CHIPS Article: Sandveld: where does all the groundwater come from?

by Julian Conrad and Jani van Gend
Credit: GEOSS

Julian Conrad and Jani van Gend – GEOSS South Africa (Pty) Ltd

This question has been asked for many years and the theory was that the source of the Sandveld’s groundwater is from outside the Sandveld itself. The article summarises the results of a study which confirms that the theory was indeed correct.  Before understanding where the water comes from it is important to understand the environmental system in which most of the Western Cape’s potatoes are produced.

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