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.
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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.
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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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Kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamic modelling of the sorption of metals from aqueous solution by a silica polyamine composite
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/07/09
Author: Tutu H; Bakatula E; Dlamini S; Rosenberg E; Kailasam V; Cukrowska EM
Water demand characteristics of shared water and sanitation facilities: Experiences from community ablution blocks in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Crous P; Haarhoff J; Buckley CA
Treatability of South African surface waters by activated carbon
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Lobanga KP; Haarhoff J; Van Staden SJ
The impact of physico-chemical water quality parameters on bacterial diversity in the Vaal River, South Africa
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Jordaan K; Bezuidenhout CC
The development of a municipal water conservation and demand management strategy and business plan as required under the Water Services Act, South Africa
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Wegelin WA; Jacobs HE
TECHNICAL NOTE: Assessment of a chlorine dioxide proprietary product for water and wastewater disinfection
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Bekink MJ; Nozaic D
TECHNICAL NOTE: A model to assess water tariffs as part of water demand management
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Hoffman JJ; Du Plessis JA
PREFACE: Water footprint
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Jacobs HE; Ilemobade AA
Monitoring drinking water quality in South Africa: Designing information systems for local needs
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Rivett U; Champanis M; Wilson-Jones T
Greywater reuse for toilet flushing at a university academic and residential building
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Ilemobade AA; Olanrewaju OO; Griffioen ML
Development and implementation of a rapid real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in water
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Leat N; Grundlingh M
Charging for stormwater in South Africa
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Fisher-Jeffes L; Armitage NP
Characterisation of wastewater for modelling of wastewater treatment plants receiving industrial effluent
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Mhlanga FT; Brouckaert CJ
Assessing urban water sustainability in South Africa – not just performance measurement
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Carden K; Armitage NP
A comparison of charcoal- and slag-based constructed wetlands for acid mine drainage remediation
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/06/26
Author: Sheridan C; Harding K; Koller E; De Pretto A
User perceptions of urine diversion dehydration toilets: Experiences from a cross-sectional study in eThekwini Municipality
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Roma E; Philp K; Buckley C; Xulu S; Scott D
TECHNICAL NOTE: An inorganic water chemistry dataset (1972–2011) of rivers, dams and lakes in South Africa
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Huizenga JM; Silberbauer M; Dennis R; Dennis I
Sustainable nitrification in fluidised bed reactor with immobilised sludge pellets
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Wang Y; Zhou W; Li Z; Wu W; Zhang Z
Sources of manganese in the residue from a water treatment plant
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Trollip DL; Hughes JC; Titshall LW
Salinity of irrigation water in the Philippi farming area of the Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Aza-Gnandji CDR; Xu Y; Raitt L; Levy J
Real-time PCR quantitative assessment of hepatitis A virus, rotaviruses and enteroviruses in the Tyume River located in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Sibanda T; Okoh AI
Predicted impacts of land use change on groundwater recharge of the upper Berg catchment, South Africa
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Albhaisi M; Brendonck L; Batelaan O
Neutralisation treatment of AMD at affordable cost
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Maree JP; Mujuru M; Bologo V; Daniels N; Mpholoane D
Growth, phenological and yield responses of a bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) landrace to imposed water stress: II. Rain shelter conditions
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Mabhaudhi T; Modi AT; Beletse YG
Funding models for financing water infrastructure in South Africa: Framework and critical analysis of alternatives
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Ruiters C
Functionalisation of cross-linked polyethylenimine for the removal of As from mining wastewater
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Saad DM; Cukrowska EM; Tutu H
Comparison of neutron scattering and DFM capacitance instruments in measuring soil water evaporation
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Zerizghy MG; Van Rensburg LD; Anderson JJ
Assessment of locally available reactive materials for use in permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) in remediating acid mine drainage
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Shabalala AN
Arthrospira (Spirulina) in tannery wastewaters. Part 2: Evaluation of tannery wastewater as production media for the mass culture of Arthrospira biomass
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Dunn K; Maart B; Rose P
Arthrospira (Spirulina) in tannery wastewaters. Part 1: The microbial ecology of tannery waste stabilisation ponds and the management of noxious odour emissions using microalgal capping
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Dunn K; Rose P
Application of the rainfall infiltration breakthrough (RIB) model for groundwater recharge estimation in west coastal South Africa
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Sun X; Xu Y; Jovanovic NZ; Kapangaziwiri E; Brendonck L; Bugan RDH
An assessment of the impact of different land use activities on water quality in the upper Olifants River catchment
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Dabrowski JM; De Klerk LP
A comparative study of marriage in honey bees optimisation (MBO) algorithm in multi-reservoir system optimisation
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/04/12
Author: Dariane AB; Farahmandfar Z
Trihalomethanes in drinking water: Effect of natural organic matter distribution
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/01/24
Author: Chowdhury S
The hydrological characterisation and water budget of a South African rehabilitated headwater wetland system
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/01/24
Author: Riddell ES; Everson C; Clulow A; Mengistu M
TECHNICAL NOTE: Flood map development by coupling satellite maps and three-dimensional drafting software: Case study of the Sarawak River Basin
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/01/24
Author: Kuok KK; Ziet LZ; PoChan C
Sorption of toxic metal ions in aqueous environment using electrospun polystyrene fibres incorporating diazole ligands
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/01/24
Author: Darko G; Chigome S; Lillywhite S; Tshentu Z; Darkwa J; Torto N
SHORT COMMUNICATION: The effect of ultrasound at 256 KHz on Microcystis aeruginosa, with and without gas vacuoles
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/01/24
Author: Jachlewski S; Botes M; Cloete TE
SHORT COMMUNICATION: Abundance, distribution and population trends of Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe
Content Type: Water SA Journal Manuscript
Published Date: 2013/01/24
Author: Zisadza-Gandiwa P; Gandiwa E; Jakarasi J; Van der Westhuizen H; Muvengwi J
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