South Africa is a dry, water-stressed country which faces many water management
challenges. Some of these challenges are unique to South African freshwater resources
management while others are conventional water management problems. In light of these
water management problems it is important that South Africa manages its scarce water
resources effectively and efficiently. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is
regarded internationally as the best way to manage freshwater resources as it provides for the
holistic management of land and water while taking into account various other factors such as
sustainable development. Although there have been some difficulties in finding international
consensus on the precise meaning of IWRM there are a number of defining aspects which are
common place in the development of this concept. From an analysis of environmental law
and policy relating to freshwater resources it is clear that South Africa has included many of
these aspects of IWRM into its own freshwater resources management. In fact there are few
short comings in the provision for IWRM under South African law and policy. South Africa’s
problems, however, lie in the implementation of its provision for IWRM. By looking at
various reports, statistics, strategies, commentaries and other documents relating to the status
of freshwater resources it becomes clear that although progress has been made in realising
implementation of South Africa’s water law since 1994 there are still many core areas of
freshwater management which are far from being implemented. If South Africa is to achieve
true IWRM it will need to address its implementation short comings. / Thesis (LL.M.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/9167 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Mauck, Gareth Edward. |
| Contributors | Kidd, Michael. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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