A water balance approach to the sustainable management of groundwater in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWright, K.A.
dc.contributor.authorXu, Yongxin
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-14T12:16:41Z
dc.date.available2013-11-14T12:16:41Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractThe water balance approach, based on the principles of conservation of mass, is applied to the issue of sustainable groundwater management in South Africa, incorporating the ethos of the National Water Act of 1998, prioritising basic human needs and the needs of aquatic ecosystems over inessential uses. The principle of water balance is described and the benefits (such as prevention of resource misallocation), of applying such an approach to groundwater management, are outlined, with additional practical considerations briefly reviewed. It is hoped that the approach will be tested and refined through application to groundwater case studies.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationWright, K.A . & Xu, Y. (2000). A water balance approach to the sustainable management of groundwater in South Africa. Water SA, 26(2): 167en_US
dc.identifier.issn0378-4738
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/816
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherWater Research Commissionen_US
dc.rights© 2000 Water Research Commission. This file may be freely used provided that the source is acknowledged. No commercial distribution of this text is permitted.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectGroundwateren_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleA water balance approach to the sustainable management of groundwater in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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