Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Zermatten, Carrie
URN	etd-11202012-163629
Document Title	The role of legislation and management practices in the coal mining industry on the Olifants River catchment, South Africa
Degree	MSc
Department	Geology
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Mr C C Callaghan Supervisor
Keywords	South Africa Olifants River coal mining industry
Date	2012-09-07
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The economic development of South Africa has relied heavily on coal mining and water quality is adversely affected by mining - thus coal mining poses a significant risk to South Africa’s water resources. Ensuring judicious use and management of natural capital is always a complex undertaking but the benefits to the mining industry and society as a whole, derived from thoroughly laid-out plans, a supportive but strict regulatory environment and decision-making processes based on sound, scientific information are immense. Value addition to mining products is important to promote conservation of assets and resources. Using the Olifants Water Management Area as a case study, the chemistry of groundwater associated with coal mining was characterised. General concepts regarding the relationship of geology to water chemistry are surmised. Copyright © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria Please cite as follows: Zermatten, C 2011, The role of legislation and management practices in the coal mining industry on the Olifants River catchment, South Africa, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11202012-163629 / > E12/9/128/gm
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