Water SA is the WRC’s accredited scientific journal which contains original research articles and review articles on all aspects of water science, technology, engineering and policy. Water SA has been in publication since 1975 and includes articles from both local and international authors. The journal is issued quarterly (January, April, July, October).

 

Water SA is now published at www.watersa.net – please visit this site for all issues from Volume 44 (2018) onward.  To find articles from Volumes 1 (1975) to 43 (2017) use the WRC Knowledge Hub search function. Articles from 1975–1997 are available as scanned PDF files and from 1998 onward as searchable PDF files.

 

Open Access policy

Water SA is an open access journal and all content is available without charge to the user. The content of this journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal under the terms of this Licence, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. The publisher’s version of the article may be archived in an online repository, by the author or any other user.

 

Science Citation Index Impact Factor
2020 Impact Factor – 1.247; 2020 5-year Impact Factor –1.589

2019 Impact Factor – 1.094; 2019 5-year Impact Factor – 1.206

2018 Impact Factor – 0.896; 2018 5-year Impact Factor – 1.098

2017 Impact Factor – 0.783; 2017 5-year Impact Factor – 1.077
2016 Impact Factor – 0.958; 2016 5-year Impact Factor – 1.116
2015 Impact Factor – 0.851; 2015 5-year Impact Factor – 1.052
2014 Impact Factor – 0.640; 2014 5-year Impact Factor – 0.962
2013 Impact Factor – 0.809; 2013 5-year Impact Factor – 0.993

 

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Coming to the party of their own volition: Interest groups, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase 1 and change in the water sector

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/04/29

Author: Meissner R

Climate influences on Vaal River flow

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/04/29

Author: Jury MR

Assessment of water quality in distribution networks through the lens of disinfection by-product rules

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/04/29

Author: Islam N; Sadiq R; Rodriguez MJ; Legay C

Assessment of water quality based on diatom indices in a small temperate river system, Kowie River, South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/04/29

Author: Dalu T; Bere T; Froneman PW

Assessment of sorghum–cowpea intercrop system under water-limited conditions using a decision support tool

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/04/29

Author: Chimonyo VGP; Modi AT; Mabhaudhi T

Analysis of auto-purification response of the Apies River, Gauteng, South Africa, to treated wastewater effluent

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/04/29

Author: Omole DO; Badejo AA; Ndambuki JM; Musa AG; Kupolati WK

A spatial assessment of stream-flow characteristics and hydrologic alterations, post dam construction in the Manyame catchment, Zimbabwe

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/04/29

Author: Mwedzi T; Katiyo L; Mugabe FT; Bere T; Bangira C; Mangadze T; Kupika OL

A comparison of mollusc diversity between the relatively pristine Marico River and the impacted Crocodile River, two major tributaries of the Limpopo River, South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/04/29

Author: Kemp M; De Kock KN; Zaayman JL; Wolmarans CT

Understanding farmers’ preferences for wastewater reuse frameworks in agricultural irrigation: lessons from a choice experiment in the Western Cape, South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Saldías C; Speelman S; Van Huylenbroeck G; Vink N

The major and trace element chemistry of fish and lake water within major South African catchments

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Jordaan LJ; Wepener V; Huizenga JM

Technical note: Design of a pot experiment to study the effect of irrigation with diluted winery wastewater on four differently textured soils

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Mulidzi AR; Clarke CE; Myburgh PA

Reviewers 2015

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Sherwill T

Potable water use of residential consumers in the Cape Town metropolitan area with access to groundwater as a supplementary household water source

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Wright T; Jacobs HE

Paradigms and theories in water governance: the case of South Africa’s National Water Resource Strategy, Second Edition

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Meissner R

Numerical study of junction-angle effects on flow pattern in a river confluence located in a river bend

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Ghobadian R; Tabar ZS; Koochak P

Model simulations of rainfall over southern Africa and its eastern escarpment

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Dedekind Z; Engelbrecht FA; Van der Merwe J

Leachability of metals from gold tailings by rainwater: an experimental and geochemical modelling approach

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Grover BPC; Johnson RH; Tutu H

Fate, behaviour, and implications of ZnO nanoparticles in a simulated wastewater treatment plant

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Cha├║que EFC; Zvimba JN; Ngila JC; Musee N

Efficiency evaluation of urban and rural municipal water service authorities in South Africa: A data envelopment analysis approach

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Brettenny W; Sharp G

Climate influences on upper Limpopo River flow

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Jury MR

Acute and chronic effects of acidic pH on four subtropical frog species

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Farquharson C; Wepener V; Smit NJ

A test of the Lake Habitat Survey method in Cleveland Reservoir and Lake Chivero (Manyame River Basin, Zimbabwe)

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Dalu T; Tambara E; Chari LD; Moyo S; Nhiwatiwa T

A study of seasonal effects on metal-NOM interactions and the impact of CaCO3 precipitation potentials using Visual MINTEQ, in raw and cooling water

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Parshotam H; Gericke G; Ngila JC; Mishra S

A preliminary investigation of the water use efficiency of sweet sorghum for biofuel in South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: Mengistu MG; Steytler B; Kunz RP; Doidge I; Hlophe HB; Everson CS; Jewitt GPW; Clulow AD

A preliminary fish survey of the estuaries on the southeast coast of South Africa, Kayser’s Beach – Kei Mouth: a comparative study

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2016/01/27

Author: James NC; Harrison TD

Water institutions and governance models for the funding, financing and management of water infrastructure in South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Ruiters C; Matji MP

The development of a classification system for inland aquatic ecosystems in South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Ollis DJ; Ewart-Smith JL; Day L; Job NM; Macfarlane DM; Snaddon CD; Sieben EJJ; Dini JA; Mbona N

The benthic regeneration of N and P in the Great Brak estuary, South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Human LRD; Snow GC; Adams JB; Bate GC

TECHNICAL NOTE: Infrastructure for irrigation of grapevines with diluted winery wastewater in a field experiment

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Myburgh PA; Lategan EL; Howell CL

SHORT COMMUNICATION: Conductivity as an indicator of surface water quality in the proximity of ferrochrome smelters in South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Loock MM; Beukes JP; Van Zyl PG

REVIEW: The history of South African inland fisheries policy with governance recommendations for the democratic era

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Britz P

REVIEW: Sublethal effects of temperature on freshwater organisms, with special reference to aquatic insects

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Dallas HF; Ross-Gillespie V

Piloting a method to evaluate the implementation of integrated water resource management in the Inkomati River Basin

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Wilkinson MJ; Magagula TK; Hassan RM

Passive remediation of acid mine drainage using cryptocrystalline magnesite: A batch experimental and geochemical modelling approach

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Masindi V; Gitari MW; Tutu H; De Beer M

Microbial water quality of treated water and raw water sources in the Harare area, Zimbabwe

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Chirenda TG; Srinivas SC; Tandlich R

In-line rheological characterisation of wastewater sludges using non-invasive ultrasound sensor technology

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/10/29

Author: Kotz├® R; Haldenwang R; Fester V; R├Âssle W

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