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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The removal of N and P in aerobic and anoxic-aerobic digestion of waste activated sludge from biological nutrient removal systems

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Vogts M; Ikumi DS; Ekama GA


The potential utilisation of indigenous South African grasses for acid mine drainage remediation

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Ramla B; Sheridan C


Technologies for the treatment of source-separated urine in the eThekwini Municipality

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Udert KM; Buckley CA; W├ñchter M; McArdell CS; Kohn T; Strande L; Z├Âllig H; Fumasoli A; Oberson A; Etter B


Sustainable and equitable sanitation in informal settlements of Cape Town: a common vision?

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Pan SM; Armitage NP; Van Ryneveld MB


Quantification of water usage at a South African platinum processing plant

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Haggard EL; Sheridan CM; Harding KG


PREFACE: WISA 2014 – Water Innovations

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Burgess J


Performance comparison of hydraulic and gravitation HybridICE filters in freeze desalination of mine waters

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Adeniyi A; Mbaya RKK; Popoola API; Maree JP; Zvinowanda CM


Mitigating the impact of swimming pools on domestic water demand

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Fisher-Jeffes L; Gertse G; Armitage NP


Investigation of carbonate dissolution for the separation of magnesium hydroxide and calcium sulphate in a magnesium hydroxide-calcium sulphate mixed sludge

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Rukuni TT; Maree JP; Carlsson FHH



How well do our measurements measure up? An overview of South Africa’s first proficiency testing scheme for organochlorine pesticides in water

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Fernandes-Whaley M; Prevoo-Franzsen D; Quinn L; Nhlapo N


Groundwater quality on dairy farms in central South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Esterhuizen L; Fossey A; Potgieter E


Development of emergency response plans for community water systems

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Jack U; De Souza P; Kalebaila N


Assessing the blue-water footprint of an opencast platinum mine in South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Ranchod N; Sheridan CM; Pint N; Slatter K; Harding KG


Application of the DIY carbon footprint calculator to a wastewater treatment works

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Chetty S; Pillay K


A cheap and simple passive sampler using silicone rubber for the analysis of surface water by gas chromatography–time of flight mass spectrometry

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/03/31

Author: Naud├® Y; Gorst-Allman P; Rohwer E


Water SA Volume 40 (2014) Contents

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Sherwill T


The potential anti-androgenic effect of agricultural pesticides used in the Western Cape: In vitro investigation of mixture effects

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Archer E; Van Wyk JH


Temporal and spatial dietary dynamics of the longspine glassy (Ambassis ambassis) in the St Lucia estuarine system, iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Dyer DC; Perissinotto R; Carrasco NK



Reducing uncertainty based on model fitness: Application to a reservoir model

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Linhoss AC; Mu├▒oz-Carpena R; Kiker G; Wolski P


Optimum reliable operation of water distribution networks by minimising energy cost and chlorine dosage

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Babaei N; Tabesh M; Nazif S


Measuring spatial variability of land use associated with hydrological impact in urbanised quaternary catchments using entropy

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Ilunga M; Singh VP


Investigating a spatial approach to groundwater quantity management using radius of influence with a case study of South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Seward P; Xu Y; Turton A


Evaluation of o-cresol removal using PVA-cryogel-immobilised biomass enhanced by PAC

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: See S; Lim P-E; Lim J-W; Seng C-E; Adnan R


Effects of data resolution and stream delineation threshold area on the results of a kinematic wave based GIUH model

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Azizian A; Shokoohi A


Dynamics of MODIS evapotranspiration in South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Jovanovic N; Mu Q; Bugan RDH; Zhao M


Characterisation of hydraulically-active fractures in a fractured granite aquifer

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Lee HB; Kim B-W


Analysis of grey-water used for irrigating vegetables and possible effects on soils in the vicinity of Umtata Dam, Eastern Cape

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Mzini LL; Winter K


Aluminium hydro(oxide)–based (AO) adsorbent for defluoridation of drinking water: Optimisation, performance comparison, and field testing

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2015/01/28

Author: Mulugeta E; Zewge F; Johnson CA; Chandravanshi BS


Using soil-specific partition coefficients to improve accuracy of the new South African guideline for contaminated land

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2014/12/02

Author: Papenfus M; Tesfamariam EH; De Jager PC; Steyn CS; Herselman JE




Effects of salinity on the survival of the Brackwater mussel, Brachidontes virgiliae, in the St Lucia estuarine system, South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2014/12/02

Author: Nel HA; Perissinotto R; Taylor RH


Determinants of rainwater harvesting technology (RWHT) adoption for home gardening in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2014/12/02

Author: Baiyegunhi LJS


Coping with drought: the experience of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) in the George Municipality

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2014/12/02

Author: Lottering N; Du Plessis D; Donaldson R


Palaeolimnological reconstruction of recent environmental change in Lake Malombe (S. Malawi) using multiple proxies

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2014/10/29

Author: Dulanya Z; Croudace I; Reed JM; Trauth MH


Collective action and participation in irrigation water management: A case study of Mooi River Irrigation Scheme in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2014/10/29

Author: Muchara B; Ortmann G; Wale E; Mudhara M


Climate change and urban development in southern Africa: The case of Ekurhuleni Municipality (EMM) in South Africa

Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript

Published Date: 2014/10/29

Author: Piketh SJ; Vogel C; Dunsmore S; Culwick C; Engelbrecht F; Akoon I


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