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BACKGROUND READING AND INFORMATION
IN PREPARATION FOR THE AMD DEBATE
You, your friends, colleagues and all interested persons are invited to attend and cover an OPEN PUBLIC DEBATE hosted by EE Publishers on:
Solutions and funding models for the Acid Mine Drainage problems of South Africa
DATE: Thursday 29 August 2013
TIME: 15h30 for 16h00 to 18h30, followed by a cocktail party till 20h00
The purpose of the debate is to unpack the subject so the audience and the media get a better understanding of the background, current key issues, policy decisions, technologies, solutions and business models for AMD remediation and mine-waste reclamation, and the way forward.
For many in the audience, it may be somewhat daunting to get to grips with all this during the short time of the debate itself.
Therefore the presenters have made the following information and reading matter available in advance so attendees can familiarise themselves with some of the background and issues... (more):
Information from Ken Bouch, Fraser Alexander
Technical solutions and funding models for the Acid Mine Drainage problems of South Africa
A presentation by Ken Bouch, Fraser Alexander, for the AMD Public Debate: Solutions and Business Models, hosted by EE Publishers, 29 Aug 2013
Information from Prof. Anthony Turton, University of Free State
by Anthony Turton, Centre for Environmental Management, University of Free State A pre-publication version of the SAWEF Paradigm Shifter No. 1 made available for the AMD Debate: Solutions and Business Models, hosted by EE Publishers, 29 Aug 2013
Understanding AMD from a business model perspective
A presentation by Anthony Turton, Water Stewardship Council Trust, for the AMD Public Debate: Solutions and Business Models, hosted by EE Publishers, 29 Aug 2013
Information from Mariette Liefferink, FSE
Monitoring environmental water for the presence of toxic agents: a pilot study in the Vaal Barrage catchment
Water Research Commission Report No. 1397/1/07, January 2007
Water Research Commission Report No. 800/1/2000, January 2000 by Prof. Frank Winde, North-West University, February 2013
Research paper 02/11 by David Fig, University of Cape Town, January 2011
by Ian Sampson, Environmental and Sustainability Law, Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys
by the Federation for a Sustainable Environment (FSE), August 2013
Prepared by the Expert Team of the Inter-Ministerial Committee under the coordination of the Council for Geoscience, December 2010
Discussion document by Richard Holden, Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)
A conference paper by SHH Oelofse, PJ Hobbs, J Rascher and JE Cobbing, CSIR, Natural Resources and the Environment
by Khadija Sharife, journalist, and Prof. Patrick Bond, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Join the debate to learn more about the issues, solutions and the funding models, ask questions, make input and have your say!
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