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Guidelines for rehabilitating mined land to irrigable standard
Published: 1 March 2025
Report No: WRC project No. C2021/2023-00555
Abstract
A Water Research Commission (WRC) funded project has developed a new guideline to provide support for the successful rehabilitation of mined land to meet irrigable standards; the assessment of the irrigation potential of rehabilitated mine land, and the remediation of suboptimal areas in irrigated rehabilitated mined land.
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