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Roger Parsons Groundwater Consultant

Articles & Useful Links

As a general groundwater consultant, I undertake a wide range of groundwater-related projects.

Articles

Cape Town – be afraid, be very afraid: our water future is bleak
Roger Parsons
First published: Daily Maverick 14 August 2017
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Cape Town aquifers and saline intrusion: setting the record straight
Roger Parsons
First published: Daily Maverick 27 November 2017
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Greatest global extinction event ever
Roger Parsons
First published: Pringle Post December 2021
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Looking back – groundwater and the drought: how the drought affected our aquifers
Roger Parsons
First published: Daily Maverick 19 April 2022
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Keeping a wet-deck hydrated after a megafire
Roger Parsons and Ritchie Morris
First published: Forestry Online 13 July 2022
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Useful Links

Borehole Water Association
https://bwa.co.za/

Department of Water and Sanitation
https://www.dws.gov.za/

Ground Water Division (of the Geological Society of South Africa) 
https://gwd.org.za/

International Association of Hydrogeologists
https://iah.org/

International Association of Hydrogeologists South African Chapter
https://iah.org.za/

Water Institute of Southern Africa
https://wisa.org.za/

Water Research Commission
https://wrc.org.za