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Improved knowledge of siltation cause and effects

Siltation reduces dam storage – vital for water supply and the economy. Managing this is crucial. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) assigned the WaterResearch Commission (WRC) to develop a National Siltation Management Strategy (NatSilt). One of the key…

28 May 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P9XnWNux0A

When we non-specialists think of silted-up dams (indeed, whenwe think of them at all) we picture in our mind’s eye greatexpanses of desiccated mud, cracked and fissured beneath abaking sun. But scratch the surface, or rather dig down a metre,and…

POOR LAND USE PRACTICES AND DEGRADATION THAT LEADS TO SILTATION

WRC Green Village: Catchment Management Guidelines schematic example on land use and degradation
(Source: WRC Project K5/2508)

Policy and Legislation, Institutional arrangements and mandates, Capacity Development and Collaborations, Engineering and socio-ecological systems

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