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Large scale water transfer scheme - South Africa
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Large scale water transfer scheme - South Africa
Challenge and objectives
water resources are, scarce and extremely limited
evaporation is high, no truly large rivers exist
Zambezi River, is the closest large river to South Africa.
poorly endowed with groundwater
Four of South Africa’s main rivers are shared with other countries, which drain about 60% of the country’s land area
The use of water is dominated by irrigation
especially vulnerable to changes in water availability
Response
The National Water Act gives highest priority to water
water is allocated by public authorities and by river basin to ensure that the greatest overall social and economic benefits are achieved.
Water resources through the country have been linked through inter-catchment transfers
thereby reducing the potential risks of failure through the combined utilization of resources
move some of the water intensive and low water efficient production to countries with more better climate and soils.
possible solutions
Demand side measures to increase water availability
Re-allocation of water
construction of new dams and related infrastructure
how the growth in water requirements can be met in future
bring new interventions on line to meet the growth in water requirements
offer the lowest cost options
Cape Town
being more remote from large rivers
not having the same benefits of scale of the Johannesburg/Gauteng area
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