Water security in rural Eastern Cape, SA: Interrogating the impacts of politics and climate change
Achieving water security remains one of the central challenges to many developing countries today. According to the South African Water Research Commission, the availability of safe and affordable water is crucial in ensuring a healthy and productive life for all. Despite the national standards set...
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| author | Amos Apraku Benjamin Apraku Gyampoh John F. Morton Akosua Bonsu Karikari |
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| description | Achieving water security remains one of the central challenges to many developing countries today. According to the South African Water Research Commission, the availability of safe and affordable water is crucial in ensuring a healthy and productive life for all. Despite the national standards set to measure the quality of water in South Africa, the sources and ‘quality standards’ of water in rural Eastern Cape remain a major concern. Based on empirical research with 140 respondents and interactions; this paper highlights that most rural residents in the Eastern Cape still access water from dams, rivers and streams for domestic and agricultural purposes. Again, the availability of water throughout the year is not guaranteed due to changing global climatic conditions with both humans and livestock accessing water from same sources. The paper concludes that climate change and politico-administrative ‘negligence’ compound water insecurity in most of South Africa's rural communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f77851c932474371a9c3b12d8bde17ae2023-03-06T04:16:48ZengElsevierScientific African2468-22762023-03-0119e01493Water security in rural Eastern Cape, SA: Interrogating the impacts of politics and climate changeAmos Apraku0Benjamin Apraku Gyampoh1John F. Morton2Akosua Bonsu Karikari3Department of Languages and General Studies, University of Energy and Natural Resources, P. O. Box 214, Sunyani, Ghana; Corresponding author.Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaNatural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Kent ME4 4TB, United KingdomDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, University for Development Studies, Tamale, GhanaAchieving water security remains one of the central challenges to many developing countries today. According to the South African Water Research Commission, the availability of safe and affordable water is crucial in ensuring a healthy and productive life for all. Despite the national standards set to measure the quality of water in South Africa, the sources and ‘quality standards’ of water in rural Eastern Cape remain a major concern. Based on empirical research with 140 respondents and interactions; this paper highlights that most rural residents in the Eastern Cape still access water from dams, rivers and streams for domestic and agricultural purposes. Again, the availability of water throughout the year is not guaranteed due to changing global climatic conditions with both humans and livestock accessing water from same sources. The paper concludes that climate change and politico-administrative ‘negligence’ compound water insecurity in most of South Africa's rural communities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227622003970RuralWater securityClimate changeEastern CapeSouth Africa |
| spellingShingle | Amos Apraku Benjamin Apraku Gyampoh John F. Morton Akosua Bonsu Karikari Water security in rural Eastern Cape, SA: Interrogating the impacts of politics and climate change Scientific African Rural Water security Climate change Eastern Cape South Africa |
| title | Water security in rural Eastern Cape, SA: Interrogating the impacts of politics and climate change |
| title_full | Water security in rural Eastern Cape, SA: Interrogating the impacts of politics and climate change |
| title_fullStr | Water security in rural Eastern Cape, SA: Interrogating the impacts of politics and climate change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water security in rural Eastern Cape, SA: Interrogating the impacts of politics and climate change |
| title_short | Water security in rural Eastern Cape, SA: Interrogating the impacts of politics and climate change |
| title_sort | water security in rural eastern cape sa interrogating the impacts of politics and climate change |
| topic | Rural Water security Climate change Eastern Cape South Africa |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227622003970 |
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