DRIFT-ARID: Application of a method for environmental water requirements (EWRs) in a non-perennial river (Mokolo River) in South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 368-383

  Seaman, Maitland ^a   Watson, Marie ^a   Avenant, Marinda ^a   Joubert, Alison ^b   King, Jackie ^c   Barker, Charles ^a   Esterhuyse, Surina ^a   Graham, Douglas ^d   Kemp, Marthie ^a   Le Roux, Pieter ^a   Prucha, Bob ^e   Redelinghuys, Nola ^a   Rossouw, Linda ^f   Rowntree, Kate ^g   Sokolic, Frank ^a   Van Rensburg, Leon ^a   Van Der Waal, Bennie ^g   Van Tol, Johan ^h   Vos, Tascha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b Southern Waters   (South Africa)

^c Water Matters   (South Africa)

^d DHI   (Denmark)

^e DHI Water Environment Inc   (United States)

^f Environmental and Water Quality Consultant   (South Africa)

^g RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

DRIFT ARID; EWR; Flow method; Mokolo River; Non perennial

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS; DRIFT-ARID; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER REQUIREMENTS; FLOW METHOD; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATERS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; NON-PERENNIAL;

WATER RESOURCES;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD METHOD; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER; WATER FLOW;

MOKOLO RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84982965107     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v42i3.02     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. BARKER CH (2010) Catchment geomorphology. Runoff potential unit determination. Report for Centre for Environmental Management as part of WRC Project K5/1798. WRC Report No. TT 579/13. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
2. BEILFUSS RD and BROWN C (2006) Assessing Environmental Flow Requirements for the Marromeu Complex of the Zambezi Delta: Application of DRIFT Model (Downstream Response to Imposed Flow Transformations). Museum of Natural History, University of Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique.
3. BROWN CA, PEMBERTON C and MAGOBA KN (2006) Olifants Doorn Catchment. Ecological Water Requirements Study. Final Summary Report. Prepared by Southern Waters Ecological Research and Consulting CC for DWAF. DWAF Report No. RDM/E000/MSR/01/CON/0606. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Pretoria.
4. BROWN CA, JOUBERT AR, PEMBERTON CW, GREYLING AJ and KING JM (2008) DRIFT user manual. Volume 2: Biophysical Module for predicting overall river condition in small to medium sized rivers with relatively predictable flow regimes (incorporating updates to the DRIFT database). Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
5. BROWN CA and LOUW D (2011) Tools and Procedures for Resource Directed Measures. In: King J and Pienaar H (eds) Sustainable Use of South Africa’s Inland Waters. WRC Report No. TT 491/11. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
6. BROWN CA, JOUBERT AR, BEUSTER J, GREYLING A and KING JM (2013) DRIFT: DSS software development for integrated flow assessments: Final report and user manual. Southern Waters, Town.
7. BULL LJ and KIRKBY MJ (2002) Dryland river characteristics and concepts. In: Bull LJ and Kirkby MJ (eds) (2002) Dryland Rivers Hydrology and Geomorphology of Semi-Arid Channels. Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester.
8. BUNN SE and ARTHINGTON AH (2002) Basic principles and ecological consequences of altered flow regimes for aquatic biodiversity. Environ. Manage. 30 (4) 492-507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-002-2737-0
9. COTTINGHAM P, THOMS MC and QUINN GP (2002) Scientific panels and their use in environmental flow assessment in Australia. Aust. J. Water Resour. 5 103-111.
10. DALLAS HF (2009) Wetland monitoring using aquatic macroinvertebrates. Technical Report 5/2009. Prepared for the Biokavango Project, Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre. University of Botswana. The Freshwater Consulting Group, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
11. DICKENS CWS and GRAHAM PM (2002) The South African Scoring System (SASS) Version 5. Rapid Bioassessment Method for Rivers. Afr. J. Aquat. Sci. 27 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2002.9626569
12. DOLLAR ESJ, BROWN CA, TURPIE JK, JOUBERT AR, NICOLSON CR and MANYAKA SM (2007) The development of the Water Resource Classification System (WRCS). Volume 1. Overview and 7-step classification procedure. CSIR Report No. CSIR/NRE/WR/ER/2006/0187A/C. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Pretoria.
13. DWAF (DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY, SOUTH AFRICA) (2008a) Intermediate Reserve Determination Study for the Surface and Groundwater Resources in the Mokolo Catchment, Limpopo Province: EcoClassification Report - Volume 2. Prepared by Water for Africa and Clean Stream Biological Services. Louw, MD and Koekemoer S (eds.). RDM Report No. 26/8/3/10/14/008. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Pretoria.
14. DWAF (DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY, SOUTH AFRICA) (2008b) Intermediate Reserve determination study for selected water resources (rivers, groundwater and wetlands) in the Limpopo Water Management Area, Limpopo. Mokolo River System: Resource Unit Delineation: Prepared by Clean Stream Biological Services and Water for Africa. Kotze PJ and Louw MD (eds). Report No. 26/8/3/10/14/006. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Pretoria.
15. DWA (DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS, SOUTH AFRICA) (2010) Intermediate Reserve Determination Study for the surface and groundwater resources in the Mokolo Catchment, Limpopo Province: Mokolo River System: Main report. Report authored by Rivers for Africa eFlows Consulting. Report No. 26/8/3/10/14/014. Department of Water Affairs, Pretoria.
16. DWA (DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS, SOUTH AFRICA) (2010a) Intermediate Reserve Determination Study for the surface and groundwater resources in the Mokolo Catchment, Limpopo Province: Ground water-surface water interaction report. Authored by Rivers for Africa eFlows Consulting. Report No. 26/8/3/10/12/013. Department of Water Affairs, Pretoria.
17. DWA (DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS, SOUTH AFRICA) (2010b) Rivers database. URL: http://www.riv.co.za/Rivers/Application/Login.aspx? ReturnUrl=%2fRivers%2fApplication%2fDe fault.aspx. (Accessed 13 March 2015).
18. GRAHAM DN and BUTTS MB (2005) Flexible, integrated watershed modelling with MIKE SHE. In: Singh VP and Frevert DK (eds) (2005) Watershed Models. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
19. HUGHES DA and HANNART P (2003) A desktop model used to provide initial estimate of the ecological instream flow requirements of rivers in South Africa. J. Hydrol. 270 167-181. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00290-1
20. HUGHES DA (2008) Hydrological information requirements and methods to support the determination of Environmental Water Requirements in ephemeral river systems. WRC Report No. KV 205/08. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
21. KING JM, BROWN CA and SABET H (2003) A scenario based holistic approach to environmental flow assessments for regulated rivers. River Res. Appl. 19 (5-6) 619-640. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.709
22. KING JM, BROWN CA, PAXTON BR and FEBRUARY RJ (2004) Development of DRIFT, a scenario-based methodology for environmental flow assessments. WRC Report No. 1159/1/04. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
23. KLEYNHANS CJ and LOUW MD (2007) Module A: EcoClassification and EcoStatus Fetermination in River EcoClassification: Manual for EcoStatus Determination (version 2). Joint Water Research Commission and Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Report. WRC Report No. TT329/08. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
24. KLEYNHANS CJ and LOUW MD (2007a) Appendix A. River reach demarcation, delineation and site suitability. In: Comprehensive Reserve determination study for selected water resources (rivers, groundwater and wetlands) in the Inkomati Water Management Area, Mpumalanga. Sabie and Crocodile systems: resource unit delineation. Report No. 26/8/3/10/12/006. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Pretoria.
25. KLEYNHANS CJ, LOUW MD and MOOLMAN J (2008) Module D (Volume 2): Reference Frequency of Occurrence of Fish Species in South Africa: Manual for EcoStatus Determination (Version 2). Joint Water Research Commission and Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Report. WRC Report No. TT331/08. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
26. KLEYNHANS CJ, MACKENZIE J and LOUW MD (2007) Module F: Riparian Vegetation Response Assessment Index in River Ecoclassification: Manual for Ecostatus Determination (Version 2). Joint Water Commission and Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Report. WRC Report No. TT 333/08. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
27. LOUW MD, KEMPER N and BIRKHEAD A (1999) R22: Procedure for Selection Sites in Intermediate and Comprehensive Determination of the Ecological Reserve (Water Quantity Component). Resource Directed Measures for the Protection of Water Resources: River Ecosystem. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Pretoria.
28. MRC (MEKONG RIVER COMMISSION) (2006) Integrated Basin Flow Management Report Number 8: Flow-Regime Assessment. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane. Lao PDR.
29. O’Keeffe JH, HUGHES DA and THARME RE (2002) Linking ecological responses to altered flows, for use in environmental flow assessments: The flow stressor-response method. Proc. Int. Ass. Theor. Appl. Limnol. 28 84-92.
30. PALMER R (2013) Macroinvertebrates. In: Rivers for Africa, Eflows consulting Pty Ltd. (eds) River EFR assessment, Volume 2: Fish River EFR, supporting information. Research project on environmental flow requirements of the Fish River and the Orange-Senqu River Mouth. UNDP_GEF Orange-Senqu Strategic Action Programme (Atlas Project ID 71598). ORASECOM Technical Report 28. ORASECOM.
31. PRUCHA RH and GRAHAM D (2012) Integrated hydrologic flow model of the Mokolo River Basin, South Africa. Specialist report for Centre for Environmental Management. University of the Free State. WRC Report No. TT579/13. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
32. PRUCHA RH, GRAHAM D, WATSON M, AVENANT MF, ESTERHUYSE S, JOUBERT A, KEMP M, KING J, LE ROUX P, REDELINGHUYS N and co-authors (2016) MIKE-SHE integrated groundwater and surface water model used to simulate scenario hydrology for input to DRIFT-ARID: the Mokolo River case study. Water SA 42 (3) 384-398.
33. ROSSOUW L, AVENANT MF, SEAMAN MT, KING JM, BARKER CH, DU PREEZ PJ, PELSER AJ, ROOS JC, VAN STADEN JJ, VAN TONDER GJ and co-author (2005) Environmental water requirements in non-perennial systems. WRC Report No. 1414/1/05. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
34. ROWNTREE KM and VAN DER WAAL B (2012) Fluvial geomorphology specialist report. Specialist Report for WRC Project K5/1798. WRC Report No. TT579/13. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
35. SCHULZE R and MAHARAJ M (2007) 50 years of daily hydroclimatic data per quaternary catchment in South Africa. School of Bioresources Engineering and Environmental Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal. (CD-ROM.)
36. SEAMAN MT, AVENANT MF, WATSON M, KING J, ARMOUR J, BARKER CH, DOLLAR E, DU PREEZ PJ, HUGHES D, ROSSOUW L and co-authors (2010) Developing a method for determining the environmental water requirements for non-perennial systems. WRC Report No. TT 459/10. Water Research Commission. Pretoria.
37. SEAMAN MT, WATSON M, AVENANT MF, JOUBERT AR, KING JM, BARKER CH, ESTERHUYSE S, GRAHAM D, KEMP ME, LE ROUX PA and co-authors (2013) Testing a methodology for Environmental Water Requirements in non-perennial rivers. The Mokolo River Case Study. WRC Report No. TT579/13. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
38. SEAMAN MT, WATSON M, AVENANT MF, KING JM, JOUBERT AR, BARKER CH. Esterhuyse S, GRAHAM D, KEMP ME, LE ROUX PA and co-authors (2016) DRIFT-ARID: A method for assessing environmental water requirements (EWRs) for non-perennial rivers. Water SA 42 (3) 356-367.
39. STRAHLER AN (1952) Hypsometric (area-altitude) analysis of erosional topology. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 63 (11) 1117-1142. http://dx.doi. org/10.1130/0016-7606(1952)63[1117:HAAOET]2.0.CO;2
40. STEŸN E (2008) Investigation into the reliability of the discharge records of selected gauging stations in a few non-perennial rivers in RSA. Report by Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Northern Cape Province, for Centre for Environmental Management as part of WRC Project K5/1798. WRC Report No. TT579/13. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
41. TAYLOR JC, HARDING WR and ARCHIBALD CGM (2007) A methods manual for the collection, preparation and analysis of diatom samples. Version 1.0. WRC Report No. TT 281/07. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
42. THOMS MC and SHELDON F (2002) An ecosystem approach for determining environmental water allocations in Australian dryland river systems: the role of geomorphology. Geomorphology 47 153-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00085-5
43. UYS MC (1998) The ecology of temporary streams in the Eastern Cape. PhD Thesis, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.