Author(s)

H. van Niekerk, A. Kühn & P. Kempster

Abstract

Implementation of a catchment-based national microbial water quality monitoring programme in prioritised high health risk areas H. van Niekerk, A. Kiihn, P. Kempster Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa Abstract In order to provide for a healthy aquatic environment, water resource managers need water quality data and information on which to base water management actions and decisions. To ensure that such data and information are collected, it is important to establish national water quality monitoring systems. A catchment- based National Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NMMP) was developed to comply with the above requirement. Subsequently an implementation plan was produced as part of the monitoring programme design. The NMMP is currently being implemented incrementally. The newly designed implementation process is being executed in three main phases, namely a Demonstration Implementation Phase, an Assessm

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