Future Scenarios of Japan and South Africa
Surface Water Quality:
Under Changing Climate and Land Use
SHIMANE
University

Agricultural Research Council and Shimane UniversityVenue:
Date:

ARC-Central Oﬃce Auditorium, 1134 Park Street,Ha ield, Pretoria, South Africa
1 March 2018

PROGRAMME
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Registra on
Opening and overview of the project
Mr. Isamu Yamaguchi: Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in South Africa
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mike Silberbauer: RQIS-DWS
Visual methods for sharing water quality informa on
Hii River observa on example (9 min video)
TEA BREAK
S1: Remote sensing and teleconnec on session• Prof. Hiroshi Yasuda: Teleconnec on of rainfall me series over Vaal
• Ms. Prosper Bande: Comparison of Sen nel-2 and Landsat 8 in the es ma onof water quality at Vaal Dam, South Africa• Prof. Yuji Sakuno: Turbidity monitoring using remote sensing technique inVaal Dam Reservoir of South Africa• Mr. Harold Weepener: Land use / cover changes of the Upper Vaal catchment
LUNCH BREAK
Keynote talk: Dr. Chris Dallimore: Hydronumerics, AustraliaNumerical modelling for water resources management
S2: Hydrology and WQ modelling and simula on in river system• Dr. Yumi Yoshioka: Modeling the impact of climate changes on hydrology andwater quality of Hii River Basin in Japan• Dr. Mohamed Abd Elbasit: Modeling the impact of climate and land usechanges on Upper Vaal hydrology and water quality
BREAKS
3: Future WQ simula on for Japan and South Africa• Prof. Hiroshi Yajima: Future water quality forecast of Lake Shinji and LakeNakaumi in Japan• Dr. Khaled Abutaleb: Future water quality forecast of Vaal Dam Lake in South
AfricaClosing and recommenda ons

BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT
Surface water bodies are the major water supply systems for Japan and South Africa's
domes c, agricultural, and industrial water requirements.
Therefore, maintaining water quality in surface water bodies is of major concern inboth countries. These surface water bodies are highly sensi ve to various pollutantsfrom both point and non-point sources.
Thus, the systema c monitoring and assessment of surface water quality are cri cal
for managing and improving such water resources.
A bilateral project co-funded by the Na onal Research Founda on-South Africa andthe Japanese Society for the Promo on of Science has been approved in order toperform research ac vi es and establish discussion on the future scenarios of water
quality in the two countries under changing climate and land use.
The major ac vi es of the research project are to exchange research visits anddiscuss future collabora on between the Japanese (represented by Shimane
University, To ori University and Hiroshima University) and South African(represented by the ARC-Soil, Climate and Water and University of theWitwatersrand) research teams.
The research collabora on has included performing research ac vi es in monitoringwater quality using remote sensing and simula on ac vi es for predic ng thechanges occur on water quality due to climate and land use changes in the Vaal
Dam (South Africa) and Lakes Shinji and Nakaumi (Japan).

This project is supported by JSPS and NRF under the JSPS - NRF Joint Research Programme
In collabora on with:To ori University, Hiroshima University
and University of the WitwatersrandNominal support ofthe Embassy of Japanin South Africa

Sponsors: NRF, JSPS

Please RSVP: Adri Laas at adril@arc.agric.za / 012 310 2518
Technical informa on queries: Mohamed Abd Elbasit at MohamedAhmedM@arc.agric.za
Hiroshi Yajima at yajima@soc.shimane-u.ac.jp