MOSA - Integrated water resources management: Middle Olifants South Africa

Keywords

Water resources management; Water policy, South Africa, virtual water trade; water market, water quality, water allocation, water scarcity

Countries

South Africa

Summary

1. Investigate policy instruments and organizational settings that improve water allocation and reduce water pollution
2. Identify and assess the transaction costs inherent to the implementation of water policy in considering heterogeneity between water users (farmers, mines, households).
3. Determine the marginal values of water in different sectors (agriculture, industry, services) and assess the impacts of water use on water quality for different locations and times in the Olifants basin?
4. Evaluate the costs and benefits of water treatment and assess the potential for addressing water scarcity through virtual water trade

Methodology

Hydro-economic; econometric analysis and field research, expected utility theory, economic of transaction costs and multiple choice modeling

Main Cooperation Partners

• Prof. Dr.  Rashid Hassan (Center for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa)
• Prof. Dr. Johann Kirsten, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Pretoria
• Dr. Gerhard Backeberg, Water Research Commission, South Africa
• Dr. Marius Claassen, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa

Main Funding Partners

BMBF (Federal Ministry of  Education and Research)

Publications

Walter, T; Kloos, J; Tsegai, D.W. (2011):
Options for improving water use efficiency under worsening scarcity: Evidence from the Middle Olifants Sub-Basin in South Africa, Water SA Vol. 37, No. 3, Pages 357-370

Walter, T; Kloos, J; Tsegai, D.W. (2010):
Improving water use efficiency under worsening scarcity: Evidence from the Middle Olifants sub-basin in South Africa, ZEF - Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 143, Center of Development Research, Bonn, November 2010

Linz, T.; Tsegai, D.W.; (2009):
Industrial Water Demand analysis in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa: The Case of Mining,
ZEF - Discussion Papers On Development Policy No. 130, Center of Development Research, Bonn, April 2009, pp. 27.

Duration of the Project

2012 - 2015

Project Homepage

http://www.iwrm-southafrica.de/start.html

Team

• <link http: www.zef.de external-link-new-window external link in new>Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun
• <link http: www.zef.de external-link-new-window external link in new>Dr. Djiby Racine Thiam
• Dr. Georgina Wambi
• Phillipa Kayonka
• Mazibuko Njabulo