The aquifer vulnerability of the Molototsi (B81G) and Middle Letaba (B82D) quaternary catchments was assessed to determine the influence of the vadose zone on the groundwater regime. The aquifer vulnerability was assessed ...

Large parts of the urban land between Pretoria (City of Tshwane Municipality, South Africa's capital city) and Johannesburg (South Africa's largest city) are situated on Proterozoic dolomites of the Malmani Subgroup ...

Accurately identifying soil texture and understanding soil behaviour in terms of plasticity is a crucial initial step in properly characterizing a site, which in turn facilitates appropriate sampling and scheduling of ...

Considerable research has been conducted on the physical and chemical corrosion of metals under various environmental conditions, but less attention has been given to the impact of corrosion on the environment. One such ...

Implications of improved understanding of variably saturated flow are numerous, especially given the complexity, heterogeneity, and anisotropy of the intermediate fractured vadose zone. One such an implication is the ...

Recent studies have identified cemeteries as potential environmental reservoirs of multi-drug resistant pathogenic bacteria that could contaminate groundwater sources posing public health threats. However, these findings ...

The two proposed conceptual models explaining partially saturated flow from soil into fractured rock in the intermediate fractured vadose zone have not been confirmed due to the difficulty involved in observing the soil–rock ...

The recent COVID-19 disease has highlighted the need for further research around the risk to human health and the environment because of mass burial of COVID-19 victims. Despite SARS-CoV-2 being an enveloped virus, which ...

South African geology, geomorphology and climate are distinctly variable, resulting in a complex hydrological cycle superimposed on equally complex ground conditions. With fractured and karstic systems dominating ...

Cemeteries are generally considered low-risk landfills and are, therefore, not adequately governed in terms of minimum requirements for engineering geological and hydrogeological investigations. With the decay of human ...