Flow-gauging structures in South African rivers Part 1: An overview

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1 January 2009 ISSN 1816-7950 = Water SA (on-line) 2 World War, brought a temporary halt to the expansion of the gauging network. At the time there were at least 17 compound gauging weirs in the Transvaal, where stages were gauged continuously using mechanical recorders. At least 8 compound gauging weirs had been established in the Cape Province and 3 gauging weirs in the then Orange Free State Province (Kan thack, 1924). The Rand Water Board (a board supplying water mainly to the Gauteng-area) established several gauging stations during 1915. 1. The influence of both world wars on the growth of the network is clear from this figure.

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