Africa: Jadu Water Supply

The project’s objective was to assess the yields of two existing weirs, which provide potable water to a nearby town and rural villages, against the 2033 future demand. Construction of a new weir/dam was also assessed for several different reservoir capacities with different upstream catchment areas. Each scenario included and excluded the ecological water requirement, which is the volume of water that needs to remain in the river to sustain the ecological integrity of the river and cannot be allocated for use.

By SRK South Africa