Unconventional water supply options in South Africa: A review of possible solutions

Water International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 314-334

  Smakhtin, Vladimir ^a   Ashton, Peter ^b   Batchelor, Allan ^b   Meyer, Reinhard ^b   Murray, Eric ^b   Barta, Bohuslav ^c   Bauer, Norbert ^d   Naidoo, Dhesigen ^e   Olivier, Jana ^f   Terblanche, Deon ^g  

^a IWRA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Institute for Environmental Affairs   (South Africa)

^e Department of Water and Forestry Affairs ^*  (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^g South African Weather Bureau   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial recharge; Deep groundwater; Deep storage; Desalination; Fog water; Iceberg water harvesting; International water sharing; Rainfall enhancement; Surface water resources; Virtual water; Wastewater reuse; Water demand management; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034767252     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060108686924     Document Type: Review

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