MODERN WATER RESOURCE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES FOR THE VAAL SYSTEM.

  • Authors: R S MCKENZIE; R B ALLEN
  • Source: ICE Proceedings, Volume 88, Issue 6, pages 995 –1014 , , E-ISSN: 1753-7789

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Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Part 1, 1990,88, Dec., 995-1014 9584 GROUP WATER ENGINEERING Modern water resource assessment techniques for the Vaal system R.S . McKENZIE, PhD, MICE* R.B. ALLEN, BSc, MAICEt The Vaal River is the most important river in South Africa and supplies water to the Pretoria/Witwatersrand/Vereeniging (PWV) area which forms the economic heartland of the country, supporting over 40% of the population and producing more than 50% of the country's wealth. The water demands from the VaalRiver already exceed thenatural resources of the catchment area, with the result that four major water transfers from adjacent catchments are currently required to augment the supply...

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