KSA 1&2: Water Resources and Ecosystems
Thrust 2: Hydrological and Ecosystem Processes
Programme: Data and Hydro-informatics
TOR Title: Updating of the 2011 Present Ecological State (PES) and Ecological Importance and Sensitivity (EIS) Database with reference to the Enhancement of the PES & EIS Model/Spreadsheet Database and Specialist Support to the Study Groups.
ToR ID : 1009913
Contact Person: Bonani Madikizela bonanim@wrc.org.za
Closing Date : 31 January 2023
Note
1 The calls are opened to all, except those who received acceptance letters already
2 The call is for Group:4 (uMzimvubu/Tsitsikama and the Spreadsheet/Model update only
3 A proposer can only submit either for Group:4 or Spreadsheet, Not both
The availability of water resources in South Africa is shrinking in terms of quantity and quality due to increasing requirements and the vastly changing land uses.
This reality necessitates the close management of natural resources and specifically water resources in a holistic manner and continuously monitoring from source to sea.
Therefore, the main objective of this study is to assist the updating of the 2011/2014 PES & EIS Database by enhancing the Model/Spreadsheet that curated information for the
main rivers in 1946 Quaternary Catchments in South Africa, and to provide specialist/technical support to the five (5) Study Area Groups that will collect the information.
The five (5) Study Area Groups will focus largely on primary, secondary and quaternary catchments and should include the significant water resources in the proclaimed strategic water resource areas on sub-quaternary reaches (SQRs) level which include the associated lotic wetlands i.e. floodplain wetlands, channelled valley bottoms and estuaries situated in the SQR.
The wetlands database will be addressed in detail where e.g. seeps, unchanneled valley bottoms, pans and lakes that are not connected to a river.
A standardised approach for obtaining and reflecting the latter mentioned information will be provided, assessed and the approach agreed upon during the inception phase.
