Implementation of groundwater protection measures, particularly resource directed measures in South Africa: a review paper

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dc.contributor.authorPienaar, H
dc.contributor.authorXu, Y
dc.contributor.authorBraune, E
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-22T09:26:54Z
dc.date.available2021-09-22T09:26:54Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis review paper on groundwater protection measures in South Africa focuses on the actual implementation of groundwater protection measures, in particular, the resource-directed measures (RDM) as described in Chapter 3 of the National Water Act (NWA). Significant catchment-wide implementation of RDM has taken place in a phased manner throughout various catchments since 2012. By 2015, approximately R380 million had been expended on the catchment-wide implementation of the water resource protection measures over a period of 15 years. Considerable effort went into refining the RDM methodology, taking into account the groundwater component of the overall resource. In this paper, we contend that RDM, in its present form, will not make a significant contribution to groundwater resource protection and security in the country. This is a major concern because the Groundwater Strategy of the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation (DHSWS) had declared the protection of groundwater as a national priority. This paper also examines institutional and governance arrangements (or lack thereof) as well as providing recommendations to support the effective implementation of groundwater protection provisions as prescribed by South Africa’s water legislation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPienaar, H., Xu, Y., Braune, E., Cao, J., Dzikiti, S., & Jovanovic, N. Z. (2021). Implementation of groundwater protection measures, particularly resource-directed measures in South Africa: a review paper. Water Policy, 23(4), 819–837. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2021.016en_US
dc.identifier.uridoi.org/10.2166/wp.2021.016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6754
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWater Policyen_US
dc.subjectEffective implementationen_US
dc.subjectGovernanceen_US
dc.subjectGroundwater protectionen_US
dc.subjectInstitutional arrangementsen_US
dc.subjectResource-directed measuresen_US
dc.subjectWater legislationen_US
dc.titleImplementation of groundwater protection measures, particularly resource directed measures in South Africa: a review paperen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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