WR2012 Website Launch

The official launch of the WR2012 Website took place on the 19th of March 2015 in Centurion.

The purpose of this website is to provide all the data, GIS maps, water resource models, spreadsheets and tools to allow water resource planners and practitioners to investigate, analyse and plan their water resources studies.

The audience included the public sector responsible for writing policy and protocol for environmental health i.e. Dept of Water and Sanitation, Department of Environmental Affairs, etc. and the private sector guided by the policy and applying the protocol i.e. consultants in natural science (ecologists, wetland specialists, soil scientists, etc.), engineers and urban and regional planners, etc.

Download Programme (PDF)

WR2012 Study Overview (PPT)

Water Resource Planning in South Africa An Overview (PPT)

Developments in water resources appraisals of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (1952 - 2015) (PPT)

Revision of the Mean Annual Precipitation (MAP) estimates over Southern Africa (PDF)

A wealth of new freely downloadable information on the water resources (PDF)