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1 Stimie, C.; Richters, E.; Thompson, H.; Perret, S.; Matete, M.; Abdallah, K.; Kau, J.; Mulibana, E. 2001. Hydro-institutional mapping in the Steelpoort River Basin, South Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) xii, 85p. (IWMI Working Paper 017 / IWMI South Africa Working Paper 6) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.149]
River basins ; Institutions ; Organizations ; Private sector ; Public sector ; Local government ; Mapping ; Water resource management ; Water policy ; Legislation ; Rural women ; Constraints ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Water quality ; Water use ; Water users ; Dams ; Reservoirs ; Large-scale systems ; Irrigation management ; Industrialization ; Case studies ; Operations ; Maintenance ; Canals ; Conflict ; Farmer-agency interactions ; Policy ; Water supply ; Rural development / South Africa / Olifants River Basin / Steelpoort River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G178 STI Record No: H028252)
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Volume 1 of the study on Hydro-Institutional Mapping of the Olifants River Basin. This study aims to give an overview of water users and influences on water use by institutions in the Steelpoort river basin, a sub-basin of the Olifants. Describes a general methodology and framework for setting out the HIM for a river basin and presents findings from case studies in the basin. The hydro-institutional interactions among all types of water users in a South African river basin are also described.
2 Thompson, H.; Stimie, C. M.; Richters, E.; Perret, S. 2001. Policies, legislation and organizations related to water in South Africa, with special reference to the Olifants River Basin. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) xi, 81p. (IWMI Working Paper 018 / IWMI South Africa Working Paper 7) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.150]
Water resource management ; River basins ; Water use ; Organizations ; Institutions ; Mapping ; Government ; Political aspects ; Ethnology ; Social status ; Water policy ; Water law ; Land tenure ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Water users ; Land use ; Conflict ; Private sector ; Non-governmental organizations ; Local government ; Water user associations ; Catchment areas ; Monitoring / South Africa / Olifants River Basin / Steelpoort River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G178 THO Record No: H028253)
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The study is reported in two Working Papers. Working Paper 17 reports the findings of the HIM exercise. This paper contains the policies, legislation and organizations relevant for understanding of the HIM for the Olifants river basin. It also includes the historical development of the institutional framework in the basin, as this history has left a profound imprint on the South African society at large and is still dictating, in many cases, the interactions between the different organizations. This background on previous and current institutions and policies at the different government levels is used to shed light on the current relationships between different organizations in the basin. Although focusing on the Olifants, the description provided is applicable to the rest of South Africa in broad terms.
3 Merrey, D. J. 2000. Creating institutional arrangements for managing water-scarce river basins: emerging research results. Paper prepared for presentation at session on "Enough Water for All", at the Global Dialogue on "The Role of the Village in the 21st Century: Crops, Jobs, Livelihood, at EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany, 15-17 August , 2000. 12p.
Water scarcity ; River basins ; Institutional development ; Developing countries ; Water shortage ; Water supply ; Case studies ; Water pollution ; Legislation ; Water policy ; Research institutes / Mexico / South Africa / Mozambique / China / India / Sri Lanka / Lerma-Chapala River Basin / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 MER Record No: H030851)
Because of increasing water scarcity in developing countries, poor people are suffering greatly from ‘water deprivation.’ One approach to improving water resources management is to develop river basin management institutions. This paper contrasts government-dominated approaches to forming such institutions with attempts to create stakeholder-based institutions. Two cases of the latter, in Mexico and South Africa, are compared to extract lessons for other countries.
4 Merrey, D. J. 2000. Creating institutional arrangements for managing water-scarce river basins. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 11p.
Institutional development ; River basins ; Water resources development ; Catchment areas ; Research institutes ; Water policy ; Legislation ; Case studies / Mexico / South Africa / Lerma-Chapala River Basin / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 MER Record No: H030852)
5 Prasad, Krishna C. 2004. Socioeconomic module for decision support for water resource management in South Africa. Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, University of Colorado, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. xi, 171p.
Water resource management ; Decision support tools ; River basins ; Indicators ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Equity ; Social participation ; Poverty ; Institutional development ; Water transfer ; Water use ; Governance ; Watersheds / South Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: D 333.91 G178 PRA Record No: H034475)
6 Prasad, K. C.; Watson, M. 2003. An assessment of tradeoffs between water productivity and equity. Paper presented at the 11th SA National Hydrology Symposium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 3-5 September, 2003? 14p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G178 PRA Record No: H034476)
7 Prasad, Krishna. C.; Strzepek, K. M. 2004. Assessing socioeconomic implications of water management alternatives: findings from application of multi criteria decision analysis in Olifants River Basin of South Africa. [Abstract only]. Abstract of a paper presented at the Workshop on Modeling and Control for Participatory Planning and Management of Water Systems, Venice, Italy, 29 September – 1 October 2004. 2p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G178 PRA Record No: H034480)
8 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2005. Africa water update: news of the progress and impact of IWMI and partner research. Africa Water Update, 2: 4p.
Livestock ; Farmers ; Urbanization ; Policy ; River basins ; Agricultural research / Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 630 G100 IWM Record No: H037309)
9 Levite, Herve. (Comp.) 2003. Olifants benchmark basin: literature review. Draft of literature review. 1 CD.
Bibliographies ; River basins ; Climate ; Ecology ; Domestic water ; Sanitation ; Water user associations ; Groundwater ; Wetlands ; Water quality / South Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: CD Col Record No: H037332)
10 Lévite, H.; Sally, H.; Cour, J. 2003. Testing water demand management scenarios in a water-stressed basin in South Africa: Application of the WEAP model. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 28:779-786.
River basins ; Water stress ; Water demand ; Water resource management ; Simulation models ; Water allocation / South Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI-SA, IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G178 LEV Record No: H033884)
11 Prasad, K. C.; Strzepek, K. M.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2007. An approach to assessing socioeconomic implications of water management alternatives. Water Policy, 9(2):131-147.
River basin management ; Decision support tools ; Water use ; Equity / South Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G178 PRA Record No: H040153)
12 Kanyoka, Phillipa; Farolfi, S.; Morardet, Sylvie. 2008. Household preferences for multiple use water services in rural areas of South Africa: an analysis based on choice modeling. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.3. Water benefits sharing for poverty alleviation and conflict management; Drivers and processes of change. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.95-98.
Multiple use ; Water supply ; Domestic water ; Financing ; Cost recovery ; User charges ; Households ; Rural areas / South Africa / Limpopo Province / Sekororo-Letsoalo Area / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041858)
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/3708/IFWF2_proceedings_Volume%20III.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041858.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041858.pdf
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13 van Koppen, Barbara. 2008. Redressing inequities of the past from a historical perspective: the case of the Olifants Basin, South Africa. Water SA, 34(4) Special HELP edition: 432-438.
Water policy ; Water law ; History ; River basins ; Poverty ; Gender / South Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041954)
http://www.wrc.org.za/downloads/watersa/2008/Special_edition/Paper%202.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041954.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041954.pdf
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14 Aston, J. J. 2000. Conceptual overview of the Olifants River Basin's groundwater, South Africa. Occasional paper. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Lynwood, South Africa: University of Pretoria, African Water Issues Research Unit (AWIRU). 17p.
River basin development ; Groundwater ; Aquifers ; Groundwater recharge ; Water quality / South Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042052)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/assessment/files_new/research_projects/River_Basin_Development_and_Management/ConceptualOverview.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/PDF/H042052.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/PDF/H042052.pdf
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This paper, commissioned by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), presents an overview of the state of knowledge of groundwater issues in the Olifants River Basin in South Africa. It traces work, completed or ongoing, that has a direct or circumstantial relevance to the Olifants River Basin and presents a summary of the known state of existence of groundwater in the basin. The paper examines both the physical presence of the underground water and, though to a lesser extent, the social exploitation of this resource. The examination of the availability of groundwater will include a general description of the aquifer types, the recharge of water to these host aquifers and the flow of groundwater through and availability for extraction from the aquifers. The study goes on to look at the quality of this water, its present use, and the extent to which there are institutional bodies managing this water. By the end of this paper the reader should have a broad overview of the extent of the importance of this valuable natural resource to the development of the Olifants river basin together with an insight into the future potential to more fully yet sustainably utilise this resource. Overall the structure and content of the paper has been kept to a level that gives a good introduction to some of the themes relevant to the basin's groundwater reserve and acts as a platform from which to successfully manage future work.
15 Merrey, D. J.; Levite, H.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2009. Are good intentions leading to good outcomes? continuities in social, economic and hydro-political trajectories in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa. In Molle, Francois; Wester, P. (Eds.). River basin trajectories: societies, environments and development. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.47-74. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 8)
River basin management ; History ; Legislation ; Water policy ; Irrigation water ; Water user associations ; Water allocation ; Water scarcity ; Mineral resources ; Social aspects ; Poverty / South Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9462 G000 MOL Record No: H042379)
16 Magombeyi, M. S .; Rasiuba, T.; Taigbenu, A. E. 2009. Maize productivity under supplementary irrigation in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S. (Eds.). Increasing the productivity and sustainability of rainfed cropping systems of poor smallholder farmers: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, International Workshop on Rainfed Cropping Systems, Tamale, Ghana, 22-25 September 2008. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.99-110.
Rainfed farming ; Water stress ; Supplemental irrigation ; Water productivity ; Maize / South Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631 G000 HUM Record No: H042439)
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A daily field water balance experiment was conducted for three consecutive cropping seasons to study the effects of supplementary irrigation on grain yield and water productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) in the semi-arid Olifants River Basin, South Africa. Maize yield was affected by seasonal total rainfall and its distribution. Average maize yields under rainfed and supplementary irrigated conditions were 0.7 t ha (standard deviation of 0.44 t ha) and 1.7 t ha (standard deviation of 0.28 t ha) respectively. Supplementary irrigation during dry spells increased average yields by 196%. The benefits of supplementary irrigation were greatest during a season with low rainfall which was poorly distributed. Average evapotranspiration under rainfed and supplementary irrigation for the three seasons was 344 mm and 431 mm, respectively. However, crop water productivity with respect to evapotranspiration was significantly greater for supplementary irrigation (4.0 kg mm?1 ha) than for rainfed (2 kg grain mm?1 ha?1). The mean incremental water productivity from supplemental irrigation of 12.8 kg mm?1 ha?1 implied that timely application of 1 m3 of irrigation water can produce ZAR 2.56 (US$ 0.26) worth of maize, 5 times the cost of the water used. The values demonstrate the monetary gains from timely and adequate supplementary irrigation to bridge dry spells. The results show significant yield increases irrespective of the season under supplementary irrigation, demonstrating the potential of supplementary irrigation to improve and stabilise smallholder farmer maize yields, thereby enhancing livelihoods.
17 Molle, Francois; Wester, P. (Eds.) 2009. River basin trajectories: societies, environments and development. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 311p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 8)
River basin management ; River basin development ; Hydrology ; Water governance ; Water use ; History ; Water allocation ; Water transfer ; Water quality ; Irrigation management ; Groundwater management ; Surface irrigation ; Water lifting ; Pumping / Middle East / Jordan / South Africa / Mexico / Tunisia / Tanzania / Iran / India / China / USA / Australia / Lower Jordan River Basin / Olifants River Basin / Lerma-Chapala River Basin / Mediterranean River Basin / Great Ruaha River / Zayandeh Rud River Basin / Krishna River Basin / Bhavani River Basin / Yellow River Basin / Colorado River Basin / Murray Darling River Basin / Merguellil Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G000 MOL Record No: H042436)
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18 Molle, Francois; Wester, P. (Eds.) 2009. River basin trajectories: societies, environments and development. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 311p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 8)
River basin management ; River basin development ; Hydrology ; Water governance ; Water use ; History ; Water allocation ; Water transfer ; Water quality ; Irrigation management ; Groundwater management ; Surface irrigation ; Water lifting ; Pumping / Middle East / Jordan / South Africa / Mexico / Tunisia / Tanzania / Iran / India / China / USA / Australia / Lower Jordan River Basin / Olifants River Basin / Lerma-Chapala River Basin / Mediterranean River Basin / Great Ruaha River / Zayandeh Rud River Basin / Krishna River Basin / Bhavani River Basin / Yellow River Basin / Colorado River Basin / Murray Darling River Basin / Merguellil Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G000 MOL c2 Record No: H042460)
19 Altchenko, Yvan; Shu, Yunqiao. 2011. Water resource management in the Olifants Basin of South Africa: previous projects and future prospects. Paper presented at the 1st Sub Saharan Africa HELP Basin Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23-25 November 2011. 4p.
Water management ; River basin management ; Water stress ; Water quality ; Food security ; Research projects / South Africa / Olifants River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044604)
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The Olifants River Basin is located in the north-eastern part of the South Africa and southern to Mozambique.The Olifants River passes through three provinces of South Africa (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo Province), through the Kruger National Park, into Mozambique, where it joins the Limpopo . it is the home to nearly 10 % of the total population of South Africa. The climate is semi-arid, with rain falling primarily during the summer (November to March). Precipitation averages 630 mm and potential evaporation is 1700mm. In South Africa, significant mining, industrial and agricultural activities (including intensive irrigation schemes) are concentrated within the catchment, so it is of considerable importance for the country’s economy.However, Water is especially scarce in this basin. Like many river basins in South Africa, water resources in the Olifants river basin are almost fully allocated. Water demand management, especially in the agricultural sector, which is the biggest user, is one of the possible solutions being considered by the South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF). The basin also faces significant water quality problems, due to mining activities, industries, power generation and agricultural use of water. The impact of these pollutions (high salinity, high concentrations of metals, low pH) are probably multiple with serious ecological impacts. Particularly of concern in the downstream Kruger National Park which is a major tourist attraction in South Africa and more importantly very worrisome health impacts, since some people are drinking surface water without any treatment. In South Africa it is of prime importance to maintain a minimum level of water quality and quantity in the rivers in order to maintain a healthy biophysical environment (DWAF, 1997). This requirement, referred to as the ‘Ecological Reserve’, is as important in the South African legislation as meeting the basic human needs and must be met before any other users can abstract water. Main activities on the Olifants basin have been done through the Challenge Program on Water and Food and the WETwin project but not only.
20 Sylvie, M.; Clement, M.; Johnston, Robyn. 2013. Reconciling livelihoods with ecosystem integrity in Ga-Mampa wetland, South Africa [Abstract only] In European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE). Ecological Economics and Institutional Dynamics: 10th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, Reims-Brussels-Lille, France, 17-21 June 2013. Book of abstracts. Lille, France: European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE). pp.477-478.
Ecosystems ; Living standards ; Wetlands ; River basins ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Irrigation schemes ; Case studies / South Africa / Olifants River Basin / Ga-Mampa wetland
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046262)
https://publications.iwmi.org/pdf/H046262.pdf
http://esee2013.sciencesconf.org/conference/esee2013/boa_en.pdf
http://esee2013.sciencesconf.org/conference/esee2013/boa_en.pdf
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