Acid Mine Drainage in South Africa : Development Actors, Policy Impacts, and Broader Implications / Suvania Naidoo.

CONTENT

1 Overview of AMD in South Africa
2 The global context of AMD
2.1 Introduction
2.2 AMD in Australia
2.3 AMD in Canada
2.4 AMD in USA
2.5 Conclusion

3 Water mining and development in South Africa
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Understanding the key concepts
3.3 Water and sustainable development
3.4 The significance of the mining and mining rights in South Africa
3.5 Conclusion

4 The nature of acid mine drainage in the vaal river system
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Acid mine drainage
4.3 How acid mine drainage is defined among the various actors
4.4 The Vaal river system
4.5 The status of acid mine drainage in the three Vaal river basins
etc.

5 The policy response to acid mine drainage in the gold mining sector
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Policy mine closure and water usage
5.3 Governance
5.4 Developing long-term solutions to acid mine drainage
5.5 Consultants, activists and non-governmental organisations
etc.

6 Socio-economic impact of acid mine drainage
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The economic, environmental, social and health impacts of acid mine drainage
6.3 negative socio-economic impacts of acid mine drainage: agriculture as a case study
6.4 Possible solutions to the socio-economic impacts
6.5 Conclusion

Includes references