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Research data: WATER MANAGEMENT
2012 Public perception of drinking water safety in South Africa 2002-2009: a repeated cross-sectional study
In low and middle income countries, public perceptions of drinking water safety are relevant to promotion of household water treatment and t...
2010 How much water is enough?: domestic metered water consumption and free basic water volumes: the case of Eastwood, Pietermaritzburg
This article is based on an in-depth case study of urban water services to poor households in the community of Eastwood, Pietermaritzburg, ...
2009 Global sugar, regional water, and local people: EU sugar regime liberalisation, rural livelihoods, and the environment in the Incomati River Basin
This paper is concerned with how changes in the global economy, triggered by actions undertaken in one part of the world, can affect the liv...
2008 Free basic water: a sustainable instrument for a sustainable future in South Africa
The South African government???s policy decision in 2001 to provide a basic amount of water free of charge to all citizens has been controve...