In support of water-resource planning - Highlighting key management issues using DRIFT: A case study

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dc.contributor.authorBrown C.
dc.contributor.authorPemberton C.
dc.contributor.authorBirkhead A.
dc.contributor.authorBok A.
dc.contributor.authorBoucher C.
dc.contributor.authorDollar E.
dc.contributor.authorHarding W.
dc.contributor.authorKamish W.
dc.contributor.authorKing J.
dc.contributor.authorPaxton B.
dc.contributor.authorRactliffe S.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:58:11Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:58:11Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe DRIFT (downstream response to imposed flow transformation) methodology was applied as part of a comprehensive Reserve determination study on the Olifants-Doring River, Western Cape, South Africa. DRIFT was used to provide flow scenarios, and descriptive summaries of their consequences in terms of the condition of the river ecosystem, for examination and comparison by decision makers, managers and users. The methods used and results obtained in that study are presented and discussed in the light of the study constraints of time and money, the lack of historical data, and the urgent need to provide clear, easily-understandable information on the consequences for the river ecosystem of various tradeoffs characteristic of water resource developments. The results indicated that abstracting during high flows in winter and river restoration work can have positive ecological and agricultural returns.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationWater SA
dc.identifier.citation32
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.issn3784738
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/10817
dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectDecision making
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEcosystems
dc.subjectRivers
dc.subjectDRIFT
dc.subjectEcological Reserves
dc.subjectEnvironmental water requirements
dc.subjectRiver conditions
dc.subjectScenarios
dc.subjectTradeoffs
dc.subjectWater resources
dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectDecision making
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEcosystems
dc.subjectRivers
dc.subjectWater resources
dc.subjectflow control
dc.subjectmanagement
dc.subjectmarine ecosystem
dc.subjectplanning practice
dc.subjecttrade-off
dc.subjectwater resource
dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectDecision Making
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEcosystems
dc.subjectRivers
dc.subjectWater Resources
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSouthern Africa
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subjectWestern Cape
dc.titleIn support of water-resource planning - Highlighting key management issues using DRIFT: A case study
dc.typeArticle
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