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Welcome and introduction

Welcome and introduction. Malcolm D Watson Directorate: Water Resources Planning Systems. IWRP Systems User Forum 1 July 2004, Pretoria National Botanical Gardens Sub-Directorate: Systems Analysis Directorate: Water Resource Planning Systems. IWRP systems user forum welcomes.

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Welcome and introduction

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  1. Welcome and introduction Malcolm D Watson Directorate: Water Resources Planning Systems IWRP Systems User Forum 1 July 2004, Pretoria National Botanical Gardens Sub-Directorate: Systems Analysis Directorate: Water Resource Planning Systems

  2. IWRP systems user forum welcomes • Representatives from the ‘new’ Universities of Technology – Tshwane and Central (Free State). • Representatives from the ‘academic’ Universities – Wits, UP, Zululand, and KwaZulu Natal. • Representatives from the CSIR, WRC, Rand Water, IWMI and water resources consultants. • DWAF Representatives from the Regions – Limpopo, KZN and Free State. • DWAF Representatives from the National Office. • Forum Chairman and Manager of Directorate: Water Resource Planning Systems – Chris Moseki.

  3. Introduction Presentation outline: • IWRP systems meetings • Purpose of the User Forum • Forum Agenda • Forum Themes

  4. IWRP systems Technical Advisory Groups IWRP systems User Forum IWRP Steering Committee Broad Scale Water Resources Assessment • Meetings that involve the broader WR modelling community. • Anyone can attend. • Focus on information sharing, not decisions making. • Management within IWRP Chief Directorate. • Decisions on way forward with systems development and support. Water Resources Systems Simulations Socio-economic and supporting WRP Systems • Meetings attended by representatives from DWAF and the WR modelling community. • For assessing IWRP requirements. • Recommendations conveyed to the IWRP Steering Comm. IWRP systems meetings

  5. Purpose of the forum Provide a platform for: • Co-operation and sharing among Water Resource Planners that will allow building of opportunities in creative ways and will minimise duplication of effort. • Various participating individuals and institutions to demonstrate and obtain feedback on their own development initiatives. • New information and development requirements to be identified and discussed thus providing stakeholders with an input into the WR Planning systems process. • Informing stakeholders of initiatives taking place in the directorate: WR Planning Systems.

  6. Agenda

  7. Forum Themes • Role and challenges facing the Directorate: WR Planning Systems and its sub-directorates • Modeling Frameworks • Information Management Systems and Information Requirements • Information about current systems, future systems and documentation updates • Water quality and reserve issues

  8. Directorate Systems Analysis: Malcolm D Watson Directorate: Water Resource Planning Systems IWRP systems User Forum Meeting 1 July 2004, Pretoria National Botanical Gardens Sub-Directorate: Systems Analysis Directorate: Water Resource Planning Systems

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