Browsing Conference Publications by Author "Oberholster, Paul J"

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Aquatic ecosystems in the coal mining landscape of the upper Olifants River, and the way forward

Author: Oberholster, Paul J ; De Klerk, Arno R Date: Mar 2014 Although coal mining can bring economic benefits by stimulating the local economy of the upper Olifants River catchment and creating more employment opportunities, it can also have adverse effects on the aquatic ecosystems of this catchment. ... Read more
Bacterial control of cyanobacteria

Author: Ndlela, Luyanda L ; Oberholster, Paul J ; Van Wyk, Johannes Date: Aug 2017 With the effects of climate change, harmful algal blooms (HABs) have become a global concern, with serious implications in water scarce countries and vulnerable continents such as Africa. A need exists for low-cost, environmentally feasible ... Read more
Biological control of toxic cyanobacteri

Author: Ndlela, Luyanda L ; Oberholster, Paul J ; Van Wyk, J ; Cheng, Po-Hsun Date: May 2017 With the effects of climate change, harmful algal blooms (HABs) have become a global concern, with serious implications in water scarce countries such as South Africa. There is a specific lack of information in the African continent regarding ... Read more
Biological control of toxic cyanobacteria

Author: Ndlela, Luyanda L ; Oberholster, Paul J ; Van Wyk, J Date: Apr 2016 With the effects of climate change, harmful algal blooms (HABs) have become a global concern, with serious implications in water scarce countries such as South Africa. There is a specific lack of information in the African continent regarding ... Read more
Climate change challenges in the water sector of SADC

Author: Oberholster, Paul J Date: Oct 2016 The focus area of this presentation is on water availability and predictions in Southern Africa. Read more
The feasibility of low cost algae-based sewage treatment as a climate change adaption measure in rural areas of SADC countries

Author: Oberholster, Paul J Date: Jul 2018 Employing specific algae treatment to treat municipal domestic waste water effluent presents an alternative practice to improving water quality effluent of existing rural pond systems in Southern Africa. In the present study domestic waste ... Read more
Linking ecotoxigenomic tools with ecological data to support river restoration

Author: Jappie, S ; Botha, A-M ; Oberholster, Paul J Date: Oct 2012 In this study, specific pollutants and their particular sub-cellular effect on organisms were identified through the use of ecotoxigenomic tools. Read more
Low cost algae-based tertiary treatment for WWTW in rural areas of developing countries

Author: Oberholster, Paul J ; Cheng, Po Hsun H Date: Sep 2016 This presentation discusses a low cost algae-based tertiary treatment for waste water treatment works in rural areas of developing countries. The focus areas of the presentation include water availability in Africa and climate change, ... Read more
Low cost green technology for domestic wastewater treatment for reuse and beneficiation

Author: Oberholster, Paul J ; Cheng, Po Hsun ; Steyn, Maronel ; Genthe, Bettina ; De Lange, Willem J ; Tancu, Yolanda ; Claassen, Marius ; Monjerezi, M ; Kenebatho, P Date: Jun 2018 The project describes a self-sustainable technology requiring no chemicals or electricity. Algae is grown in algae bio-reactors and the ponds are dosed on a monthly basis for treatment. Feasibility of the treatment technology was also done ... Read more
Photoelectrochemical detection of toxic heavy metals

Author: Chamier, J ; Crouch, AM ; Leaner, J ; Oberholster, Paul J Date: 01 Sep 2010 Toxic heavy metals in air, soil, and water are global problems that are a growing threat to the environment. Trace metal determination is currently done by expensive separation techniques which include inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and ... Read more
The potential of acidophilic macroalgae as part of passive bioremediation technology for acid mine drainage in constructed wetlands

Author: Cheng, Po-Hsun ; Oberholster, Paul J ; Botha, A-M Date: Oct 2012 The properties of acid mine drainage (AMD) render water resources less habitable to various biota, hence waters that receive AMD are often characterised by very low biodiversity and the flora and fauna become dominated by highly tolerant ... Read more
QMRA of a wastewater system undergoing a novel treatment process for rural environments in a developing country

Author: Genthe, Bettina ; Oberholster, Paul J Date: May 2017 Conventional wastewater treatment processes such as activated sludge and biofilms are seldom used in rural South Africa due to lack of electricity and financial resources. This presentation focuses on phyco-remediation as an environmentally ... Read more
Toxicity effects of Fe2O3, TiO2, ZnO, and Ag engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) on the macrophyte Spirodela species

Author: Thwala, Melusi ; Musee, N ; Wepener, V ; Oberholster, Paul J Date: 01 Sep 2010 This study is according to current literature the first to investigate the toxicity effects of ENMs on higher aquatic plants. Such information is vital for aquatic ecosystem protection information from the relatively less understood ENMs. The ... Read more

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