South Africa faces a water-shortage and a water-supply crisis that threatens the country's development into the twenty-first century.
| Title | Vanishing waters |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | Davies, B, Day, J |
| Pagination | xiv, 487 p. : fig., photogr., tab. |
| Date Published | 1998-01-01 |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town Press |
| Place Published | Cape Town, South Africa |
| ISBN Number | 1919713115 |
| Keywords | environmental impact, estuaries, lakes, rivers, sdiafr, sdiwrm, south africa, surface water pollution, water conservation, water resources conservation, water shortage, wetlands |
| Abstract | South Africa faces a water-shortage and a water-supply crisis that threatens the country's development into the twenty-first century. All the country's water systems - rivers, vleis and estuaries, even the smallest and least impressive - are becoming less and less natural. The very nature of such water sources, as water providers are being altered and destroyed by ill-considered human intervention and sheer ignorance and neglect. Vanishing Waters aims to provide an awareness of people's reliance on water and instil a love and respect for the aquatic environments, their diversity and their life forms. |
| Notes | Includes references Includes index Includes keys to common macroinvertebrate taxa of South African inland waters |
| Custom 1 | 824, 276 |
