SA Waterbulletin September 1980

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Almsa J On 4 SEPTEMBER 1980 Warning to hydrologists rewater resources: HOBBS: FUTURE SUPPLY WILL POSE PROBLEMS "The challenge facing hydrologists in South Africa is the early identification of those regions where water supply problems will become acute; the accurate assessment of the water resources available to meet future demands in these regions; and recommendations for the optimum management of these resources during exploitation." This was said by Mr LD Hobbs, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Water Affairs, Forestry and Environmental Conservation when he officially opened a workshop on the effects of rural land-use and catchment management on water resources held recently at the CSIR Conference Centre in Pretoria. _flF,In W wr sue TO-rubriek: p 2 IiAl Reports on - IWPC conference (p 16) Groundwater '80 (p 10) Hoogtepunte uit WNK-verslag: p 28 ., Mr Hobbs said that South Africa had a semi-arid climate with the average rainfall being only 475 mm per annum compared with 735 mm in the USA and 860 mm per annum for the world as a whole.

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