SA Waterbulletin March 2002

Abstract

WATERFRONT Delegates discuss the sustainable use of river systems James McKene LV&, u!LeIsIty of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Debbie Jacoby (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), John Odiyo (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Peter Hoge (Rand Water, South Africa) at the South African braai. The International Conference En-vironmental Flows for River Sys-tems, which incorporated the Fourth International Ecohydraulics Symposium was held at the Baxter Theatre (UCT) in Cape Town from the 3-8 March 2002. Planned for one year after the launch of Dams and Development, the Report of the World Commission on Dams, the Conference focussed on methods, knowledge-development and policies for promoting sustainable use of river systems through proactive management of river flows. All parts of the river system were addressed: the river channel and banks, associated wetlands, lakes, floodplains, groundwater, estuary and near-shore ocean - as was subsistence use of the system's resources.

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