Development of Groundwater Guidance Documents (March 2023)

The Groundwater Guidance Documents were developed by Water Research Commission (WRC) in collaboration with the South African-Danish Strategic Water Sector Cooperation programme to support the development of supportive management tools that can ensure a sustainable and cost-effective groundwater supply scheme management in South Africa as part of the water supply mix. The documents were identified in Phase I and received inputs for development in Phase II.

• TT 902 Guidance Document on Protection Zones (Delineation and Protection): Development of Methodological Approach and Implementation Plan
• TT 903 Guidance Document on Groundwater Scheme Development
• TT 904 Conjunctive Water Use Guideline
• TT 905 Guidance Document on Groundwater Data Collection
• TT 906 Guidance Document for Management of a Groundwater Scheme

Specialised approach to groundwater mapping (2020-2022)

Development of a South Africa groundwater mapping and assessment approach to support better future sustainable groundwater use in the water supply mix. There were three activities that made up this project, the approach was demonstrated in Ladysmith to support Umgeni Water in developing groundwater for water supply around Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa through geological and hydrological modelling to test the applicability of the Danish groundwater mapping approach in South Africa.

• Groundwater Mapping Approach demonstration project in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal Province
  • Case Study on Geological Modelling – Ladysmith, South Africa
  • Case Study on Integrated Hydrological Modelling – Ladysmith, South Africa
• South African Groundwater Mapping and Assessment Approach
  • A Comparison of the Danish and South African Approaches
• Wellfield Management System (WfMS) for the Saldanha Bay Area
  • Model Report: Hydrological Model for Saldanha Bay, South Africa
  • Water Manager System, Saldanha Bay Overview and Technical Guidance

Borehole Optimisation (July 2022)

The project was conducted in collaboration with the Water Use Efficiency Track of the Strategic Water Sector Cooperation (SSC) to support Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality with development of procedures for wellfield optimisation and systems for monitoring and managing the wellfields in a sustainable manner.

• Borehole Optimisation and Strategic Planning in Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality

Introduction and Status