Towards a Joint Action Plan to continue to improve the Quality of Life of South Africa

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Towards a Joint Action Plan to continue to
improve the Quality of Lifeof South Africas
People through Improved Water Quality

• 20 June 2006

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Outline

• Links between water quality and quality of life
• Defining water quality
• Research priorities
• Resources for research

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Water quality and quality of life
Sustainable development
Response
Driver
Pressure
Impact
State
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Water quality and quality of life
Socio-economic development
Response
Driver
Pressure
Impact
Sink- Source
State
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Water quality and quality of life
Socio-economic development
Response
Driver

• Sewage
• Effluent
• Runoff

Pressure
Impact

• Domestic
• Industries
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Recreation

State
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Water quality and quality of life
Scope

• Chemical
• Physical
• Microbiological
• Biotic

Response
Driver
Pressure
Impact
State

• Surface water
• Groundwater
• Marine

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Water quality and quality of life
Water quality assessment current

• Implementation

• Market-related
• EMPs

Response
Driver

• WARMS
• Licensing
• Upstream/downstream

Pressure
Impact

• River health programme
• Eutrophication monitoring

State

• National surface WQ
• Reserve

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Water quality and quality of life
Water quality assessment gaps

• Policy review
• Adaptive management
• Implementation

• Regulations
• Process technologies
• Financial incentives
• Market-related
• EMPs

Response
Driver

• WARMS
• Licensing
• Upstream/downstream
• Non-point sources

Pressure
Impact

• River health programme
• Eutrophication
• Microbiological
• Drinking water quality

State

• National surface WQ
• Reserve
• Groundwater
• Marine

• Mercury
• Radio-activity
• Endocrine disruptors
• Organics
• Toxicity

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CSIR research in support of priorities

• Optimise WR-based socio-economic development
• Policy, strategy instruments for DWAF
• Elands River Maximise socio-economic benefits
• Water and food security
• Secure safe drinking water
• Free State drinking water and wider
  implementation
• Rural drinking water (point of supply vs. point
  of use)
• Technology transfer, technical assistance,
  dissemination of information
• State of Rivers reports
• School activity books
• Drinking water quality

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Resources for research

• Resources for research
• DST 1 of GDP on research
• Private sector incentives
• DST Sector Research and Development Planning
• DWAF WRC
• CSIR
• TEIs
• International
• World Water Council
• European Union
• Academia

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CSIR resources for research

• CSIR capacity and strategy
• Water resources (40 researchers)
• Groundwater
• Ecosystems
• Governance
• Health
• Pollution and waste (55 researchers)
• Waste water treatment
• Integrated waste management
• Coastal pollution
• Air quality management

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