WATER SA

This journal publishes refereed, original work in all branches of water science, technology, engineering and policy. This includes: water resource development; the hydrological cycle; surface hydrology; geohydrology, hydropedology and hydrometeorology; limnology; freshwater and estuarine ecology; salinisation; treatment and management of municipal and industrial water and wastewater; treatment and disposal of sewage sludge; environmental pollution control; environmental and drinking water quality; drinking water treatment; water services, including domestic water supply and sanitation services; agricultural water; aquaculture in terms of its impact on the water resource; water policy and governance; water economics; water as a social good. Water SA is intended to serve both international and Southern African readers and authors. Contributions which are not of broad international interest must make a specific contribution to Southern Africa (defined for this purpose to include the countries of South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique). Submissions of predominantly local interest outside of Southern Africa will not be considered.Contributions may take the form of a paper, a critical review, a short communication, a rapid communication, a technical note or comments on papers already published. A paper is a comprehensive contribution to the subject, including introduction, experimental information and discussion of results. (Technical accounts involving application of well-known techniques, and situation assessment/observation/sampling papers reporting results of work not carried out as a research activity, cannot be considered.) A review is an authoritative, critical account of recent and current research in a specific field to which the author has made notable contributions. A short communication is a concise account of new and significant findings to inform readers of preliminary or limited research results. A rapid communication is an original contribution which merits prompt publication to publicise the findings of very recent research with immediate significance. A technical note describes an original process or technique without necessarily including extensive data, theory or critical evaluation. Comments on papers already published are sent to the authors of the paper for reply and both the comments and the authors’ reply will be published in the upcoming issue of Water SA. Preference is given to concise contributions.

WATER SA期刊中文简介

该杂志出版了水科学，技术，工程和政策的所有分支的参考，原创作品。这包括:水资源开发;水文循环;表面水文;地球水文学、水文学和水文气象学;湖沼学;淡水和河口生态;盐化;城市和工业用水及废水的处理和管理;污泥的处理及处置;环境污染控制;环境和饮用水质量;饮用水处理;供水服务，包括家庭供水和卫生服务;农业用水;水产养殖对水资源的影响;水政策和治理;水经济;水是一种社会公益。Water SA旨在为国际和南部非洲的读者和作者服务。不具有广泛国际利益的捐助必须对南部非洲作出具体的捐助(为此目的定义为包括南非、斯威士兰、莱索托、纳米比亚、博茨瓦纳、津巴布韦和莫桑比克等国)。对南部非洲以外主要是当地感兴趣的意见将不予考虑。投稿可以是论文、评论、简短的交流、快速的交流、技术说明或对已发表论文的评论。论文是对课题的综合贡献，包括引言、实验资料和结果讨论。(不考虑使用众所周知的技术的技术帐目，也不考虑不作为研究活动进行的工作结果的情况评估/观察/抽样报告。)《评论》是对作者在某一特定领域做出了显著贡献的最新和当前研究的权威、批判性描述。简短的交流是对新发现和重要发现的简明描述，将初步或有限的研究结果告知读者。快速沟通是一种原创的贡献，它值得迅速出版，以公布最新研究的发现，具有即时的意义。技术说明描述原始过程或技术，但不一定包括大量的数据、理论或关键评估。已经发表的论文的评论将被发送给论文作者进行回复，这些评论和作者的回复都将发表在即将出版的《Water SA》杂志上。优先考虑简明扼要的贡献。