2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/21/2019 | 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM | THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL WATER ACT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES. | 151 DEF
THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL WATER ACT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES.
The National Water Act (Act No 36 of 1998) is internationally acclaimed as forward looking and innovative, particularly in its legation recognition of aquatic ecosystem rights to water. The ecological and basic human Reserve are the only rights to water legally recognised as other water use access are secondary and administratively administered. The ecological Reserve (ER) describes the quantity, quality, and reliability of water supply needed for the ecosystem to maintain its basic function and structure, including riparian vegetation and all associated biota. The ER together with the basic human need Reserve have to be determined before the remaining water is administratively allocated. However, while methods have been developed to determine the Reserve, its implementation has proved to be very challenging. This paper presents an analysis of major implementation challenges of the ER, particularly given the imperative for historical redress of past injustices in South Africa and the urgent need for equitable and efficient distribution and allocation of water resources in a country that is grappling with water scarcity.
- Policy
- Management
- Watershed
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Oghenekaro Nelson Odume
(), Rhodes University, South Africa, odume.nelson@gmail.com;
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