A New Mindset for Integrated Water Quality Management for South Africa

L. Boyd and R. Tompkins

International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2011, vol. 27, issue 1, 203-218

Abstract: The aim is to develop a conceptual model for aligning water resource quality and drinking water quality management. The model is based on the premise that good water quality is in everyone's best interests. Current management approaches attach responsibility for good water quality at a high level. The integrated water quality management approach "breaks down" the management of water quality into smaller management units and establishes a horizontal and vertical reporting framework through the application of a generic business process. The business process requires the identification of critical risk factors and critical control points in each management unit. The results of the project were the development of the water use cycle, as a context for the model, and the development of a basic integrated water quality management. A case study is currently underway in the Breede River catchment of the Western Cape Province of South Africa in order to refine the proposed model.

Date: 2011
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