MOSA - Integrated water resources management: Middle Olifants South Africa

Investigate policy instruments and organizational settings that improve water allocation and reduce water pollution
Identify and assess the transaction costs inherent to the implementation of water policy in considering heterogeneity between water users (farmers, mines, households).
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?
Evaluate the costs and benefits of water treatment and assess the potential for addressing water scarcity through virtual water trade

Dr. Djiby Racine Thiam

Phone.: +49-228-73

Keywords

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

South Africa

2012 - 2015

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

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

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.