News from the South African water sector (May 2004)

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SNIPPETS The prevalence of blackflies (Simulium chutterii) in the middle and lower Orange River Valley remains a major problem. But, says Dr Steve Mitchell, Director: Water-Linked Ecosystems at the Water Research Commission (WRC), research has brought our understanding of the blackfly to a point where we are able to plan, together with the stakeholders in the Valley, a strategy to manage the pest. Mitchell, says the fourth project in a series of consultancies has recently been instituted by the WRC. The aim of this project is to develop a programme integrating the available options for controlling the blackfly in the Valley that will be cost effective in the long term and have the lowest possible impact on the economy of the area. The implementation of a successful programme will benefit the whole community in the Valley including the tourist industry.

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