- Title
- The application of ecotoxicity and activity system analysis of salt management to water resource protection and use sector-specific guidelines for agriculture, mining and municipal wastewater
- Creator
- Mensah, Paul K
- Creator
- Mgaba, N
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- report
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437745
- Identifier
- vital:73406
- Identifier
- ISBN 978-0-6392-0052-1
- Identifier
- https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/2462final.pdf
- Description
- Freshwater salinisation in South Africa is on an increasing trajectory with elevated levels of sulphate, sodium and chloride ions in many of the country’s rivers, causing increased electrical conductivity and changes in ion composition. The problem of freshwater salinisation is intractable and desalinisation, though an effective treatment technique, it is expensive in terms of cost and energy consumption. Therefore, preventative or precautionary management options through the applica-tion of appropriate workable and innovative researched methods are not only desirable but also necessary. Again, there is a call for a new paradigm in water research in South Africa whereby science and social science methods are effectively combined to ensure proper manage-ment of water resources. The notion of combining the know-how of sci-ence and technology with knowledge from all stakeholders is one of the surest ways of managing the threat of freshwater salinisation. In this regard, this project investigated ways of effectively managing salinity risk to water resources by combining traditional science methods with those of social sciences in order to develop water quality guidelines (WQGs) and management practices for salinity. The project combined ecotoxicological and Cultural History Activity Theory (CHAT) research techniques in the light of new trends in water research.
- Format
- 115 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Water Research Commission
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Mensah, P.K. and Mgaba, N., 2019. The application of ecotoxicity and activity system analysis of salt management to water resource protection and use: sector-specific guidelines for agriculture, mining and municipal wastewater. WRC Report, (2462/1/19)
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