waterbulletin March 1997

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SA Waterbulletin September 1999

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SA Waterbulletin May 1997

WRC Editorial

Water Wheel Water Kidz Special Edition

WRC Editorial

SA Waterbulletin September 1997

WRC Editorial

SA Waterbulletin February 1989

WRC Editorial

WRC offers free search on Internet

WRC Editorial

SA Waterbulletin June 1998

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SA Waterbulletin October 1998

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SA Waterbulletin November 1985

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SA Waterbulletin May 1984

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SA Waterbulletin May 1985

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SA Waterbulletin November 1982

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SA Waterbulletin March 2000

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SA Waterbulletin May 2001

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SA Waterbulletin January 2000

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SA Waterbulletin November 1999

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SA Waterbulletin March 1998

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SA Waterbulletin November 1984

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SA Waterbulletin April 1989

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SA Waterbulletin June 1989

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SA Waterbulletin January 1998

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SA Waterbulletin February 1984

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SA Waterbulletin July 2001

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SA Waterbulletin April 1988

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SA Waterbulletin October 1982

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SA Waterbulletin December 1988

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SA Waterbulletin August 1989

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SA Waterbulletin January 1990

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SA Waterbulletin July 1999

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SA Waterbulletin January 2001

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SA Waterbulletin August 1985

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SA Waterbulletin February 1985

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SA Waterbulletin March 1990

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SA Waterbulletin December 1990

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SA Waterbulletin February 1991

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SA Waterbulletin April 1980

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SA Waterbulletin April 1991

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SA Waterbulletin June 1991

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SA Waterbulletin September 1981

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SA Waterbulletin September 1980

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SA Waterbulletin August 1982

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SA Waterbulletin August 1983

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SA Waterbulletin March 1982

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SA Waterbulletin April 1984

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SA Waterbulletin February 1986

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SA Waterbulletin May 1986

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SA Waterbulletin November 1986

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SA Waterbulletin September 1991

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SA Waterbulletin November 1993

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SA Waterbulletin February 1988

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SA Waterbulletin September 1995

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Comment: Wat(t)ermense? pg 4

Marlese Nel

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

The promise of a new global agenda

Dhesigen Naidoo

News from the water sector

WRC Editorial

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

News from the water sector (a)

Jan du Plessis

New version of mini water quality bug test

Lani van Vuuren

News from the SA water sector

Lani van Vuuren

Letters to the Editor

WRC Editorial

Artificial recharge - A novel method to 'bank' water

Sue Matthews

Protecting nature’s nurseries – Study highlights importance of natural flow to estuaries

Petro Kotze

Young alien buster wins trip to Sweden

Jan du Plessis

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

Tortoises, midnight thieves and keeping time has Prince Albert's Irrigation Board on its toes

Jan du Plessis

A word or two by WRC CEO

Dhesigen Naidoo

Letters to the Editor

WRC Editorial

Letter to the Editor

WRC Editorial

A word from the Editor

van Vuuren L

CEOs message & news from SA water sector

WRC Editorial

New sludge treatment technology benefits environment & saves millions

Sue Matthews

Letters to the Editor

WRC Editorial

Conservation agriculture: Farming for the future

Petro Kotze

News from the South African water sector

WRC Editorial

Can we benefit from a value benefit shift? - CEO Column

Dhesigen Naidoo

News from the SA water sector

van Vuuren L

Letters to the Editor

Jan du Plessis

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

Comment: Water people (English translation)

Marlese Nel

The global hunger crisis - Water as a route to nutritional security

Dhesigen Naidoo

Upfront: News from the water sector

Lani van Vuuren

First SA study on stress levels of caught and released fish

Lani van Vuuren

Water Wheel survey

WRC Editorial

New guideline to determine pasture water requirements

Sue Matthews

Come rain or come shine? Study contributes to more accurate forecasting

Lani van Vuuren

Biotechnology: From the laboratory to the marketplace

Catherine Knox

Wemmershoek - 75 years in the making

Lani van Vuuren

One of South Africa’s potential breadbaskets at risk, study shows

Kim Trollip

Research project underlines the importance of South Africa’s peatlands

Sue Matthews

Protecting South Africa’s national parks against the threat of climate change

Sue Matthews

National Water Summit

WRC Editorial

WUAs: Diamonds are for ever but not water

Jan du Plessis

Refusing to DUC(T) for cover – how one organisation is making a difference to KZN’s rivers

Lani van Vuuren

Sanitation research - laying the foundation for sustainable service delivery

van Vuuren L

Cape Town drought places sewerage systems under pressure

Jorisna Bonthuys

New treatment plant cuts Mittal's discharge to zero

van Vuuren L

Eradicating alien fish species from Western Cape

Sue Matthews

New App a shot in the arm for blackfly control along Orange River

Sue Matthews

Water sector news July(2)

Lani van Vuuren

New study steers integrated management of Gouritz water

Sue Matthews

The crusade for sufficient school sanitation

Sue Matthews

Cyanobacteria moitoring getting sophisticated

Sue Matthews

New ministerial initiative to transform water sector

WRC Editorial

The Ecological Reserve: For people or for insects & fish?

Jan du Plessis

Worth their salt - Determining the value of Limpopo's water ecosystems

Sue Matthews

Training the trainers – Guiding extension advisors in irrigation

Lani van Vuuren

Dangers in our water – Fighting the scourge of bilharzia

Sue Matthews

Winds of change - exploring the growing phenomenon of environmental refugees

Lani van Vuuren

Study explores microplastic pollution

Jorisna Bonthuys

News from the SA water sector

van Vuuren L

Water company news

WRC Editorial

WRC meets Southern Africa's agricultural needs

Edith Webster

News from the SA water sector

van Vuuren L

Ensuring a better water future – together

WRC Editorial

Experts unite to save abused river from extinction

van Vuuren L

Metolong - Lesotho's first RCC dam takes shape

Lani van Vuuren

Biomimicry - Exploring nature's genius for a better tomorrow

Lani van Vuuren

Growing currency rather than carrots - Why are SA poor still hungry

Lani van Vuuren

Orange River artery keeps South-Western Free State heart beating

Jan du Plessis

Citizens indispensable in modern biodiversity protection

Sue Matthews

Is climate prediction model flawed?

GF Midgley & LG Underhill

From grey to green - reusing wastewater for food

van Vuuren L

Environmental biotechnology unlocks the value in polluted waters

Catherine Knox

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

There's life in groundwater

Edith Webster

The age of the drone – Keeping an eye on the nation’s water

Sue Matthews

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

Study tests the water for more efficient products

van Vuuren L

Rural school sanitation – On the path to hope and dignity

Sue Matthews

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

Stormwater ingress threatens urban health

van Vuuren L

The first river health study is completed in the Eastern Cape

van Vuuren L

News from the water sector (b)

Jan du Plessis

National survey highlights how tanneries have stepped up their water game

Sue Matthews

The sweet smell of success

Catherine Knox

News from South African water companies

Lani van Vuuren

New reports from the WRC

Lani van Vuuren

Musa will not drink from that stream again

Jan du Plessis

The changing face of Rietvlei Dam

Lani van Vuuren

Alien infested waters – how to solve an unsolvable problem

Sue Matthews

Intriguing discoveries from mine fissure water organisms

Marleen Smith

How communities in KwaZulu-Natal are affecting Gauteng water quality

van Vuuren L

Taking a fresh look at water in a time of scarcity

Dawid Bosman

Water news from around the world

Lani van Vuuren

There's life in groundwater

Edith Webster

Making space for inland fishers

Petro Kotze

Kruger getting house in order for severe drought

Petro Kotze

Farming with fish – Community finds new hope through aquaculture project

Sue Matthews

DWS to boost women entrepreneurs

WRC Editorial

Economic boom strains Waterberg resource

van Vuuren L

African Ministers unite in fight against backlogs

van Vuuren L

Intensive operation on cards to save SA's top estuary

van Vuuren L

‘Radical shift’ needed to reduce risks during pit emptying for workers, households

Jorisna Bonthuys

A unique SA solution to an expensive problem

Jan du Plessis

Project provides new tools for weather man's toolbox

van Vuuren L

Food from used water

Charles Crosby

Mine saves millions through zero discharge plan

Lani van Vuuren

Scientists brave SA's mightiest river to kayak from source to sea

Lani van Vuuren

Of Watts and Drops - New compendium switches on the lights for energy efficiency in water

Lani van Vuuren

Kruger rivers post-flood research programme

Melissa Parsons

Hartbeespoort Dam - An action plan

Jan du Plessis

International Year of Sanitation

van Vuuren L

There's something in the water - Research highlights dangers of pollution to irrigation

Petro Kotze

New project lends from nature to power up villages

Petro Kotze

SA enters the nanofrontier

van Vuuren L

Maintenance, skills still impede infrastructure services

Lani van Vuuren

Water use efficiency – Irrigators take the lead in Lower Olifants

Lani van Vuuren

Reading the land – new atlas set to improve decision-making around mining and water

Sue Matthews

Aquaculture gets a second chance in SA

van Vuuren L

Resource use efficiencies in potato production

AC Franke, JM Steyn, ATB Machakaire, and AJ Haverkort

Grap(pe)ling with salinity along Lower Orange

van Vuuren L

Gauteng - save water or pay the price

van Vuuren L

Improved water use only a satellite away

Lani van Vuuren

SA hotels now 'aquasmart' thanks to new tool

Sue Matthews

Water research: Finding solutions to benefit all

van Vuuren L

Tracing van Riebeeck's footsteps

Sue Matthews

Secret of improved energy security may lie in our dams and pipelines

Lani van Vuuren

The salt whisperers – Study shows rural women not benefiting from indigenous knowledge to extract Baleni salt

Leonie Joubert

Shared Rivers Initiative: Supporting the wise use of southern Africa's waters

WRC Editorial

Red Letter Year for authorities to prevent mine-water catastrophe

Lani van Vuuren

Progress and pitfalls of river health research investment assessed

van Vuuren L

Water quality: Would you swim here?

Sophia Dower

Destruction of nature's chemist - Researchers urge for action

Lani van Vuuren

Balancing power and water at Braamhoek

van Vuuren L

Research brings clean water to rural school

van Vuuren L

From trapped to tap: Mine-water becomes a commidity

van Vuuren L

Diatoms - A new dimension to water monitoring

van Vuuren L

Recipe for success – exploring the tools farmers need to succeed

Sue Matthews

WRC Board - Changing of the guard

Lani van Vuuren

Government leaders slow to reserve water for environment

van Vuuren L

Bridging scour knowledge through research

van Vuuren L

Back to basics - research looks down the pit

van Vuuren L

Research builds body of knowledge to protect Waterberg rivers

Lani van Vuuren

Taking on the challenges of water resources assessment

Lani van Vuuren

Big savings through leakage reduction as part of water demand management

Jan du Plessis

What's that in your water?

van Vuuren L

International Year of Sanitation

van Vuuren L

Managing water for economic development

van Vuuren L

Have our provincial aquatic scientists become critically endangered?

Dean Impson

Smallholder systems innovations in IWRM: An exciting new research programme

Jan du Plessis

Vaal Barrage - Storing water for a thirsty city

van Vuuren L

Connecting research and policy - Three WRC research reports taken up in new mining and environment policies

Kim Trollip

KwaZulu-Natal: It's man versus croc

Lani van Vuuren

Increasing the benefits from rural agriculture for South Africa’s women

Petro Kotze

Human cell test distinguishes dirty water from dangerous water

Jan du Plessis

Two thirsty cities’ successful attempts to consume less water

Petro Kotze

Urban consumers give water services the thumbs up

Petro Kotze

Sophia Dower

Stepping up smallholder agricultural production - What role does water play?

Lani van Vuuren

New tools developed to help restore our rivers

Sue Matthews

Precious heritage – Project quantifies the value of SA’s Ramsar wetlands

Sue Matthews

Coal-mining's impact on Waterberg under the microscope

van Vuuren L

No false start for South Africa's newest Ramsar site

Sue Matthews

What happens to soil water when savannas burn?

Petro Kotze

Post Day Zero – Lessons in resilience from São Paulo

Petro Kotze

Study aims to break the cycle of disease

Lani van Vuuren

New strategy to light path for sustainable groundwater use

Lani van Vuuren

The registration of irrigation water use (A)

Charles Crosby

Thermal springs generate heated interest

Petro Kotze

SA’s engineering giants help launch WRC’s book on history of large dams

WRC Editorial

Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme - Feeding the hungry heartland

van Vuuren L

Drought management – Strengthening our knowledge armoury

Lani van Vuuren

Study confirms benefits of sludge re-use

van Vuuren L

Research into ecological infrastructure steps up a gear

Arno de Klerk

Novel study looks at ecosystem services provided by palmiet wetlands

Jorisna Bonthuys

Hydraulic fracturing: Adding to the debate

Petro Kotze

The Cape’s fynbos wetlands – then and now

Sue Matthews

Investigations on track into impacts of bio-diesel tree

van Vuuren L

The GWK Limited Irrigation Scheduling Service

Charles Crosby

Water harvesting: A key to food security for Africa?

Marleen Smith

Proudly-South African Felix Reinders to head up global irrigation and drainage commission

Kim Trollip

What can we learn from Karoo farmers about coping with drought?

Sue Matthews

Flow & transport characteristics of groundwater in Karoo formations

Jan du Plessis

Prof Bhekie Mamba: Dedicated to refining water treatment technologies that can save lives

Kim Trollip

New WRC reports

Lani van Vuuren

Helping rivers fight for their lives

van Vuuren L

New guide to managing valuable resource

van Vuuren L

Raising a glass to SA's groundwater

Lani van Vuuren

Breede River environment plan taking shape

Leanne Seeliger, Annabel Horn and Wilna Kloppers

Start saving or start paying, river studies warn

van Vuuren L

Paying more due to pollution - The impact of algae on SA's fruit and wine sector

Willem de Lange

Civil engineering fraternity expresses concern over state of South Africa’s infrastructure

Lani van Vuuren

Wetland plants - Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde?

Edith Webster

Dam project could improve aquatic environment

van Vuuren L

Guidelines pave the way for safe use of greywater

Petro Kotze

New hope for troubled waters - The Hartbeespoort Dam test case

Jan du Plessis

Princessvlei - Tug of war over Cape Flats wetland continues

Petro Kotze

'Closure Mining' - Introducing a new concept for environmentally responsible development

Anthony Turton

Your water meters are your cash registers

Deleen Wilson

Project sheds light on underground water

van Vuuren L

Changing long drops into green drops - Authorities work to save sewage sector from crisis

Lani van Vuuren

Irrigation farming: a lifeline for budding ‘agripreneurs’

Kim Trollip

Cholera - the threat is not over

van Vuuren L

Monitoring soil salinity and waterlogging using satellite images

Karen Grobler

Blue Drop: Slow but steady progress in restoring SA's drinking water quality

Lani van Vuuren

Innovative new irrigation water management tools enhances production efficiency

Jan du Plessis

Working for water: More money for research

Sue Matthews

Supporting South Africa's water factories

Petro Kotze

Kouga catchment enters rehab

Sue Matthews

Investing in ecological infrastructure for our future water security

Petro Kotze

Improving municipal wastewater management in coastal cities

Jan du Plessis

Mapping the rocky road to smallholder vitality

van Vuuren L

Forecasting Benguela Ninos

Sue Matthews

Novel treatment solutions turns industrial wastewater into commodity

Sue Matthews

Bottled water sector bubbling over

van Vuuren L

Project modelling irrigation water use through satellite technology progresses

Sue Matthews

Poor and angry - Research grapples with reasons behind social protests

Lani van Vuuren

Counting the lost drops - Study into non-revenue water shows we can do more

Lani van Vuuren

Project shows what a lot we got

van Vuuren L

Study expands SA knowledge of agricultural non-point source pollution

Lani van Vuuren

Satellite technology keeping an eye on South Africa’s dams

Sue Matthews

Water for elephants - Towards natural population management

Petro Kotze

Giant rising in Olifants tributary

Lani van Vuuren

Improper greywater management raises concerns

van Vuuren L

Every drop counts in Kruger's big green wastewater schemes

Petro Kotze

Bad tasting groundwater tackled

Max Karen & Jim Anscombe

Hundreds gather for first young water professionals conference in Africa

Lani van Vuuren

Flirting with (natural) disaster – Recent floods highlight need for adequate forecasting

Sue Matthews

A walk down memory lane: Remembering the golden years of dam building

Will Alexander

More fruit with less water possible study shows

Lani van Vuuren

Potential health timbe bomb ticking in FS

van Vuuren L

Plans afoot to save Cape Town’s largest estuary

Sue Matthews

New water institute aims to spearhead 'Blue Revolution'

Lani van Vuuren

SA hopes to answer big questions around the impact of small science

Lani van Vuuren & Ndeke Musee

Adapting to climate change - Keep uncertainty in mind, scientist urges

Denis Hughes

WRC Editorial

Pongolapoort Dam: Development steeped in controversy

van Vuuren L

No flash in the pan: How pour flush toilets are driving away SA's sanitation backlog

Lani van Vuuren

Developments to prevent mine-water pollution on the Witwatersrand

van Vuuren L

Turning up the heat: Research project investigates water temperature effects on freshwater systems

Sue Matthews

Spring Grove - A new dam rising in the KZN Midlands

Lani van Vuuren

Wastewater treatment – Tackling a wicked problem through dialogue and action research

Victor Munnik and Tally Palmer

Knowledge - Cornerstone to SA's adaption to climate change

van Vuuren L

Seawater desalination – what difference does site choice make to cost?

Dawid Bosman

Start saving or start paying, report warns

van Vuuren L

The science of hydropedology - linking soil morphology with hydrological processes

Johan van Tol, Pieter le Roux and Simon Lorentz

Healers to spread the word on health and hygiene

van Vuuren L

Groundwater - From 'inferior' to 'superior'

Lani van Vuuren

Women take lead in Nhlungwane water project

Louise Torr

Olifants - Time to stand up for river under siege

Lani van Vuuren

Water footprints – the story of our fruit and vegetables

WRC Editorial

Madibeng - the place of 'water'

Pregs Govender

Floods and droughts: Making sense of disaster

Jan du Plessis

Water history - Taming the poort

van Vuuren L

In-depth study sheds light on irrigated farming areas, water use

Jorisna Bonthuys

Climate change - the last straw for communities at risk?

van Vuuren L

All eyes on Olifants as experts search for answers

Lani van Vuuren

For peat sakes - Can SA afford the demise of its natural carbon & water stores?

Lani van Vuuren

Kouga Dam - Serving the fertile Gamtoos valley

Lani van Vuuren

From a flood to a trickle - Water for all but only if we start saving

Lani van Vuuren

Monitoring the ecological success of wetland rehabilitation

Petro Kotze

Irrigation water metering - It's plain good sense

Lani van Vuuren

The art of learning - How science is assisting emerging farmers in Limpopo

Sue Matthews

Managing Southern Africa's shared aquifers

van Vuuren L

Lifeline for struggling water treatment plants

van Vuuren L

Poor decisions of the past may cost Cape its 'living gold'

van Vuuren L

The science of women in wetlands

Jorisna Bonthuys

High-tech solution helps nut farmers

Charles Crosby

Water fiction: That I cannot say

Rosamund Stanford

Determining how much is just enough

van Vuuren L

From wine waste to clean water

Sue Matthews

Mpumalanga wetland rehab partnership a win for ecological infrastructure

Lani van Vuuren

From wetland to waste land - Human activities threaten Gauteng treasure

van Vuuren L

Taking back the 'lost' wetland

Petro Kotze

SAPWAT team calls for hands-on feedback

Charles Crosby

The registration of irrigation water use (B)

Charles Crosby

Institutional conundrum sinking groundwater supply in North West town

Lani van Vuuren

Promoting sustainable economic development in water-constrained catchments

Claire Pengelly and Helen Seyler.

A common language for describing inland aquatic ecosystems in South Africa

Petro Kotze

South Africa and Nambia ensuring enough irrigation water together

Sue Matthews

Agroforestry poised to grow economy and save water

Edith Webster

Molteno – ‘Old boy’ of Cape Town still in service despite chequered start

Arne Singels

Young alien buster wins trip to Sweden

Jan du Plessis

Report unearths rich history of SA aquatic science

Lani van Vuuren

School sanitation – Returning dignity to South African schools

Sue Matthews

What 115 years of data tells us about Africa’s battle with malaria past and present

Bob Snow

What’s that in your drinking water?

Louise de Bruin

Measuring integration – towards a water-energy-food nexus index

Gareth Simpson and Marit Berchner

Confronting inequitable power dynamics of global knowledge production and exchange

Laura Czerniewicz

Changing our behaviour – How to get the most from your water bill

Richard Holden

Water history: Vaalharts

Lani van Vuuren

Is water the new oil?

Anthony Turton

Colbyn Valley - The ultimate urban wetland survivor

Tamsyn Sherwill

How much water will we need to keep the lights on?

Petro Kotze

Poor and hungry - Study reveals how little we know about what people eat in SA

Lani van Vuuren

The hunt's afoot for Kruger's amphibians in new kiss-and-tell study

Petro Kotze

World first: Full-scale BioSure plant commissioned

van Vuuren L

An opportune time to promote demand-side water management

Jeremiah Mutamba

Suite of tools help citizens take control of freshwater management

Sue Matthews

Water savings: Persistence pays off at Vaalharts

Lani van Vuuren

National Biodiversity Assessment – Testing the integrity of our freshwater ecosystems

Heidi van Deventer

Johannesburg - City on a watershed

Petro Kotze

Are we ready for a sludge revolution?

van Vuuren L

UP experts unite under one umbrella

van Vuuren L

Large-scale desalination: What can we learn from Australia?

Dawid Bosman

New ways of dealing with Cape Town's flooded communities

Gina Ziervogel and Leonie Joubert

SA's first freshwater priority areas atlas launched

Lani van Vuuren

Aquaculture in South Africa - From fingerling to prize catch

Lani van Vuuren

Water control ensures Great Fish River Valley remains land of milk & honey

Jan du Plessis

Career in water: Olivia's rise from street sweeper to manager

Lebo Moncho

Tropical storm brings much needed relief to iSimangaliso

Lani van Vuuren

Improved groundwater monitoring through GRACE

Sue Matthews

After 150 years Pretoria’s Fountains still a source of life

Lani van Vuuren

Viewpoint: Fluoridation of water

Jan du Plessis

Smart technology helps bring researchers closer to SA's aquatic life

Lani van Vuuren

Searching for clues inside the claws

Petro Kotze

Household wastewater still a grey area

van Vuuren L

Busting hunger through research

van Vuuren L

Growing knowledge on South Africa's wild plants

Lani van Vuuren

Eradicating invasive alien fish - It can be done, project shows

Lani van Vuuren

SA mops up following floods

Lani van Vuuren

Predicting the water use and growth of Eucalyptus trees in Zululand

Jan du Plessis

What next for Western Cape water?

van Vuuren L

Access to clean water crucial in fight against AIDS

Alana Potter

Sowing seeds of knowledge

Karen Grobler

The potential of small hydropower plants in South Africa

Petro Kotze

Rural Free Basic Water under magnifying glass

van Vuuren L

Extensive research hopes to answer - Should we ‘grow’ our future fuels?

Kim Trollip

Harnessing the Collywobbles

Sue Matthews

Pietersieliekloof wetland rehabilitation project – Investing in the future

Heidi Nieuwoudt, Piet-Louis Grundling, Lana du Toit and Farai Tererai

IMPI for mine-water treatment

Edith Webster

Wild vegetables tamed to decrease hunger

van Vuuren L

Rural poor struggling up the sanitation ladder

van Vuuren L

Microscope refocused on SA water quality threat

van Vuuren L

Database helps SA keep pledges to neighbours

van Vuuren L

Pin-pointing pesticide contamination and the damage it can do to people

Petro Kotze

Is government's biofuel strategy waterproof? WRC study investigates

Petro Kotze

Beyond the farm gate: FruitLook unlocks bigger picture

Jorisna Bonthuys

Water quality: Would you swim here?

Sophia Dower

Southern African water conflicts: Are they inevitable or preventable?

Peter Ashton

Good practices for water use authorisation systems - Lessons from five countries

Pegasys Institute & IWMI

Study shows power of energy outages on water sector

Petro Kotze

Olifants River - Home to one of SA's oldest irrigation schemes

Lani van Vuuren

Skipping the queue – female urinals successfully tested in KZN, Mpumalanga

Sue Matthews

Musa will not drink from that stream again

Louise Torr

Olifants River - Pioneering catchment wide study reaches halfway mark

Lani van Vuuren

Mercury levels in SA water resources probed

Sue Matthews

Water saving simulation model

John Fair

Loskop Dam - Early local engineering ingenuity

van Vuuren L

Blood, sweat and tears at Riviersonderend

Lani van Vuuren

Misguided technology choices throwing fat in municipal fire

Lani van Vuuren

WRC sanitation reports

van Vuuren L

(Careers in water) Tshepo Maeko: Rooted in Africa

Jan du Plessis

Detecting the invisible: Encouraging results from study on emerging contaminants

Lani van Vuuren

Reclaimed water – A valuable supply if you can trust it

Kim Trollip

Teaching through play: New game educates rural communities on risk

Paula Hay and Rowena Hay

Water Minister declares WAR

van Vuuren L

Groundbreaking study examines Islamic legal view on water reclamation

Jorisna Bonthuys

Water Resources: South Africans must start saving every drop

Lani van Vuuren

Software tools to help reduce leakage in water distirbution systems

Jan du Plessis

What Africa’s drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots

Gina Ziervogel

Turning to nature to solve modern day problems

Petro Kotze

Nqweba Dam - Supplying water to the thirsty Karoo

Lani van Vuuren

Sowing the seeds of knowledge

van Vuuren L

New technology helps scientists shed light on fish movement in estuaries

Lani van Vuuren

Management, tenure issues threaten Limpopo smallholder irrigation schemes

Lani van Vuuren

The river guardians of Groot Marico

Petro Kotze

Cape Town - Water for a thirsty city (Part 2)

Petro Kotze

Rainwater harvesting from tanks - Useful yet, but can you drink it?

Lani van Vuuren

From barley to bottle – water focus pays off for SA beer maker

Sue Matthews

Frog count - Study confirms rich biodiversity of amphibians in Kruger

Lani van Vuuren

Why is there an ecological reserve

David le Maitre

Drakenstein proves small municipalities can save water

Sue Matthews

Time running out as Africa sprints towards MDG deadline

Lani van Vuuren

Groundwater and surface water interaction: From theory to practice

Petro Kotze

Blink and they might be gone – latest biodiversity assessment highlights dangers to SA’s wetlands

Lani van Vuuren

Rainwater monitoring crucial to catchment management - DWA

N Vermaak, H de Haast, P Havenga and G Steyl

Communicating science - mission impossible?

Nikki Funke & Ernita v Wyk

SAACE aims for quality over cost

van Vuuren L

Harnessing the powr of change

Debbie Besseling

The ABC of EDCs - Global concern spurs researchers into action

van Vuuren L

The Lowveld's worst drought in 33 years? Understanding the long-term impacts

Tony Swemmer

Municipalities receive support to manage their wetlands

Sue Matthews

Billions remain unserved as world races towards meeting the SDGs

Lani van Vuuren

Water and energy join hands to avert future crisis

van Vuuren L

Gariep - The dam that tamed the Great River

Lani van Vuuren

Locally developed climate model verified

Will Alexander

Search continues for answers on health impact of ecosan

van Vuuren L

Using space technology to verify water use

Johan Wentzel & Julian Conrad

Satellites to assist SA in determining evaporation

van Vuuren L

Kakamas - oasis in the desert

Lani van Vuuren

Ecosan - in search of a sustainable sanitation solution

van Vuuren L

Food from used water - Making the previously impossible happen

Charles Crosby

Water and household food production

Charles Crosby

Leading the charge towards innovation – Valerie Naidoo

WRC Editorial

Signing a shot in the arm for skills training

van Vuuren L

A glance at groundwater's role in development

van Vuuren L

Guidelines set to train new generation of extension officers

Lani van Vuuren

Analysing South Africa’s water management options mitigating drought

Emmanuel Mwendera

Desalination no holy grail says nature group

van Vuuren L

Spare a thought for our migrating fish

Petro Kotze

Water the tie that binds Eastern Cape community

van Vuuren L

Waste minimisation makes good business sense at Berg River Textiles

Jan du Plessis

Benefits flow from SA water innovation to irrigation schemes, farms

Jorisna Bonthuys

SA's rich water history unearthed

van Vuuren L

New research node to contribute to 'water sensitive' future

van Vuuren L

Shedding light on Mapungubwe’s disappearing riverine forest

Petro Kotze

Shifting to urban sensitive water design – One Water

Pierre Mukheibir

Novel research aims to clarify impact of fog

Petro Kotze

Lani van Vuuren

Hydropower – keeping the lights on in the Mother City

Sue Matthews

The incredible platanna and its deadly legacy

Jo van As

World Commission on Large Dams - What South Africa is doing about it

Jan du Plessis

Water - precious resource to be used again and again and again

Sue Matthews

The drugs we wash away: What happens to antiretrovirals in the aquatic environment

Chavon Walters

Seasonal hydrological forecasting - current state of play

Piotr Wolski, Chris Lennard, Chris Jack, and Mark Tadross

Climate change will affect profitability of SA farms differently

Engela Duvenage

Protecting the environment for development – Linking ecosystem functions and development outcomes

Marius Claassen & Liesl Hill

Spreading the conservation message - Are we doing it right?

Wilma Strydom

Groundwater prospects probed for olive farm

van Vuuren L

Rivers: life-giving veins of the Earth

Lani van Vuuren

Do invasive alien plants really use more water? Study investigates

CSIR

New water framework counts every drop

van Vuuren L

Tools give resource managers more muscle

van Vuuren L

New research aims to identify those at extreme risk of cimate change impacts

Lani van Vuuren

Study proves the economic worth of biodiversity rehabilitation projects

Petro Kotze

Unique dune system shows sustainable use is possible

van Vuuren L

Shap(e)ing up service delivery

van Vuuren L

Let them flow - new urban guidelines urge stronger action to protect urban rivers

Sue Matthews

Hands-on education a hit in biodiversity hot-spot

Petro Kotze

Steady rise in service delivery but quality concerns remain

Lani van Vuuren

Solutions sought for SA AMD 'hot spots'

van Vuuren L

South African water fiction

Rosamund Stanford

Water - The lifeblood of the human body

Lani van Vuuren

Berg River study points to importance of monitoring in managing catchments

Annabel Horn et al

Phosphates in detergents - Cleaning up our act

Leo Quayle

Leading the way with innovation in water and sanitation

Debbie Besseling

Predictive uncertainty in water resource assessments

Denis Hughes

Let the fish swim – Workshop celebrates World Fisheries Day

WRC Editorial

Water-smart energy planning in South Africa – World Bank report

Lani van Vuuren

SA expertise recognised in Thailand

van Vuuren L

SA drinking water standards under the microscope

van Vuuren L

ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate & Water: 1902-2002

Jan du Plessis

Improved irrigation planning a mouse click away

van Vuuren L

Orange River Mouth - Saving the integrity of one of SA's most important estuaries

Sue Matthews

Ensuring the safety of our food from farm to market

Erika du Plessis and Lise Korsten.

Irrigation water measurement evaluated

van Vuuren L

Corruption costing global water sector billions

Lani van Vuuren

Ecological restoration - Giving back to SA's watercourses

Sue Matthews

South African Military Water Diviners in Kenya during World War II

Deon Visser

A model for irrigation scheduling in Western Cape orchards

Jonathan Spencer

New book pushes good water governance

van Vuuren L

Water analysis kit promotes a healthy environment

Sue Matthews

Exploring the science of involved citizenship

Lani van Vuuren

From waste to worth – converting wastewater sludge into high-value products

John Zvimba & Eustina Musvoto

Northern Cape pupils scoop first prize in water network competition

WRC Editorial

Weathering the storm(water) in Cape Town

Sue Matthews

Driving the Water-Energy-Food nexus in the context of sustainable development

Sylvester Mpandeli

Palmiet - An environmentally sound example

Lani van Vuuren

Water loss: Are we wasting our way into a potential water crisis?

Lani van Vuuren

A passion for irrigation and computer models

Jan du Plessis

When water turns deadly

van Vuuren L

Every child deserves to have hope and ambition

Lani van Vuuren

Tenth anniversary of River Health Programme

Liesl Hill & Lani v Vuuren

Drought – Nature’s lessons in overdrive in Kruger National Park

Lani van Vuuren

Water service delivery challenges - What role for WDM?

Jeremiah Mutamba

Drink water for a healthy body and a healthy life

WRC Editorial

Calls for water supply systems to become 'greener'

van Vuuren L

Exaggerating the value of wetlands for natural disaster mitigation is a risky business

Matthew McCartney and Max Finlayson

Novel index reveals vulnerable aquifers in SA

Lani van Vuuren

National peatland database

Althea Grundling, Piet-Louis Grundling and Lulu van Rooyen

Market mechanisms to nudget better management of the world's watersheds

Leonie Joubert

Towards a new stormwater management approach

van Vuuren L

The demand-side risks of large-scale desalination

Dawid Bosman

Search continues for liquid gold

van Vuuren L

Women and water: How is gender policy working on the ground?

Robert Berold

Appraising the lifecycle costs of SA's interbasin water transfer projects

Pieter van Niekerk

Transitioning to a circular economy – the role of innovation

John Ngoni Zvimba and Eustina Musvoto

Cartoons teach water plant operators

van Vuuren L

KNP croc deaths: Groundbreaking study narrows suspect list

Lani van Vuuren

Farmers get more out of drip irrigation with new guidelines

Lani van Vuuren

Cape Town study confirms that toilets count, people matter

Jonathan Hilligan, Andrew Spiegel and Neil Armitage

Jewel of the Northern Cape in fading due to pollution

Peter Ramollo

New tool to help fight war against alien invaders

Rob Taylor & Dave Thompson

Aqualibrium - Taking the art of learning to international heights

Lani van Vuuren

Dryland salinity: Threatening water resources in the semi-arid Western Cape

Richard Bugan et al

Riding the water cycle

van Vuuren L

Buchuberg: Built on the backs of men

van Vuuren L

SA urged to say 'no' to instant wealth and 'yes' to environment

Lani van Vuuren

Dam safety – ensuring the integrity of SA’s 5 000+ registered dams

Lani van Vuuren

Acid Mine Drainage: Local solutions for local challenges

Jo Burgess

New guidebook helps find better treatment solutions

van Vuuren L

SAICE's concrete lady takes the helm

van Vuuren L

Helping hand for small water treatment plants

van Vuuren L

Guides help sludge change from appalling to appealing

van Vuuren L

Three cheers for water savings in the soft drink industry

Lani van Vuuren

Wagendrift - A symbol of local engineering innovation

Lani van Vuuren

Water governance poster

UN World Water Day

Leading an academic career with pride

Debbie Besseling

Dam engineering - Now is Africa's time to lead

Lani van Vuuren

What does research have to say about SA's water institutions?

CSIR

Jack Armour - A young prize-winning researcher

Jan du Plessis

New study aims to quantify the risks of cemeteries

Petro Kotze

Taking action to save SA's precious indigenous fishes

Deidre West

Analysing water resources for good of all

van Vuuren L

People more valuable than technology - SAICE President

van Vuuren L

Viewpoint: Climate change - there is no need for concern

WJR Alexander

New WRC guidelines helping dairy farmers to greener pastures

Lani van Vuuren

Towards productive water use and household food security in South Africa

G Backeberg & A Sanewe

The ABC of EDCs: Building an armoury of knowledge

van Vuuren L

From science to society - Finding innovative solutions towards deep rural water supply

Wiida Basson

Yes, I can! A role model for young water professionals

Debbie Besseling

Sowing the seeds of knowledge on underutilised crops

Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi and Albert T Modi

Partnering for fish protection in the Oorlogskloof River

Peter Ramollo and Mandy Schumann

Drought - the creeping disaster

van Vuuren L

Learning about learning in water resource management

Jane Burt and Robert Berold

How big are your ecological feet?

van Vuuren L

Pivot irrigation - the never ending quest for improvement

Charles Crosby

SA's top water women honoured

van Vuuren L

Groundwater, boreholes and ethical issues

Handré Brand

South Africans scoop ICID Awards

van Vuuren L

Grey water is great water!

WRC Editorial

WRC celebrates excellence with Knowledge Tree awards

WRC Editorial

Science helps Eastern Cape village deal with future disasters

Erin Bosenberg & Paula Hay

Are icebergs a realistic option for augmenting Cape Town’s water supply?

Neil Malan

From detrimental to desks - How one factory is putting alien plants to good use

Debbie Besseling

WRC at the forefront of emerging contaminants research

WRC Editorial

Out-of-the-box thinking required to secure SA’s water future

Shafick Adams

A role model in research and development

Debbie Besseling

Groundwater - More valuable than gold

van Vuuren L

Financing opportunities and models for water-linked research, development and innovation

Rajiv Paladh, Kevin Foster and Chantal Ramcharan-Kotze

Authorities show commitment but Green Drops still elusive

Lani van Vuuren

Philip Tunnel: A South African irrigation first

Lani van Vuuren

The Cape Critical Rivers Project - Conserving rivers, saving species

Sue Matthews

The fall and fall of Manbungubwe's riverine forest

Tim O'Conner

Where will our future water-supply come from? The challenge with non-conventional options

Jeremiah Mutamba

Research at forefront of global race for sustainable development

WRC Editorial

Career in water

Jan du Plessis

Southern African groundwater sector gets new champion

Lani van Vuuren

Here's looking at algae

van Vuuren L

New tools to assess health impacts of taps & toilets

van Vuuren L

Modern system keeping Hermanus' wells flowing

Sue Matthews

Africa's largest fish collection is moving

van Vuuren L

The business of compulsory licencing

Peter van Niekerk

Limited food options take their toll on the health of SA’s rural poor

Angela McIntyre

Pain - The price our daughters pay for water

Lani van Vuuren

Nurseries of the environment

van Vuuren L

Ecological Reserve - keeping SA's lifeblood pumping

van Vuuren L

Experts fight for freshwater in Kruger

van Vuuren L

The forgotten work of the Intercolonial Irrigation Commission

Adele Louw

A drop of water can save your life

WRC Editorial

SA - A proud history of dam safety

Lani van Vuuren

Weeding out water wastage in irrigation canals

van Vuuren L

Water security: A complex, messy and wicked business

Duncan Hay, Charles Breen and Bimo Nkhata

SA irrigation innovation scoops international award

van Vuuren L

Wiping out waterborne diseases

van Vuuren L

Robertson - Valley of fruit and wine

Lani van Vuuren

More water for our cities

Lani van Vuuren

Viewpoint: Climate change counter views

Bruce Hewitson

In-field rainwater harvesting on croplands: Opportunities and challenges

Gerhard Backeberg

Dedicated membrane research programme builds viable local sector

van Vuuren L

Cape Town - Water for a thirsty city (Part 1)

Petro Kotze

Climate change both sides of the coin

Julio Araujo and Peter Johnston

Monitoring impact of climate change on salt marsh biodiversity

Tommy Bornman and Jadon Schmidt

Squeezing water out of fog

Petro Kotze

Engineers take on Mother Nature at Hartebeestfontein

van Vuuren L

Discovering the secrets of the Olifants sediments

Chantel Petersen, Nebo Jovanovic, Bettina Genthe

Traditional water sources – Lifeline in a time of need

Althea Grundling

Multiple barriers ensure safe potable water from reclaimed sewage, Windhoek, Namibia

Jan du Plessis

Digital security - How safe are our water utilities?

Gorrel Espelund

Ostrich sector takes giant strides to reserve the Little Karoo

Lani van Vuuren

New JHB water history publication fresh off the press

Lani van Vuuren

Busting myths around urban household water use in South Africa

Richard Meissner, Inga Jacobs-Mata and Miriam Murambadoro

Exploring the link between water and HIV

van Vuuren L

History of water treatment

van Vuuren L

Viewpoint: New attitudes needed on water usage patterns

Steve Mitchell

Blyderivierspoort - Dam of extraordinary beauty

Lani van Vuuren

Watching the clouds go by

van Vuuren L

Climate’s troublesome kids – El Niño and El Niña

WRC Editorial

Mma Tshepo - Celebrating a life dedicated to water

Lani van Vuuren

WRC tools help farmers improve efficiency, cut costs

Lani van Vuuren

Working together to protect SA's wetlands

Lani van Vuuren

All girl team takes top honours at water competition

Lani van Vuuren

Careers: combining science & art in search of groundwater

van Vuuren L

FS boffins win water prize

van Vuuren L

Basic water and economic development: can they co-exist?

DD Tewari

Careers: Digging for answers

van Vuuren L

Namibia's Trekkopje - A desal plant built tough

Lani van Vuuren

Develop a school policy to improve water management

Lani van Vuuren

Water footprint – Improving business water use, step by step

Lani van Vuuren

Leeuw-Gamka - A poignant time in history

Lani van Vuuren

Discover the wonder of the water wheel

Lani van Vuuren

Climate change focus for SA

Lani van Vuuren

Every drop counts - A water game to remember

Debbie Besseling

Daspoort – Still performing after a century

Lani van Vuuren

Successful workshop on modelling & biomanipulation

van Vuuren L

Halting the scourge of desertification

van Vuuren L

SA leads regional march towards nano-enabled society

van Vuuren L

Ensuring the future of Kamfers’ flamingos

Phetole Peter Ramollo

Safer small-town water through step-by-step guide

Lani van Vuuren

Recycling human waste still taboo in SA

van Vuuren L

Career in water: Bongikhosi Mthembu - Committed to saving rainwater and soil

Jan du Plessis

Project tests mechanised soil moisture conservation techniques in heavy clay soils

LF Joseph

Migratory birds - Nature's long-distance adventurers

Lani van Vuuren

Finding the right chemistry to grow water science in South Africa

Lani van Vuuren

Estuaries: KwaZulu-Natal's catchment keepers

van Vuuren L

Balancing the business of energy and water

Debbie Besseling

IWMI Africa appoints new director

van Vuuren L

International conference held to aid environment

van Vuuren L

Research project helping to tackle malnutrition in South Africa

Friede Wenhold

Dams in South Africa

van Vuuren L

Calls to protect Cape Flats aquifer and Philippi farming area

Maryke Malan

The South African National Wetlands Indaba – from humble beginnings to a well-established platform

NP Gola, F Eggers and I Bredin

So why do we need toilets?

Lani van Vuuren

Olive wastewater: Turning salty into sweet

Debbie Besseling

Survey shows good progress in RDP principles

van Vuuren L

Exploring the relationship between water, energy and food

Sylvester Mpandeli

Let's talk about soil

Lani van Vuuren

New guidelines launched towards water-friendlier cities

WRC Editorial

An effective irrigation knowledge network in Africa

Sylvester Mpandeli and Soneni Nyamaranga

FETWater – Building the bridge between capacity building and sector sustainability

John Zvimba

World’s cities increasingly water insecure new study shows

WRC Editorial

Successful irrigation knowledge sharing event held

WRC Editorial

Dialogue explores the plight of environmental refugees

WRC Editorial

Urban wetlands – prized land

WRC Editorial

Water quality – taking care of our rivers and streams

WRC Editorial

Domestic water filters - are they necessary in SA?

Jan du Plessis

Special day explores link between wetlands and forests

Lani van Vuuren

Simplicity - The key to sanitation sustainability

Prudence Mambo

Sanitation - weapon against death and disease

van Vuuren L

Cooperating for the sake of water - The Israel experience

Lani van Vuuren

Bongikhosi Mthembu - Committed to saving rainwater and soil

Jan du Plessis

Managing water: Embracing the opportunity of risk

Eberhard Braune

How do we improve synchronisation between land and water reform

Karen Nortje, Nikki Funke and Willem de Lange

Forestry firm ploughs back into nature

Sue Matthews

Celebrating biodiversity in agriculture

Lani van Vuuren

SA Youth Water Prize

van Vuuren L

Smallholder farmers need a leg-up to adapt to climate change

Lani van Vuuren

Engaging with local South Africa smallholder farming communities

Luleka Dlamini

The importance of producing impactful research

Shanna Nienaber & Nikke Funke

Taking on the challenges of AMD through horticulture

Debbie Besseling

International water governance experts gather in Drakensberg

WRC Editorial

Celebrating the role of water and sanitation research in SA's democracy

Lani van Vuuren

Collaborative conservation effort to save one of SA's smallest frogs

Petro Kotze

Excellence in Water Research Awards

Lani van Vuuren

Frogs - South Africa's amazing aquatic animals

WRC Editorial

From policy to practice - Delving into WRM on the ground

WRC Editorial

Water scarcity - making every drop count

van Vuuren L

Managing water: Embracing the opportunity of risk

Jorisna Bonthuys

Gaining knowledge from open water

van Vuuren L

East London reigns supreme in national water competition

Lani van Vuuren

Excellence award for Spring Grove Dam

WRC Editorial

Learning and capacity building - Building a two-way bridge

Inga Jacobs and Karen Nortje

Africa's first sanitation technology demo centre opens

Lani van Vuuren

River health - What are the symptoms

Lani van Vuuren

Careers in water – The importance of water for jobs

WRC Editorial

Rietvlei dam - faithful supplier of water to the capital

WRC Editorial

Driving the protection of our natural assets

Debbie Besseling

SA organisations pledge to protect country's rivers

Lani van Vuuren

Parched prospects: The emerging water crisis in South Africa

Steve Hedden and Jakkie Cilliers

Tshwane kids get up close and personal with unique urban wetland

WRC Editorial

Learners go on bug hunt

van Vuuren L

Conserving wetland biodiversity in a concrete jungle

Petro Kotze

WRC water harvesting short course materials get the nod

J Denison

Water harvesting and conservation - Training the trainers

Lani van Vuuren

Water Kidz - the wonderful world of estuaries

WRC Editorial

Stinki-Buster family bursts onto environmental scene

Jan du Plessis

Can SA lay claim to a sanitary revolution?

Geoffrey Setswe & Lindiwe Zungu

Water-energy-food nexus under the spotlight

WRC Editorial

Lower Orange River Forum - Maintaining South Africa's largest river

Peter Ramollo

Dirt at play – kids get a closer look at rare South African peatland

WRC Editorial

What’s stopping young African scientists from achieving their potential

WRC Editorial

Glaciers: mountains of ice

van Vuuren L

On-site sanitation challenges tackled through research

van Vuuren L

Olifants-Doorn - A class act

Petro Kotze

Letters to the Editor

WRC Editorial

Saving SA from alien invasion

van Vuuren L

A role model in water services regulation

Debbie Besseling

Latest WRC publications

Jan du Plessis

World Water Day comes to Cape Town

Lani van Vuuren

Letters to the Editor

WRC Editorial

Minister turns the valve at SA's largest conduit hydropower installation

WRC Editorial

Liani and Maria are cycling for change

Petro Kotze

Komati Water Scheme Augmentation Project launched

Lani van Vuuren

Careers - managing rivers for life

van Vuuren L

WRC Editorial

Water hyacinth: Adding value to a noxious weed

Ashira Roopnarain, Rosina Makofane and Rasheed Adeleke

Modern laboratory boosts Knysna research

van Vuuren L

The power of water

van Vuuren L

World making peace, not war, over water

WRC Editorial

CT school sets new record in water competition

van Vuuren L

SA hosts international algae workshop

van Vuuren L

Water engineers of the future

van Vuuren L

Exploring the properties of water

Lani van Vuuren

A toast to SA's latest Stockholm Water Prize winner

Debbie Besseling

Threatened KZN wetlands offered a lifeline

WRC Editorial

Focus on pollution at Excellence Awards

van Vuuren L

Counting the drops – SA’s water resource assessment project completed

Allan Bailey, Bill Pitman and Wandile Nomquphu

Viewpoint - Why has the South African National Water Act been so difficult to implement?

Barbara Schreiner

Water history: The day the Vaal flowed backwards

Lani van Vuuren

Exhibition attracts big business

van Vuuren L

New desalination plant to keep 'Diamond of the West Coast' shining

Lani van Vuuren

Thousands flock to Nelspruit water conference

WRC Editorial

Excellent research rewarded

van Vuuren L

Minister launches new weather radar network

Lani van Vuuren

Water law publication a first for South Africa

van Vuuren L

Think tank deliberates climate change, food and agriculture connection

WRC Editorial

Protecting nature, protecting ourselves: How a healthy environment can prevent disasters

Klaudia Schachtschneider

World mine-water experts gather in Pretoria

Lani van Vuuren

Hippo roller donation boosts food production

WRC Editorial

The adventure of working together: Promoting transdisciplinarity

Shanna Nienaber and Inga Jacobs

Nano - A small small science with BIG possibilities

Lani van Vuuren

Annual dams conference bring generations of engineers together

WRC Editorial

WRC Dialogues launch successful

Lani van Vuuren

Irrigation water use efficiency - It's all about balance

Lani van Vuuren

Nurturing our family farms

WRC Editorial

Indigenous crops - A market ripe for the picking

Lani van Vuuren

Corruption threatens development and sustainability - report

van Vuuren L

Better sanitation services to schools, municipality thanks to franchising

Debbie Besseling

Women share secrets of career success in water

WRC Editorial

The Vaal River - South Africa's water workhorse

WRC Editorial

The wonderful world of freshwater habitats

WRC Editorial

Biodiversity: Taking care of creatures great and small

Lani van Vuuren

Water research - Looking at the next 40 years

Barbara Schreiner

Take care, stay safe around canals

WRC Editorial

Aqualibrium - Celebrating SA's young water achievers

Debbie Besseling

End of an era as old KNP river research accommodation demolished

Lani van Vuuren

Municipal water quality conference a resounding success

Lani van Vuuren

Schools, plumbing graduates benefit from new water innovation

WRC Editorial

At 87 Dr Rayner still contributing actively to aquatic science

Deidre West

Cream of SA aquatic scientists gather in the Free State

WRC Editorial

Desalination - turning salty water into drinking water

Lani van Vuuren

DWAF/WRC alliance strengthened

van Vuuren L

Hands-on learning at Rhodes biology internship programme

WRC Editorial

Transboundary waters: We all live downstream

van Vuuren L

Water students give back on World Water Day

WRC Editorial

Lake Dunbar - the failed dam of King

Lani van Vuuren

True water resources management - It's a matter of integration

Albert Jeleni

Water gathering attracts over a thousand

Lani van Vuuren

New water resources assessment study launched

WRC Editorial

Steenbras Dam - Faithful supplier of water & power

WRC Editorial

Washing hands can save your life

van Vuuren L

Inland fisheries - A vital rural food source

Bruce Ellender

UKZN Centre developing tomorrow's water resource champions

Lani van Vuuren

Climate change in a climate of change

Darian Pearce

SASAqS - Serving the region for 50 years

Deidre West

Growing Africa's young leaders

Press release

Ready, steady, monitor!

van Vuuren L

Stop killing our rivers and streams

van Vuuren L

Tribute to Kofi Annan

WRC Editorial

Wild about wetlands

Lani van Vuuren

Clean hands save lives

WRC Editorial

Wetlands - Places to play and learn

Lani van Vuuren

Water quality and land uses in the Wilderness area

Klaudia Schachtschneider

How much water did you have today?

Lani van Vuuren

Thousands flock to WISA 2012

Lani van Vuuren

WRC - Forty years of serving South Africa

Lani van Vuuren

Beneficial role of wetlands highlighted at seminar

Lani van Vuuren

It's a beetle ID parade at workshop

van Vuuren L

WRC team leads visit to peatland

van Vuuren L

(RISE)ing up for water education in Africa

WRC Editorial

Rain, rain don't go away!

Lani van Vuuren

Water Research Commission adopts Moreletaspruit

WRC Editorial

Workshop explores the power of water in Africa

van Vuuren L

Energy - A thirsty resource

Lani van Vuuren

WRC shines at biennial conference

WRC Editorial

Large dams conference draws record crowd

Lani van Vuuren

CSIR showcases its science

Lani van Vuuren

Heritage-biodiversity link celebrated at historical site

Lani van Vuuren

Science expo water control system wins special prize

Debbie Besseling

Groundwater - A source of security

Lani van Vuuren

Teaming up for Mandela to clean local wetland

Lani van Vuuren

Sector specialists meet to ponder future of SA hydrology

WRC Editorial

Mpumalanga/Limpopo mop up after floods

WRC Editorial

New research chair for Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

News from the South African water sector

van Vuuren L

Building an evaporation monitoring toolkit

van Vuuren L

Valuing estuaries helps student win award

van Vuuren L

Granting our fish the right of way

van Vuuren L

Cheap plumbing imports wastes precious resource

van Vuuren L

Guide to help authorities turn salt into sweet

van Vuuren L

Vaal Dam - underlying Gauteng's wealth

van Vuuren L

Our dams are full

van Vuuren L

Joining hands to manage SA's water resources

van Vuuren L

Resource classification harmonising people and nature’s needs

Harrison Pienaar

Research underpins the value of water in fight against AIDS

van Vuuren L

Licence to limit - Groundwater use authorisation under scrutiny

van Vuuren L

Economy vs environment - how do we protect our rivers?

van Vuuren L

Water key to wealth building in Limpopo

van Vuuren L

Modelling, monitoring nuts & bolts of dam project

Sue Matthews

Rivers feed body and soul

van Vuuren L

Keep rivers flowing free, group urges

van Vuuren L

Protecting what's underneath the tap

Yongxin Xu

Water poverty mapping - Pin-pointing the need for water

van Vuuren L

Modern technology helps farmers save water

van Vuuren L

All fall down - Existing assets abandoned in race to meet targets

van Vuuren L

The Orange - river of diamonds

van Vuuren L

Reaping the rain

van Vuuren L

Bring aboard the champions

Jabu Sindane & George Tsibani

Berg River Dam - designed with rivers in mind

Nigel Rossouw & Dana Grobler

Knowledge exchange at WISA

van Vuuren L

Exploring water culture

van Vuuren L

Artificial recharge gets real

Mike Wills

Upfront: News from the SA water sector

Lani van Vuuren

Cooperating towards MDG success

van Vuuren L

Upfront: News from the water sector

Lani van Vuuren

van Vuuren L

Water conference attracts record number

van Vuuren L

Project Watch: Mercury study shows surprising results

Lani van Vuuren

News from the corporate water sector

Lani van Vuuren

News from the corporate water sector

Lani van Vuuren

Estuaries management - turning a conservation vision into reality

Sue Matthews

Calls to improve water management in Klein Karoo

Lani van Vuuren

SA joins the ultrafiltration production market

Lani van Vuuren

New certification system improving SA's water drop for drop

Lani van Vuuren

Restoring SA's natural capital - a pathway to sustainability

Leandri vd Elst

Ancient Southern African irrigation technology unearthed

Lani van Vuuren

Darlington Dam - South Africa's troubled lake

Lani van Vuuren

The state of water in SA - Are we heading for a crisis?

Institute for Futures Research

Small farm dams: A ticking time-bomb?

John Boardman et al

WRC studies shed light on groundwater polluting chemicals

Lani van Vuuren

New world-class standards for water treatment chemicals

Lani van Vuuren

Blue-green algae - Making water dangerous

Lani van Vuuren

What's in a name? Looking back at the start of public water governance

Lani van Vuuren

Book explores rich heritage of Cape Town's life arteries

Sue Matthews

Scientists have much to gain by sharing their research with the public

Marina Joubert

All the water in the world

van Vuuren L

Have you saved some water today?

van Vuuren L

Study highlights economic trade-offs in irrigation design

Jorisna Bonthuys

South Africa’s drought preparedness – Too little too late?

Richard Meissner and Inga Jacobs-Mata

SA Waterbulletin January 1983

WRC Editorial

Water in South Africa

van Vuuren L

Water Kidz - links to other interesting websites

van Vuuren L

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