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dc.contributor.authorViljoen, Germarié
dc.contributor.authorBosman, Carin
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-28T09:47:51Z
dc.date.available2023-04-28T09:47:51Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationViljoen, G. and Bosman, C. 2022. "Some Legal Options to Ensure the Protection of South Africa's Utilisable Groundwater Resources". PER / PELJ 2022(25) – DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2022/v25i0a13483. [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1727-3781
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/41055
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2021/v25i0a13483
dc.description.abstractGroundwater, which is water that is found underground, is less susceptible than surface water resources to evaporation, and thus offers resilience against the impacts of climate change. Many South African cities, communities and farmers depend on groundwater for domestic or other socio-economic purposes. This implies that groundwater resources which are currently or potentially utilisable should be identified, and suitable legal measures should be implemented to protect these resources from potential risks of harm or damage posed by anthropogenic activity. This article firstly evaluates the effectiveness of the country's existing regulatory framework to effectively protect South Africa's groundwater resources and finds that the framework can be improved upon significantly. Secondly, it explores regulatory opportunities within the existing legal framework to strengthen South Africa's groundwater governance regime, including making use of land-use planning instruments to facilitate the implementation of groundwater protection zones.en_US
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPER/PELJen_US
dc.subjectGroundwater governanceen_US
dc.subjectWater lawen_US
dc.subjectProtectionen_US
dc.subjectLand-use activitiesen_US
dc.subjectHydrogeologyen_US
dc.subjectAquifer protection zonesen_US
dc.titleSome Legal Options to Ensure the Protection of South Africa's Utilisable Groundwater Resourcesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID13073834 - Viljoen, Germarié


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