National Flood Studies Programme

The South African National Committee on Large Dams (SANCOLD) in conjunction with the WRC, identified the urgent need to update the data and methods used for design flood estimation in South Africa and have initiated a National Flood Studies Programme (NFSP) to undertake and oversee the new developments. This programme is a collaboration between the Department of Water and Sanitation, the Water Research Commission, SANCOLD , the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the Central University of Technology and Stellenbosch University.