Water Research Commission

Recent papers from Water Research Commission

1. Monitoring the spatiotemporal dynamics of summer-irrigated agriculture under conflict and drought: The Middle Orontes Basin, Syria (1995–2025)Applied Geomatics · 2026
2. A Typology of Smallholder Farmers Based on Agricultural Water Management Practices in Limpopo and Gauteng Provinces, South AfricaWater · 2026
3. Transforming Agricultural Water Management for Healthy People and Planet: Thinking Beyond WaterIrrigation and Drainage · 2026
4. Assessment of microbial water quality and health risk associated with the presence of Escherichia coli in water from selected villages in the Eastern Cape, South AfricaScientific Reports · 2026
5. Leveraging the Integrative Water-Energy-Food Nexus Model (iWEF) in data-scarce areas: Practical application at the local levelEnvironmental Nexus · 2026
6. Groundwater–surface water interactions and resilience to hydrological extremes in a data-sparse arid transboundary river basin: Insights from collaborative groundwater modellingHydrogeology Journal · 2026
7. Data Provenance and the Future of Africa's Global Fashion Value Chain: A Framework for Trusted, Traceable and Interoperable Industrial Systems2026
8. Integrating Morphological, Sensory, and Chloroplast Genetic Diversity Reveals Regional Structuring and Domestication Potential of Mimusops zeyheri Sond. in South AfricaBiology · 2026
9. Strategic integrated nexus planning and smart technologies as pathways to enhancing urban transformation and resilienceCities Smart Futures · 2026
10. WEF nexus trends, opportunities, barriers, foresight, and future direction beyond 2030iScience · 2026
11. Characterisation of HIV ‐1 Gag Cytotoxic T‐Lymphocyte Epitopes in the Southern African Region—A Systematic ReviewImmunology · 2026
12. Project ODIN: advancing environmental genomic surveillance for public health across sub-Saharan AfricaThe Lancet Microbe · 2026
13. Understanding climate risks for water and agri-food systems: implications for smallholder farmersFrontiers in Water · 2026
14. Evaluation of groundwater and surface water quality in selected villages from four local municipalities in the Eastern Cape Province, South AfricaEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators · 2026
15. The Effects of a Collagen-Stimulating Hybrid Injectable in Patients With Darker Skin Types From South AfricaJournal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association · 2026
16. Evaluation of a field method for qPCR analysis of toxigenic cyanobacteriaHarmful Algae · 2026
17. Inflation, Race, and Legislation-The Erosion in the Real Value of Monetary Compensation for Miners' Occupational Lung Disease in South Africa, 1973-2024.2026
18. The Impact of Climatic Variability and Extremes on Livestock Water and Fodder Use in Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa2026
19. Assessing the cytotoxicity and apoptosis-inducing ability of solar irradiated Salmonella Typhimurium in the RAW264.7 cell line in vitroScientific Reports · 2026
20. Comparison of Groundwater Ownership Regimes in Ten Jurisdictions Across Five ContinentsTransnational Environmental Law · 2026