A tale of two towns: Water provision and management in the towns of Beaufort West and Vanrhynsdorp, c. 1900–1970

A tale of two towns: Water provision and management in the towns of Beaufort West and Vanrhynsdorp, c. 1900–1970

The Karoo region of South Africa receives some of the lowest annual precipitation in South Africa. The towns of Beaufort West and Vanrhynsdorp share a history of unreliable water supplies, coupled with extreme poverty that left a large section of the population of these towns with little to no acces...

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Main Authors: Wessel P. Visser, Daniel R. Rademan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2024-02-01
Series:Contree
Subjects:
droughts
springfontein dam
railways
water provision
gamka dam
troe troe river
private boreholes
sanitation
rainwater tanks
municipal council.
Online Access:https://newcontree.org.za/index.php/nc/article/view/252

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