Managing the unseen: Langebaan road aquifer system

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dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis J.A.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:58:09Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:58:09Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe effective management of groundwater resources is a critical aspect to ensure sustainability. The paper discusses the structures used to ensure effective monitoring at a local government level, and focuses specifcally on the process followed and the critical monitoring factors identifed to ensure sustainability. The paper highlights specifc problems experienced with the implementation of the Langebaan Road Aquifer well-feld as an integrated water resource, and the interaction required between the different role players. Suggestions, based on the Langebaan case study, are made regarding the different aspects to be monitored and the institutional arrangements required, ensuring effective participation between National and Local Government and other affected parties. The paper concluded that an independent monitoring committee is of utmost importance to ensure the successful management of a sustainable groundwater resource. The lessons learned through the implementation of the Langebaan Road Aquifer proves that structured participation in the management of these resources is of critical importance and that success cannot be achieved without cooperation between all parties, in particular the different government departments.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationWater SA
dc.identifier.citation35
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.issn3784738
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/10802
dc.subjectAquifer systems
dc.subjectCritical monitoring
dc.subjectEffective management
dc.subjectGovernment departments
dc.subjectGroundwater monitoring
dc.subjectInstitutional arrangement
dc.subjectLessons learned
dc.subjectLocal government
dc.subjectManagement structures
dc.subjectSuccessful management
dc.subjectSustainable groundwater
dc.subjectSustainable groundwater resources
dc.subjectAquifers
dc.subjectHighway administration
dc.subjectHydrogeology
dc.subjectRoads and streets
dc.subjectSustainable development
dc.subjectGroundwater resources
dc.subjectaquifer
dc.subjectenvironmental monitoring
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectparticipatory approach
dc.subjectresource management
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectLangebaan
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSouthern Africa
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subjectWestern Cape
dc.titleManaging the unseen: Langebaan road aquifer system
dc.typeArticle
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