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Journal articles on the topic "Water quality – KwaZulu-Natal – Umgeni River"

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Howard, J. R., M. E. Ligthelm, and A. Tanner. "The development of a water quality management plan for the Mgeni River catchment." Water Science and Technology 32, no. 5-6 (1995): 217–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1995.0608.

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Located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the Mgeni River catchment provides the potable water resources for nearly two million people, in an area of approximately 4 400 km2. The river system is well developed and impounded, but increasing population pressures in the catchment are placing greater demands on this critical water resource resulting in increasing loads of nutrients, faecal bacteria and suspended solids. Umgeni Water and the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry are developing an affordable and practically implementable plan to manage the water quality on an integr

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Agunbiade, Foluso O., and Brenda Moodley. "Pharmaceuticals as emerging organic contaminants in Umgeni River water system, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 186, no. 11 (2014): 7273–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3926-z.

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Matongo, Solomon, Grace Birungi, Brenda Moodley, and Patrick Ndungu. "Occurrence of selected pharmaceuticals in water and sediment of Umgeni River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22, no. 13 (2015): 10298–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4217-0.

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Manickum, T., W. John, S. Terry, and K. Hodgson. "Preliminary study on the radiological and physicochemical quality of the Umgeni Water catchments and drinking water sources in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 137 (November 2014): 227–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.07.015.

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Bailey, I. W., and L. Archer. "The impact of the introduction of treated water on aspects of community health in a rural community in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa." Water Science and Technology 50, no. 1 (2004): 105–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2004.0031.

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A project was designed by Umgeni Water (funded by the Water Research Commission of South Africa) to monitor the implementation of water reticulation in Vulindlela and evaluate the Water Supply Scheme from a community and environmental health perspective. The findings would hopefully contribute toward the development of criteria for Health Impact Assessment on Water Reticulation Projects. One objective of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of diarrhoeal disease as opposed to other health indicators for water-associated diseases. The innovative methodology followed in the study, a “steppe

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Mahabeer, Prashant, and Memory Tekere. "Anthropogenic pollution influences on the physical and chemical quality of water and sediments of the umdloti river system, Kwazulu-Natal." Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 123 (October 2021): 103030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2021.103030.

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Archibald, C. G. M., and J. C. Taylor. "The assessment of diffuse pollution from acid-mine drainage using an updated and revised diatom assessment procedure as an added-value bio-monitoring tool." Water Science and Technology 55, no. 3 (2007): 151–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2007.083.

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Three data sources (physico-chemistry, bio-monitoring and eco-toxicology) are currently used in South Africa to establish environmental water quality conditions. Environmental water quality in turn is key information required for the “ecological reserve determination” of river reaches. Bio-monitoring in South Africa has been limited in recent times mostly to the use of the SASS procedure which relies on invertebrates only. This paper describes the re-introduction of a diatom-based water quality assessment as an added-value bio-monitoring tool. A specific example is discussed citing the respons

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Vezi, Madonna, Colleen T. Downs, Victor Wepener, and Gordon O’Brien. "Response of zooplankton communities to altered water quality and seasonal flow changes in selected river dominated estuaries in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 19, no. 3 (2019): 393–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2019.01.005.

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Amoo, O. T., M. D. V. Nakin, A. Abayomi, H. O. Ojugbele, and A. W. Salami. "SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH FOR EVALUATING EXISTING AND FUTURE WATER ALLOCATION PLANNING AMONG CONFLICTING USERS." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLIV-4/W3-2020 (November 23, 2020): 45–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xliv-4-w3-2020-45-2020.

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Abstract. Water shortages are a chronic and severe problem in South Africa. Allocation of this limited water resources, environmental quality, and policies for sustainable water use are issues of increasing concern that require accurate and timely information to evolve strategies for dynamic natural resources management. Specifically, this paper is aimed to assist the planning, restoring and to rationally allocate the water resources in any river basin in resolving the current water stresses in many parts of South Africa, by using integrated knowledge from simulation and integrated river basin

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Gakuba, Emmanuel, Brenda Moodley, Patrick Ndungu, and Grace Birungi. "Occurrence and significance of polychlorinated biphenyls in water, sediment pore water and surface sediments of Umgeni River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187, no. 9 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4790-1.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Water quality – KwaZulu-Natal – Umgeni River"

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Singh, Atheesha. "Surveillance of microbial pathogens in the Umgeni River, Durban South Africa." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10070.

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This study assessed the quality of the Umgeni River in Durban South Africa seasonally from March 2011 to January 2012, according to standard protocol. Water samples were collected from Inanda dam-U5, KrantzKloof Nature Reserve-U4, New Germany-U3, Reservoir Hills –U2 and River mouth – U1 areas of the Umgeni River. A two-step tangential flow filtration (TFF) process was setup for the concentration of viruses from water samples. Virus like particles (VLPs) was detected using electron microscopy. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was used to statistically evaluate the data sets. All water sa

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Barratt, Graham James. "An assessment of the extent of mercury pollution of the Mngceweni stream, the Umgeni River and the Inanda Dam in Kwa Zulu-Natal." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1931.

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Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Environmental Health, Technikon Natal, 2001.<br>The debate surrounding mercury pollution of the river system below Thor Chemicals in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa has been of concern to the people of the region for several years. No scientific assessment of Mercury pollution has been carried out to date, other then a study conducted by Johnston et al. (1991) in 1990 in an area restricted to within 5 kilometres of the plant. Due to elevated levels being detected directly below the plan

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Sherman, Heidi Michelle. "The assessment of groundwater quality in rural communities : two case studies from KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4655.

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The health and life expectancy of populations in developing countries is largely determined by the availability of good quality drinking water. Boreholes and springs generally provide water of better microbiological and physical quality than surface water sources, however, they may cause health and aesthetic problems due to chemical constituents dissolved out of the host rock. As part of a pilot study to assess the health-related quality of community water supplies, samples were taken from two Quaternary catchment areas in KwaZulu-Natal. The Umkomazi catchment area is located inland fr

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Rambally, Adika. "An intergrated study of the eziMbokodweni estuary : water and sediment quality, and estuary-nearshore material fluxes." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11201.

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This study represents an integrated and holistic assessment of the eziMbokodweni Estuary’s water and sediment quality. The estuary was once relatively un-impacted but now flows through a highly anthropogenically-modified catchment, comprising industrial and residential developments (formal and informal), and the eziMbokodweni Wastewater Treatment Works, furthermore the floodplain has been completely transformed to accommodate the Amanzimtoti golf course. Flow from the highly degraded Isipingo River and Estuary is occasionally diverted into the eziMbokodweni and the Southern Sewage Works Outfal

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Govender, Strinivasen. "An investigation of the natural and human induced impacts on the Umdloti Catchment." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8790.

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The Umdloti River is relatively small but very important system that is located northeast of central Durban. This river flows pass the coastal town of Verulam and finally into an open/closed estuary, the La Mercy estuary. This fluvial system has a concrete gravity dam that is built in the upper reaches, the Hazelmere Dam, which supplies water to the north local council and surrounding districts under the supervision of Umgeni Water. The river is characterized by human activities, especially urbanisation and industrialization in the middle reaches and intensive agriculture (vegetables, sugar ca

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"The current ecological state of the Lower Mvoti River, KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/599.

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The Reserve concept, introduced in the National Water Act, has led to an increasing use of biomonitoring techniques to assess the current ecological status of rivers in South Africa. The ecological status of a river provides vital information necessary to establish the amount and quality of water needed by the aquatic ecosystem. If the amount and quality of water is inadequate, then the water resource will not be able to provide the necessary goods and services to their respective water users. The biomonitoring of rivers gained impetus with the establishment of the River Health Programme (RHP)

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Pillay, Renelle Karen. "An integrated study of the Isipingo River and Estuary : water and sediment quality, estuary-nearshore material fluxes, anthropogenic impacts and management." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10130.

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The Isipingo River and Estuary system located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, although relatively small, has been subjected to the impacts of intense development within the catchment. The catchment is characterized by informal and formal dwellings and intensive industrial activities in the lower catchment and in close proximity to the estuary. Significant modifications to the hydrology of the system has occurred as a result of the diversion of the Umlazi River (which previously merged with the Isipingo River at the estuary mouth), canalization of the lower portion of the Isipingo River flowi

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Nyath, Linah Thobekile. "Impacts of a defunct colliery on water quality of the Wasbank river, UMzinyathi Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/28077.

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The inefficiency of South Africa’s previous legislation that regulated the operation and closure of mining activities, has resulted in too many mines being abandoned without adequate rehabilitation (Naidoo, 2017). Therefore, currently, the State has taken a responsibility to identify all these abandoned mines, assess and rehabilitate them in order to mitigate their environmental impacts, mainly the acid mine drainage (AMD) impacts. A defunct colliery in Glencoe, which ceased its operation in 1973, is one of the mines that was identified as an abandoned mine. This mine is located on the upper W

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Sithebe, Ayanda. "A comparative microbiological assessment of river basin sites to elucidate fecal impact and the corresponding risks." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2656.

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Submitted in partial fulfillment for the Degree of Master of Applied Sciences in Biotechnology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017.<br>The study aims to assess and compare the concentration of microbial contaminants, their sources and distribution in surface water and sediment, and to determine the impact of seasonal variations and corresponding risks of faecal contamination using conventional and molecular methods. Historical data analysis was conducted using E. coli values from the eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS) department for 66 months (2009-2014). E. coli and

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Naidoo, Kushela. "The anthropogenic impacts of urbanization and industrialisation on the water quality, ecology and health status of the Palmiet River catchment in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3388.

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Water, a fundamental and irreplaceable resource, is an all-pervasive issue that underpins the social fabric of every society. Rapid population growth and expansion of human activities increases the amount of waste and pollution generated and many local authorities are encountering serious water pollution problems, often concentrated in the lower reaches of catchments and adjacent coastal areas. This problem is predominantly acute in urbanized catchment areas, where waste is concentrated into localized areas, and the authorities are constantly under pressure to provide adequate management and m

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Book chapters on the topic "Water quality – KwaZulu-Natal – Umgeni River"

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Rangeti, Innocent, and Bloodless (Rimuka) Dzwairo. "uMngeni Basin Water Quality Trend Analysis for River Health and Treatability Fitness." In River Basin Management - Sustainability Issues and Planning Strategies. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94844.

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One of the main challenges facing the potable water production industry is deterioration of the quality of raw water. Drinking water that does not meet quality standards is unfit for consumption. Yet, this quality is a function of various factors, key among them being quality of the raw water from which it is processed. This is because costs related to potable water treatment are related to the nature of raw water pollutants and the degree of pollution. Additionally, survival of aquatic species depends on self-purification of the water bodies through attenuation of pollutants, therefore, if this process is not efficient it might result in dwindling of the aquatic life. Hence, this chapter presents spatial and temporal water quality trends along uMngeni Basin, a critical raw water source for KwaZulu-Natal Province, in South Africa. As at 2014 the basin served about 3.8 million people with potable water. Results from this study are discussed in relation to uMngeni River’s health status and fitness for production of potable water treatment. Time-series and box plots of 11 water quality variables that were monitored at six stations over a period of eight years (2005 to 2012), were drawn and analysed. The Mann Kendall Trend Test and the Sen’s Slope Estimator were employed to test and quantify the magnitude of the quality trends, respectively. Findings showed that raw water (untreated) along uMngeni River was unfit for drinking purposes mainly because of high levels of Escherichia coli. However, the observed monthly average dissolved oxygen of 7 mg/L, that was observed on all stations, suggests that the raw water still met acceptable guidelines for freshwater ecosystems. It was noted that algae and turbidity levels peaked during the wet season (November to April), and these values directly relate to chlorine and polymer dosages during potable water treatment.

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