Water research and collaboration in the Southern African Development Community

Pouris, Anastassios

doi:10.4314/wsa.v44i3.03

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“…The results were not entirely satisfying for three reasons: first, some references that we already knew were missing; second, the lists retrieved included too many incorrect results; and third, South African authors and publications about South Africa represented a huge proportion of these publications. This is coherent with the general pattern of aquatic sciences in the region already underlined by Pouris () . Since that first search yielded not enough relevant references, we decided to perform a second search in the catalog of unpublished material of Southern African universities and websites of research centers such as the Water Research Commission or the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research.…”

Section: Panorama Of the “Politics Of Water” In Southern Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As the queries in databases were not sufficient, in order to build our own corpus for this paper, we decided to use the references listed in five types of documents: Papers which conducted a literature review about water issues in Southern Africa (Ashton et al, ; Jacobs, Pouris, & Naidoo, ; Meissner, Funke, Nienaber, & Ntombela, ; Pouris, ; Roux, Breen, & Carruthers, ; Swatuk, ). Global PE literature reviews (such as Loftus, ; Walker, ). Papers which contain in their title “political ecology.” Books (such as Cock, 2006, or MacDonald, ) and Water Research Commission reports which often present a much more developed bibliography. Unpublished academic literature (Master Thesis, unpublished material) from the institutional repositories of University of Cape Town, ( https://open.uct.ac.za/), University of Pretoria ( https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/31741), Unisa ( http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/506), and WitwatersRand University ( http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/45/discover). …”

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Political ecologies of water in South Africa: A literature review

Bourblanc

Blanchon

2019

WIREs Water

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Given the existence of a thriving epistemic community on water sciences, the high politicization of environmental issues in the country as well as the active mobilization of a grassroot movement inspired by environmental justice, South Africa appears to be an ideal case to study the development of a political ecology (PE) approach. Moreover, since the apartheid regime, water issues have long represented a marker of extreme inequality.This paper aims at drawing a panorama of the PE of water in South Africa, its main topics and approaches. In our definition, the PE of water is concerned with human-environment relations, with explicit considerations for power relations. In the first section, we identified texts that, according to this definition, constitute the core of the PE of water in South Africa, going beyond a mere "politics of water." In the second section and in the discussion, we undertook an in-depth analysis of the main topics addressed by authors, such as environmental flows, "free basic water policy," prepaid water meters. PE of water is strongly connected to international debates about the link between water and power, but also capable of addressing in a critical way the specificities of the South African waterscape. It stems from this review that critical PE in urban settings in particular dominates the discipline. We could also note that the PE of water in rural areas tends to put a bigger emphasis on the "politics of ecology" whereas urban PE tends to focus more on the "ecology in politics," although both thrive to examine the human-environment relations in an integrated manner.

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Section: Panorama Of the “Politics Of Water” In Southern Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Panorama Of the “Politics Of Water” In Southern Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Political ecologies of water in South Africa: A literature review

Bourblanc

Blanchon

2019

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“…It is crucial to understand the local effects of climate-altering phenomena like the ENSO as these atmospheric changes determine water availability in a region or country [2,3]. Given that South Africa has a limited water supply and only receives a mean of 497 mm of rainfall annually [4], it is significant to study the effect of ENSO on surface water. Southern Africa is popularly known for being a semi-arid region characterized by a lack of rainfall, complex topography, and poor water management.…”

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El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Implication towards Crocodile River Water Quality in South Africa

Gqomfa,

Maphanga,

Phungela

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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This paper investigates the impact of ENSO on water quality by looking at COD, SS, and Escherichia coli along the Crocodile River. Water samples were collected between 2016 and 2021 at three strategic sites on the river and were tested in an accredited laboratory. Python (version 3.8), Spyder and Microsoft Excel 2019 were used to analyze the data. The highest COD concentration (800 mg/L) was recorded at the White River site during El Niño, followed by 600 mg/L during the normal period, and 240 mg/L during the La Niña period. In 2019 during La Niña and the normal period, the E. coli levels were centered in one place at 60 cfu/100 mL, while in 2021 no E. coli levels were detected from the La Niña, El Niño, and normal periods. The suspended solids in this study were more prevalent in the White River (upstream) during the El Niño period. These analyses demonstrate that it is possible to evaluate the local effects associated with large-scale climate variability.

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