A Strategy for monitoring and assessment to support water resources management
Appendix 6
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Information requirements, inadequacies, planned developments, issues, and recommendations
Water Resources Monitoring and Assessment
Information Systems
Information requirements, inadequacies, planned developments, issues, and recommendations
For improved monitoring and assessment information systems for water resources management
Revised with input from 24 Feb 2000 workshop
Distributed at second workshop - 17 March 2000
MAIS project – phase 2
Table of contents – Appendix 6
1 Resource Status Information *
1.1 Hydrology *
1.2 Geohydrology *
1.3 Water Quality *
1.4 Aquatic Ecosystem Health *
1.5 Class / Reserve / Resource Quality Objectives *
1.6 Other data collected by other organisations *
2 Water Demand Information *
2.1 Demographics *
2.2 Socio-economic information *
2.3 Chemical characteristics for specific water requirements *
2.4 Waste standards *
2.5 Management Practices – e.g. Water use efficiency *
3 Water Use Information *
3.1 License – administrative *
3.2 Evaluation of use *
3.3 Waste disposal info (land) *
3.4 Compliance *
4 Institutional / Administrative / Legislative Information *
4.1 Water and related Legislation / policies *
4.2 Stakeholders / participation / organisational design of CMAs *
4.3 Boundaries *
4.4 Land ownership *
5 Infrastructure Information *
5.1 Water Infrastructure *
5.2 Other Infrastructure *
6 Information on status of DWAF projects and initiatives *
6.1 What data are available? *
6.2 What projects are ongoing *
6.3 Funding Sources/ Financial Models *
6.4 Liaison with monitoring and information organisations, internationally and nationally *
7 General *
8 Acronyms in the table *
Info systems / Sources
Adequacy / gaps
Current / planned developments
Issues
Recommendations
1.1 Hydrology
HIS WR90
Stored outputs from systems and operations models
Weather Bureau
METSIS (Rainfall)
IFRs
Telemetry system for flood control
WHYCOS
Dam Monitor –(not well known)
HYDAC
DAM DTM – (not well known)
DAM WATCH
CCWR
Catchment studies
Data bases maintained by other organisations (see list at end of tables)
Studies at other orgs, eg WRC
Disaster Management Centre
WS-NIS
Data on low flow hydrology is inadequate Data, including abstractions, not measured at all required sites
Measurements not accurate through entire range of flows, particularly higher
Wide area rain measurements (storms) often unreliable
No info on relationship between snow, ground water and surface runoff (Western Cape);
No direct access to Weather Bureau data
Info for future projections not electronic & on databases
Meta data of hydrology data not available
Outputs from systems and operations models not generally / easily accessible
Rainfall data not always accurate in mountainous areas
Regions need simple tools to evaluate water processes
D: Hydrology is investigating the adequacy of hydrological monitoring D: Hydro will investigate use of River Forecast system in 2000
Water Management System (WMS) is being expanded to also provide relevant hydrology information
Web based flood/incident reporting developed by Emergency Disaster Management Committee
Water Balance Model
High cost of hydrological monitoring Regions do not have hydrological assessment tools required for water resource management
Regions do not have tools required for managing the operation of hydrological monitoring programmes
Regions do not have access to skilled staff to perform hydrological assessments
Locations of hydrological monitoring sites are not appropriate for all required assessments
Data recorders subject to loss from vandalism and natural events – chart recorders can be lost for most of the recording period without being known
Patched and naturalised flow not readily available
Development of database structures for water related information
The length of time between data capture and information access can be very long.
Assessment tools must either be written in-house, which will require resources not currently available, or purchased from international sources, which has consequences in terms of costs (currency exchange), technical support, and integration with DWAF systems
Unclear who is responsible for managing droughts and for determining information needs
There is a need for inter-institutional co-operation by the organisations that collect and use hydrological information.
Results of some hydrological assessments reside with consultants and are not easily accessible.
Provide highly skilled water resource expertise to improve turnover time on requests for information Incorporate flow data into WMS and thereby facilitate the use of flow and quality data
Use flood telemetry systems for routine data collection so that it is maintained on an ongoing basis and therefore operational when floods occur
Develop systems to project water availability in the long term and provide early warning of threats of droughts
Decide what types of tools are used for what type of assessment.
Examine international standards, relate them to the South African context, and develop SA standards for all aspects of hydrological assessment – especially monitoring sites (density/location) and frequency
Continue evaluation and implementation of hydrological monitoring programmes
Investigate the availability of technology to integrate information developed by separate organisations.
Develop a training and capacity building programme to provide adequate hydrological capacity throughout all the water management areas
Develop assessment tools and capacity for their use in Regions
Push towards object oriented technology
1.2 Geohydrology
National Ground water Data Base (NGDB); REGIS;
RDP data from WS;
Agriwater;
Muniwater (GW module, Rainfall & Geochemistry)
WISH (operational tool for geo-hydrology)
Corporate GIS
Maps:
Aquifer Classification
Hydrogeological
Vulnerability
Harvest Potential
No links between surface and groundwater monitoring; Gathering data from consultants is difficult
Ground water data collected outside D:Geo-hyd does not reach NGDB
Expanding Regis system country-wide in a phased approach NGDB migrating to a server
Using Regis to model flow and chemical quality in aquifers to establish reference conditions in each ecotype
WRC project to define parameters needed for RDM to be included in ground water monitoring & assessment
A strategy has been developed for a National Ground Water Quantity Monitoring System
Certification of drillers is being investigated as a method to encourage better data exchange
NGArchive being developed
NGIS being developed for use in Regions
SABS compiling national standards in co-operation with ground water community
WISH being expanded to include assessment
Aligning Regis system with SA eco-regions a major challenge Poor knowledge of ground water resources
Integration of Regis system used for groundwater monitoring & assessment with other DWAF systems perceived to be a major challenge
Population of NGWIS begun relatively recently, so the historical data record is short
Perception that geo-hydrological data is unreliable/inaccurate
Negative perception of general public on reliability of ground water as a resource
Models to link surface water and flow are not generally used
Investigate the use of Regis as a general water resources management system (rather than only for ground water) Include (and document) groundwater reference conditions in the classification of Ecotypes
Ensure RDP data is channelled to NGDB
Establish three levels of monitoring networks, National, Regional, Local
Report current ground water resources status
1.3 Water Quality
Water Management System (WMS) Reports on water resources investigations
WaterMarque – assessment tool
Generic 1st order reference system – Water Services
LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System);
PC-Polmon;
Other organisationss, eg universities, Water Boards, ARC, DoH, DEAT
Information on toxic substances is inadequate Radioactivity not generally measured
Very little information on microbiological water quality;
Poor info on nutrients;
Degree to which current monitoring programmes address monitoring requirements of National Water Act have not been assessed
Data on organic substances not readily available
Appropriate links to borehole database
Lack of info on estuaries
A National Microbiological Monitoring Programme is being implemented Catchment based radioactivity monitoring programme ongoing
PC Muniwater – (POLMON and Waste Manager being incorporated into modules)
Unclear responsibility for initiation of new data collection efforts WMS not available to all yet
All laboratories supplying DWAF information systems with data need to be accredited
Design and implementation of monitoring programmes has not been systematically applied during the development of procedures to support the NWA
Cost of monitoring, especially for toxicity and microbiology
Existing national networks need to be rationalised and focused towards supporting resource status reporting requirements
Limited capacity in specialists fields
Incorporation of data recorders at flow gauging sites is resulting in a decrease in frequency with which water quality samples are collected
Provide and widely disseminate reports of current water quality status Expand the national water quality monitoring programmes to include monitoring of additional constituents required for implementation of NWA (e.g. toxic substances, nutrients and system variables)
Develop assessment strategy
River Health Database (UCT); Reports on special studies;
Corporate GIS
IFR studies
Other organisations, eg Universities, Water Boards, ARC, DEAT
Eco-region maps – RDM office
No national program and infrastructure for monitoring status of aquatic ecosystem health Eco-region information not yet detailed enough for comprehensive RDM
River health monitoring not yet done country-wide
The National River Health Programme is currently being expanded to all provinces Development and implementation of the River health database
Present state of the river needs to be described at a consistent level for the entire country Additional data are needed to describe river characteristics adequately
Capture IFR data on WMS Incorporate River Health database in WMS
Make additional data gathered on catchment characteristics accessible
RDM studies through RDM office Catchment studies
Information required to determine comprehensive RDM is not readily available; RDM information not accessible through an information system;
RDM information available for only a few sites;
No formal programme to monitor / audit compliance to RQO’s currently exists
RQO’s are not set
RDM office plans to develop a system to capture RDM information; RDM office plans to develop spatial presentation of ecotype descriptions backed by intelligence to describe expected occurrences for that ecotype;
There is a process on the go to develop capacity in SA for performing RDM determinations
Cost of full reserve determination is very high in terms of financial input and skilled understanding Experience in determining the Reserve limited to a small number of individuals
Potential legal challenges to classification decisions require access to all data used in decision-making
Format of output from RDM process not widely known
Unclear responsibility for initiation of new data collection efforts
Volume and varied locations of data used in RDM determination increases the importance of the rapid development of an information system for information retrieval
Develop system for storage of "grey literature" as a matter of priority Design and implement a RDM module into WMS
Design and implementation of RDM related monitoring programmes must be integrated with national monitoring programmes
There is a need to publish a "State of South African Water Resources" report at regular intervals
Develop criteria to audit compliance with reserve
For example; land cover; geology; topography, etc
Dept of Agric. Agricultural Research Centre (ARC)
Surveys & Mapping
DEAT
Stats-SA
Consultants
Council of GeoScience
Web based access to other data
ReGis (land cover)
US Geological Survey (USGS)
PLAN database (not user friendly)
Others
Shortage of rainfall data Incompatibility between GIS systems of different departments
Lack of appropriate liaison and co-ordination with data collection – national, provincial and other organisations
National Spatial Information Framework – Dept of Land Affairs Update of National Land Cover Database being investigated
SA-Integrated Spatial Information System (SA-ISIS) system framework for web based access to multiple data is being established
Use of satellite derived land cover/use data Rainfall data not patched and distributed because there has been no broad agreement on the procedures to use for patching
Inconsistencies in spatial references used for spatial data
Liase with other organisations to understand their current projects and plans in terms of water development Develop a prototype GIS system to help neighbouring local institutions to exchange information
Establish agreements with external organisations to share data
Introduce an integrated reference system for referencing spatial data
Form syndicates with other government departments to pay for cleaning up data
Participate in initiatives of other organisations to facilitate coordination, for example, NSIF, SA-ISIS
Info systems / Sources
Adequacy / gaps
Current / planned developments
Issues
Recommendations
2.1 Demographics
Water Services –National Information Systems Statistics-SA
Corporate GIS
Environmental Management Framework from DEAT
Universities
Other data collection procedures, for example for census, are not designed for DWAF requirements Water Services initiatives Population estimates perceived to be largely inaccurate Water Services Development Plans provide only about 20% of information required by Water Demand
Stats SA data has long delays before publishing
Re-organise existing demographic data to fit DWAF needs Liase with other organisations to make water resource management information needs better known and to improve accuracy of data collected
WSDPlans D:WR Planning
Corporate GIS
Stats-SA
Monitoring &Evaluation System – Water Services
Schemes & projects database – Water Services
Guideline framework for development of a Catchment Management strategy
WRC project output
Universities
Reserve Determination produces some info on socio-economic goals, but does not allow for consideration of opportunity costs of interventions No source of generally used data
Water Balance Model short of some socio-economic data
Data/information requirements are often project specific and require specialist input to acquire and analyse data Some socio-economic parameters are difficult to incorporate into information systems
Catchment-based water resources planning will require more detailed socio-economic information than what is currently available
Strategic Environmental Assessment Decision Support System developed for allocation decisions provides for socio-economic data
Develop a water balance model for each catchment where major development and investment decisions have to be taken. Investigate sources of socio-economic data
2.3 Chemical characteristics for specific water requirements
Water quality guidelines Resource Quality Objectives (RQO’s)
Not electronically accessible Development underway to establish RQO’s Make water quality guidelines electronically accessible 2.4 Waste standards
WMS; Published as a regulation
Waste Manager
Effluent standards have not been revised to consider currently available technology Effluent standards currently being revised by D: WQM Include whole effluent toxicity testing in waste standards Local and inter-national literature Little systematic implementation of local guidelines Management legality
Benchmarking studies planned in D:WC/DM on water use efficiency and conservation practices Development of sector specific strategies will identify required activities and help structure data collection
Water Management Plans will be submitted by sectors and will correspond in format to Water Services Dev. Plans.
Development of Best Management Practices requires understanding of specific technologies Acceptance of BMPs by the user community requires good communication between the developers and the community
Lack of baseline information on which to base estimates of water savings implies that the baseline information must be collected while assessing compliance
Need to improve the understanding of rainfall/runoff relationships with reference to a variety of crops
Waterlit pricing structure is a problem
Resolve the apparent conflict between WS-GIS architecture and Corporate GIS architecture
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Info systems / Sources Adequacy / gaps Current / planned developments Issues Recommendations Water Legal system [Water Reg] MUNIWATER
Water Administration System (WAS)
WaterRight
PERMEX – Register of WQ permits
Water Use Registration Mgmt System (WURMS)
Deeds Office
Survey and Land Information
WSDPs
Historical permits/licences information stored on paper copies and filed The electronic files that are in place are in disparate formats and data bases
Significant backlog of data to be captured in electronic format;
Incomplete records on existing water use (information available only w.r.t. requirements of 1956 Act);
Spatial information related to water use coming in from external sources, e.g. Survey and Mapping, are not correct
Water Use Authorisation & Registration Management System (WARMS) WARMS phase 2 includes financial components and links to other data
Capturing of historical permit information into electronic format needs to be planned and implemented. Interfacing with other government departments data bases is necessary (eg Deeds)
Information related to licensing needs to be available to all users.
There is a backlog of data that may not be captured before the set period.
Implement WARMS in all Regional Offices as soon as possible Design and use interim systems while broader and more complex are being designed and tested
Develop systems in small modules that are readily usable, then consider incremental improvements
Make WARMS information available through the Internet and in paper format to ensure access to all users
Interface WARMS with WMS
Use status information Municipal Water Database (MEO)
Assessment of the impact of use, e.g. EIA, EMPR, EMP, SIA, RAP
PC Muniwater (Sup/use) in development
Provincial Assessment Studies (Planning)
Lack of models and tools to effectively evaluate impacts of use Lack of primary data describing human impact
No uniform approach to dealing with water use
Cost/benefit analysis
Monitoring and auditing of water use
Procedures for impact assessments to support license application Procedures based on Strategic Environmental Assessments
Procedures to assess Stream Flow Reduction Activities
A mechanism for considering licence application requirements (Section 27) has been developed – J Perkins
Water Balance Model
No integrated evaluation and assessment of impact process exists Different directorates use different approaches in dealing with water use
Supporting information must be well prepared before meeting with public stakeholders
Data and information on which decisions are made have to be accepted and agreed upon
No overall strategy exists to deal with use at a fine detail
Develop integrated evaluation and assessment processes and procedures Facilitate integration of WARMS with the WMS and other identified evaluation systems
Investigate and establish mechanisms for consensus building and data sharing around data / information and public participation
Set up a programme to facilitate info sharing with other institutions in the license approval process
Waste Manager Local authorities
PC Muniwater (waste manager module)
Assessment tools to incorporate land use impacts into status description not generally available Solid waste related information currently not available on WMS
Incorporation of solid waste info on WMS planned Responsibility for maintaining information on solid waste between DWAF and DEAT not clear. Presumably DEAT is developing a solid waste information system? 4.4 Compliance
PC-POLMON Water Care Works
PROBOS (Afforestation Permit System) has been placed by SFRA water use licensing system
DEAT legislation (NEMA)
Updating of POLMON information is problematic No system to monitor compliance with quantity of water use
Compilation of a consolidating EIP/EMP
Electronic incorporation of data from regional offices
Auditing of compliance to licence requirements is limited
Incorporation of PC Polmon, Water Care Works, Waste Manager into the WMS Monitoring of effluent discharge is taken
Information on compliance is already in WMS
?DWAF Western Cape? busy compiling a consolidating EIMP for DEAT as required in NEMA
WARMS
SEA DSS – Strategic Environmental Assessment : Decision Support System
Confidentiality criteria of data needs to be clearly defined Monitoring programmes to audit compliance with licence conditions are limited only to effluent discharge
Undertake implementation of WMS in all Regional Offices as soon as possible Develop appropriate monitoring programmes to audit compliance with all licence conditions
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Info systems / Sources
Adequacy / gaps
Current / planned developments
Issues
Recommendations
For example:
DWAF Directorates Policies standards and procedures
Policies on the establishment of Catchment Management Agencies, including, for example, organisational design of CMAs
Status of institutional transition and development
International protocols and agreements
DWAF Internet and Intranet Hard copies distributed through Government Printer
PC Docs
Paper copies of communications are currently filed in some offices using the Section16 / 1 filling system according to the archives law which controls registry.
Reserve determination documentation
Hard copy documents within DWAF directorates
Joint basin commission
meetings
DEAT
Spreadsheet project tracking system
DoH
Dept of Agriculture
The web is not accessible to the majority of people Electronic and personal communication, no systematic storage procedures
No systematic approach to store information on procedures as they are developed
Directorate policies/procedures not easy to trace for those outside specific directorates
Process for establishment of a CMA - guidelines
Guidelines for pubic participation in CMAs
Guidelines for establishing new Water User Associations (WUAs)
Guidelines for transformation of irrigation boards to WUAs
Overarching policy on CMAs
No database on international agreements
Communication facility has been approved by IS and Integrator Reg Admin System (RAS) – Western Cape
Requirement to have stakeholders participate in decision making
The policy development process was well supported by DWAF, but the implementation process is not well integrated. There is currently a need to audit activities such as EIA, EMPR, SIA, EMP, RAP etc, however there are no electronic records of information submitted by applicants or records of recommendations by other departments who are stake holders in the process
Regions do not have procedures for the establishment of local institutions
Current database on the mainframe, probably not a desirable platform
No systematic tracking of progress on the transformation of irrigation boards. Records of proceedings and decisions in hard copy files
CMAs will need access to international agreements and DWAF policy
Government database is not easily accessible to public because of security reasons
Develop a departmental database which will have policy documents pertaining to various activities, for example, policy on bottled water Integrate policy implementation activities
Develop a protocol for the establishment of CMAs that uses IT to facilitate and track
Generate reports on the institutional interrelationships as determined by the various Acts and policies
Liase with neighbouring countries to encourage exchange of data
Make SADC protocols available on the web.
Create a Southern African Water Information Network (see GWP)
Encourage data swaps with other departments
Save the record of decision as described in Section 27 of the NWA electronically and integrate with WMS
6.2 Stakeholders / participation / organisational design of CMAs
Water Services NIS WMS
CSS
Minutes of interdepartmental (Nat & Prov) and public participation meetings
SEA DSS supports a stakeholder database
WS databases concerned with information relevant to WS stakeholders only There is no provision, at this time, to incorporate certain data in WMS
Roles & relationships among institutions in water mgmt areas
Numerous disparate stakeholder data bases throughout DWAF and consultants
The SEA process provides Advisory Committees with info for decisions on licensing allocations SEA procedures include an Advisory Committee that is a mix of government and private initiatives (free market principles)
Policy guidance is being developed in the SEA process to establish criteria for determining stakeholders
There is a great need for integration of disperse information especially in areas of public participation CSS data needs a lot of cleaning up and upgrading
Advisory committees are intensive on capacity, costs, admin, and organisation, but achieve phenomenal integration on decisions for licences due to co-operative governance.
Records of minutes, participation, and actions must be accessible
Develop a uniform public participation process and capture related documentation on who is involved in forums Develop a financial system to track financial management in CMAs
Develop an easily accessible (Web-based) data/document retrieval system for capturing and disseminating information pertaining to stakeholder interaction.
Ensure involvement of stakeholder. Need to take ownership of aspects of monitoring
6.3 Boundaries
Surveyor General DWAF
Corporate GIS
Cadastral maps
WMS
Some data still in hard copy, Some info. Not spatial
Current GPS system not widely used
Initiatives have been taken to develop standards – eg Dept of Land Affairs National Spatial Information
FrameworkSA Converting to new co-ordinate system (WGS 84)
Surveyor General data is patchy and difficult to use Surveyor General data is costly
Lack of standards is delaying development
Integrator has not had any impact on the process of standardisation
Link WARMs licensing system to the land parcel and deeds information Encourage the conversion from a Cape datum to a WGS84 system
Use property as the basis for information capture
6.4 Land ownership
Title deeds from Registrar of Deeds An appreciable amount of information resides in individuals and is not recorded or systematically managed
Data has to be corroborated with cadastral maps Sometimes GIS co-ordinates (longitude and latitude) do not match
Land Affairs is beginning to develop standards Some data still in hard copy Government owned land not registered
Servitudes information not always updated on time
Link land parcel (property code) to servitudes register and water use register
Info systems / Sources Adequacy / gaps Current / planned developments Issues Recommendations For example - location of dams, pumps, canals, gate,; valves, water pipelines, etc
Corporate GIS PLAN DB
Water Services - National IS
Water Services Development Plans (WSDP)
Civil design information
Survey Register System (SRS) – indirect source
Reservoir Capacities and Silt Surveys (SlikDB)
Dam Safety Permits
Flood Control System
Written reports – indirect source
Geographical infrastructure Network – WS
Vodacom
"As-built" not always surveyed All water infrastructure not captured
Local authority distribution systems not known
Lack of required info on water infrastructure for disaster management purposes
Inadequacy of PLAN DB
Ongoing accumulation of data from other sources in Corporate GIS Accurate information on existing construction not always available; Co-ordinate system for locating, eg, pumps, may not be consistent with other spatial co-ordinates
Responsibilities and jurisdiction may not be clear in all cases – eg; does DWAF need or want to know about the local authorities water distribution system?
For example – roads, bridges, railways, towns & cities, power lines, telephone lines, servitudes
Corporate GIS; Written reports;
WS NIS
LIS (Geomatics)
ESKOM
Lack of knowledge of data capture activities nationally/ provincial/ local levels GIS developments in provinces Common GIS standards
Preliminary metadata standards in place via NUS
Some data are used only during specific incidents, such as floods or chemical spills. Should that data be stored at DWAF?
Reference co-ordinate systems are not all compatible
Establish agreements with organisations responsible for strategic infrastructure information (eg ESKOM and local authorities) to ensure mutual access to the latest information when necessary. Establish agreements with Departments responsible for infrastructural development to address the following two main issues:
(a) Impact of the infrastructural development on the water resource
(b) Potential for mutually beneficial monitoring mechanisms to be established
Info systems / Sources Adequacy / gaps Current / planned developments Issues Recommendations Directorate business plans – available from D: Strategic Planning Access to non-codified knowledge through personal networks and existing library systems;
Catchment Study reports
SEA Methodology and Logical Framework analysis from Water Utilisation
Monitoring & Evaluation – Water Services
Geomatics Intranet home page for spatial data inventory
No comprehensive data library – no meta data of attribute data held by DWAF Multiple formats and sources of data requiring specialist knowledge to access
Lack of co-ordination of data acquired and/or purchased
Lack of a central data base to track ongoing projects and their products
Catchment studies do not all conform with data acquisition & dissemination standards
No national data exchange standard
Establishment of a centre for disseminating spatial information. WMS is establishing a tool box of assessment techniques
Scientific Services investigating mechanisms to interface data with modelling functionality
Water Services propose to establish Regional Information Centres which will catalogue and disseminate available information
Water Conservation Information Centres proposed (industry, mining, power generation strategy)
Need communication within DWAF and relevant stakeholders on what projects and initiatives are ongoing or being planned and where; No single entity responsible for co-ordination and collaboration between related projects and initiatives;
No common interface to access data on projects and initiatives;
Problems with data acquisition related to confidentiality
Cost of some spatial data sets, like land use, aerial photography, etc
Establish an information co-ordination centre for water resource information Develop a common interface that will allow access to data bases and evaluation tools
WEB access and reporting of data and information should become established practise
Clarify legal requirements re: data & info and initiate a process of establishing contracts with data providers
Project Administration System (IS Project Office) Directorates business plans
International Liaison’s Projects Tracking System
No centralised system tracks projects Establishment of an IS Service Project Office to support planning and control of projects. Establishment of a Customer Service Centre to deal with problems, faults and service requests
Establishment of an IS Operations and Maintenance Service
Water Resources Planning making studies available in electronic format
SEA (Water Utilisation) will provide strategic info to assist CMAs in establishing CM Strategies and Plans
No central, comprehensive, management software accessible to all resource managers. Establish a water resource information projects office and ensure accessibility to information Establish a corporate projects database
Link registration of projects with financial management
Encourage Web reporting
Ensure compliance of all catchment studies with data acquisition standards and make results available in standard electronic format.
Data acquisition standards and reporting formats must be incorporated into DWAF tenders and contracts
Access to non-codified knowledge through personal networks and existing international initiatives DANCED, EU, USAID, DFID, SIDA, NORAD, IUCN, WWF, OTHER
CD: International Projects is responsible for donor liaison and programme identification
Lack of knowledge of funding opportunities A number of internationally funded projects are underway
More effective communication on funding opportunities is required Significant delays are incurred before funding becomes available
No comprehensive system for tracking financial management
Commercial framework for access to data/info
Identify and fund priority monitoring and information related projects. Identify international funds targeted for monitoring and information related projects
8.4 Liaison with monitoring and information organisations, internationally and nationally
SADC, WMO,
SA-ISIS
USGS,
GEMS
NASA
State of the Environment Reports
OTHER
Significant lack of liaison and co-ordination with organisations that collect data including local government International protocols to be addressed, for example Agenda 21
RAMSAR
SADC
Numerous data collection and dissemination activities are ongoing which could provide a significant amount of information. Lack of participation and communication in these processes excludes the Department from benefiting. Increase participation in national and international organisations, e.g. through joint projects 9 General
Information sources - additional sources added at the workshop on 24 Feb – they would apply in many information categories
Data bases maintained by other organisations include
Provincial departments of Agriculture
Local government
Deciduous Fruit Board, KWV, (quantity of water)
Water Boards
Metropolitan Councils
Municipal records (databases?)
Regional and town planning departments
Tertiary Education Institutions
ARC (Institute for Soil, Climate & Water)
DoH - Department of Health
DEAT – Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
CCWR – Computing Centre for Water Research
ESKOM
Telkom
Spoornet
USNOAA – United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency
WRC project results
Council for Geoscience
Water Care Programme conducted by CSIR
Deeds Office
HSRC – Human Sciences Research Council
Waterlit
Other databases maintained by DWAF include
Corporate GIS
Dam Safety Office
Locality System
Recommendations
Establish an independent water information standards authority
Establish a web-based yearly planner of projects : who, what, when and where – this allows linkages and coordination within and beyond DWAF – can help prevent stakeholder burnout
Add to "Preliminary list of detailed data and information" Under
3. Demography
Levels of water and sanitation services
Ecological
Aquatic weeds
Species diversity
ARC – Agricultural Research Council
BMP – Best Management Practice
CCWR – Computing Centre for Water Research
CM – Catchment Management
CMA – Catchment Management Agency
CSS – Central Statistical Services
DAM DTM – Dam Digital Terrain Mapping
DAM WATCH –
DANCED – Danish Co-operation for Environment and Development
DEAT – Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
DFID – Department for International Development (UK government)
DM&EA – Department of Mineral and Energy Affairs
DoH – Department of Health
EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment
EIMP -
EIP –
EMP – Environmental Management Plan
EMPR – Environmental Management Programme Report, required by DM&EA
GEMS – Global Environmental Monitoring System
GIS – Geographical Information System
GPS – Global Positioning System
GWP – Global Water Partnership
HIS – Hydrological Information System
HYDAC – Hydrological Data Capture System; hydrological digitising
IFR – Instream Flow Requirements – estimate of water needed to maintain aquatic biota
IGS – Institute for Groundwater Studies, Univ of Orange Free State
IS – Information System
IUCN – World Conservation Union
LIMS – Laboratory Information Management System
MEO - …? Municipal Water Database
METSIS -
NASA – National Agency for Space Administration
NEMA – National Environmental Management Act
NGDB – National Ground Water Data Base
NGIS – National Ground Water Information System
NORAD – Norwegian Agency for Development
NSIF – National Spatial Information Framework
NWA – National Water Act
POLMON – Pollution Monitoring System – software system for storage of effluent quality data
RAS – Reg Administrative System
RDM – Resource Directed Measures
RDP – Reconstruction and Development Programme
REGIS – software system developed in the Netherlands, currently under investigation for its application in South Africa
RQO’s – Resource Quality Objectives
SA-ISIS – South African Integrated Spatial Information System
SABS – South African Bureau of Standards
SADC – Southern Africa Development Community
SEA – Strategic Environmental Assessment
SEA DSS – Strategic Environmental Assessment: Decision Support System
SIA – Social Impact Assessment
SIDA – Swedish International Development Agency
SRS – Survey Register System
UCT – University of Cape Town
USAID – United States Agency for International Development
USGS – United States Geological Survey
WARMS - Water Use Authorisation & Registration Management System
WC/DM – Water Conservation/ Demand Management
WHYCOS – World Hydrological and Climate Observation System; WMO, UN, EU, SADC,
WISH – Water Information System for Hydrologists; developed at IGS, UOVS
WMO – World Meteorological Organisation
WMS – Water Management System – software tool for water management
WQM – Water Quality Management
WR – Water Resources
WR90 – Water Resources 90 – set of naturalised flow estimates
WRC – Water Research Commission
WS – Water Services
WS NIS – Water Services – National Information System
WSDP – Water Services Development Plan
WUA – Water User Association
WURMS – Water Use Registration Management System
WWF – World Wildlife Fund