Geographic Information
for Waste Water Management
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Geographic Information
for Solid Waste Management
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Driving force

Pressure

State

Impact

Response

• Population growth
• Urbanisation
• Poverty
• Institutional Capacity
• Wealth

• Inadequate refuse removal services
• Over consumption of natural resources

· Illegal dumping in open spaces and informal settlements in Orange Farm, Ennerdale, Poortjie and Lenasia.

· Illegal dumping in most open spaces in Soweto & irregular refuse removal services especially northeast of Soweto and in Orlando and Diepkloof areas.

· Jhb CBD experiences illegal dumping and littering due overcrowding, urbanisation and informal traders as well as inadequate waste management.

• Illegal dumping

• Litter
• Depletion of natural resources

• Major response is on collection, transfer and disposal of waste.
• Improvement in service provision.

• Carbon
• Phosphorous
• Nitrogen
• E Coli

• Inadequate storm water provision and bulk infrastructure occurs in densely populated areas.

• Increase in environmental health related diseases
• Deterioration of aquatic life

• Upgrading of service provision
• Regular monitoring of waste water in relation to water effluent standards

• Ammonia,
• Fluoride
• Nitrate

Calcium carbonate = high pH

• Unacceptable pH levels occur in areas where the effluent exceeds 8,5 (alcalinic) or lower than 6,5 (acidic).

· Unacceptable pH levels mainly around Jhb CBD due to industries

• Increase in environmental health related diseases

• Deterioration of aquatic life

• Monitoring of waste water

Sewerage

Insufficient bulk sewer capacity

• Increase in environmental health related diseases

• Deterioration of aquatic life