NCMP-related publications

These papers describe research that has made use of the national water quality database.
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• Silberbauer, M., 2019. Internet-based applications for interrogating 50 years of data from the South African national water quality monitoring network. Hydrological Sciences Journal, DOI 10.1080/02626667.2019.1645334.

• Ramjukadh, C.-L., Silberbauer, M., & Taljaard, S. (2018). An anomaly in pH data in South Africa’s national water quality monitoring database – implications for future use. Water SA, 44 (4), 760–763..

• Griffin, N. J. (2017). The rise and fall of dissolved phosphate in South African rivers. South African Journal of Science, 113(11/12).

• Griffin, N. J., Palmer, C. G. and Scherman, P. A. 2014. Critical Analysis of Environmental Water Quality in South Africa- Historic and Current Trends. Water Research Commission Technical Report No. 2184/1/14.

• van Niekerk, H., Silberbauer, M. J. and Maluleke, M., 2014. Geographical differences in the relationship between total dissolved solids and electrical conductivity in South African rivers. Water SA 40 (1), 133-137.

• Silberbauer, M. J. and Esterhuyse, C. M. 2014. Parallel drainages - the urban hydrology of the Moreletaspruit. In 17th SANCIAHS National Hydrology Symposium. University of the Western Cape. (Download poster.)

• Lemley, D. A., Taljaard, S., Adams, J. B., Strydom, N., 2014. Nutrient characterisation of river inflow into the estuaries of the Gouritz Water Management Area, South Africa. Water SA 40 (4), 687-698.

• Dabrowski, J., Oberholster, P. J., Dabrowski, J. M., 2014. Water quality of Flag Boshielo Dam, Olifants River, South Africa: Historical trends and the impact of drought. Water SA 40 (2), 345-357.

• Raymond, P. A., Hartmann, J., Lauerwald, R., Sobek, S., McDonald, C., Hoover, M., Butman, D., Striegl, R., Mayorga, E., Humborg, C., Kortelainen, P., Dürr, H., Meybeck, M., Ciais, P., and Guth, P. (2013). Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters. Nature, 503(7476):355-359.

• Barnard, S., Venter, A., and Van Ginkel, C. E. (2013). Overview of the influences of mining-related pollution on the water quality of the Mooi River system's reservoirs, using basic statistical analyses and self organised mapping. Water SA, 39(5).

• Huizenga, J. M., Silberbauer, M., Dennis, R., and Dennis, I. (2013). Technical note: An inorganic water chemistry dataset (1972–2011) of rivers, dams and lakes in South Africa. Water SA, 39(2).

• Bird, T. L. and Scholes, M. C. (2012). Using multivariate statistical analysis to assess changes in water chemistry in sections of the Vaal Dam catchment between 1991 and 2008. Water SA, 38(5).

• Ashton, P. J., Dabrowski, J. M. (2011). An overview of surface water quality in the Olifants River catchment. Tech. rep. KV 293/11, Water Research Commission, Pretoria.

• Huizenga, J. M. (2011). Characterisation of the inorganic chemistry of surface waters in South Africa. Water SA, 37(3):401-410.

• van Niekerk, H., Silberbauer, M. J., and Hohls, B. C. (2009). Monitoring programme revision highlights long-term salinity changes in selected South African rivers and the value of comprehensive long-term data sets. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 154(1-4):401-411.

• Kempster, P. L., Silberbauer, M., and Kühn, A. (2007). Interpretation of drinking water quality guidelines- The case of arsenic. Water SA, 33(1):95-100.

• de Villiers, S. and Thiart, C. (2007). The nutrient status of South African rivers: concentrations, trends and fluxes from the 1970s to 2005. South African Journal of Science, 103:343-349.

• de Villiers, S. (2007). The deteriorating nutrient status of the Berg River, South Africa. Water SA, 33(5):659-664.
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• de Villiers, S. (2006). The acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) of South Africa's freshwater ecosystems. Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 25(1):146.

• Ncube, E. J. and Schutte, C. F. (2005). The occurrence of fluoride in South African groundwater: A water quality and health problem. Water SA, 31(1):35-40.

• Bate, G., Smailes, P., and Adams, J. (2004). A water quality index for use with diatoms in the assessment of rivers. Water SA, 30(4):493-499
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• Day, J. A. and King, J. M. (1995). Geographical patterns, and their origins, in the dominance of major ions in South African rivers. South African Journal of Science, 91:299-306.
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• Grobler, D.F., Kempster, P.L., van der Merwe,L.(1994) A note on the occurrence of metals in the Ollfants river, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa. Water SA, 20(3):l95-204.
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• Bosman, H. H. and Kempster, P. L. (1985). Precipitation chemistry of Roodeplaat Dam catchment. Water SA, 11(3):157-164.
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