Managed aquifer recharge as a risk mitigation measure
Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) involves purposefully recharging groundwater, commonly using treated effluent, stormwater, or excess …
Kobus Prinsloo
Borehole test-pumping: What you need to know
Groundwater users often neglect test-pumping boreholes once drilling is complete. Test-pumping is crucial towards understanding the yield capabilities of the borehole and greater aquifer into which the borehole is drilled, as well as ensuring the correct borehole pump is selected, before putting the borehole into production. Test-pumping allows the groundwater user to set “safe” or…
Groundwater Resource Development: Myths and Misconceptions
Groundwater myths Climate extremes across the globe have shined a spotlight on groundwater and its potential for building resilience to the effects of climate change. However, development and sustainable use of this unseen resource remains clouded in myth and misconception.In South Africa, all of its residents have a constitutional right to basic water supply and…
Groundwater Development: Assisting commercial farmers with water security
As the below average rainfall for the West Coast of the Western Cape persists, farmers of the region are coming to realise and appreciate the importance of responsible and sustainable groundwater management and conjunctive surface and groundwater use. The commercial farming sector in the Piketberg area is becoming more reliant on groundwater to augment shortfalls…
