| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Adsorption kinetics for the removal of chromium (VI) from aqueous solutions on the activated carbons prepared from agricultural wastes | Water S A | 2004 | 317 |
| 2 | Household chemicals and personal care products as sources for xenobiotic organic compounds in grey wastewater | Water S A | 2003 | 194 |
| 3 | A review of hyperspectral remote sensing and its application in vegetation and water resource studies | Water S A | 2009 | 182 |
| 4 | Removal of cadmium(II) from aqueous solutions by steam-activated sulphurised carbon prepared from sugar-cane bagasse pith: kinetics and equilibrium studies | Water S A | 2003 | 173 |
| 5 | Assessment of the impact of point source pollution from the Keiskammahoek Sewage Treatment Plant on the Keiskamma River - pH, electrical conductivity, oxygen- demanding substance (COD) and nutrients | Water S A | 2001 | 136 |
| 6 | Assessment of the conservation priority status of South African estuaries for use in management and water allocation | Water S A | 2002 | 125 |
| 7 | Review: The fundamental mechanism of aqueous contaminant removal by metallic iron | Water S A | 2010 | 124 |
| 8 | Arsenic removal from drinking water using granular ferric hydroxide | Water S A | 2003 | 121 |
| 9 | Review of commonly used remote sensing and ground-based technologies to measure plant water stress | Water S A | 2009 | 107 |
| 10 | Water erosion prediction at a national scale for South Africa | Water S A | 2018 | 103 |
| 11 | Ammonium removal from aqueous solution by ion-exchange using packed bed natural zeolite | Water S A | 2002 | 102 |
| 12 | Survey of heavy metals in the sediments of the Swartkops River Estuary, Port Elizabeth South Africa | Water S A | 2001 | 95 |
| 13 | African leafy vegetables in South Africa | Water S A | 2018 | 90 |
| 14 | Historical rainfall trends in South Africa: 1921–2015 | Water S A | 2017 | 89 |
| 15 | Levels of trace metals in water and sediment from Tyume River and its effects on an irrigated farmland | Water S A | 2005 | 85 |
| 16 | Adsorption of Cu(II) and Cr(VI) ions by chitosan: kinetics and equilibrium studies | Water S A | 2004 | 82 |
| 17 | Multi-criteria decision making for water resource management: a case study of the Gediz River Basin, Turkey | Water S A | 2010 | 79 |
| 18 | Effect of solution physical chemistry on the rheological properties of activated sludge | Water S A | 2002 | 77 |
| 19 | Bacteriophages: update on application as models for viruses in water | Water S A | 2004 | 77 |
| 20 | Development of a water quality index based on a European classification scheme | Water S A | 2009 | 77 |
| 21 | Multi-scale climate modelling over Southern Africa using a variable-resolution global model | Water S A | 2011 | 74 |
| 22 | Hydrolytic enzymes in sewage sludge treatment: A mini-review | Water S A | 2018 | 74 |
| 23 | Metal concentrations in <i>Clarias gariepinus</i> and <i>Labeo umbratus</i> from the Olifants and Klein Olifants River, Mpumalanga, South Africa: zinc, copper, manganese, lead, chromium, nickel, aluminium and iron | Water S A | 2002 | 72 |
| 24 | Situation analysis of water quality in the Umtata River catchment | Water S A | 2001 | 69 |
| 25 | Impacts of invasive alien plants on water quality, with particular emphasis on South Africa | Water S A | 2012 | 69 |
| 26 | Start-up of a UASB effluent treatment plant on distillery wastewater | Water S A | 2002 | 67 |
| 27 | Water temperature and riverine ecosystems: An overview of knowledge and approaches for assessing biotic responses, with special reference to South Africa | Water S A | 2018 | 67 |
| 28 | Review: Endocrine disrupting chemicals (phenol and phthalates) in the South African environment: a need for more monitoring | Water S A | 2010 | 65 |
| 29 | Determination of naproxen, ibuprofen and triclosan in wastewater using the polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS): A laboratory calibration and field application | Water S A | 2014 | 65 |
| 30 | Technologies for the treatment of source-separated urine in the eThekwini Municipality | Water S A | 2015 | 65 |
| 31 | Morphological abnormalities of diatom silica walls in relation to heavy metal contamination and artificial growth conditions | Water S A | 2009 | 63 |
| 32 | The importance of the river-estuary interface (REI) zone in estuaries | Water S A | 2002 | 62 |
| 33 | Intensity and spatial extension of drought in South Africa at different time scales | Water S A | 2004 | 61 |
| 34 | Comparison of GRACE with in situ hydrological measurement data shows storage depletion in Hai River basin, Northern China | Water S A | 2009 | 61 |
| 35 | A comparison of five extraction methods for extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from biofilm by using threedimensional excitation-emission matrix (3DEEM) fluorescence spectroscopy | Water S A | 2010 | 61 |
| 36 | Assessment of the microbial quality of river water sources in rural Venda communities in South Africa | Water S A | 2002 | 60 |
| 37 | Determining the possible application value of diatoms as indicators of general water quality: a comparison with SASS 5 | Water S A | 2004 | 60 |
| 38 | ANN-based sediment yield models for Vamsadhara river basin (India) | Water S A | 2005 | 60 |
| 39 | Application of phycoremediation technology in the treatment of wastewater from a leather-processing chemical manufacturing facility | Water S A | 2011 | 59 |
| 40 | Estimates of the impacts of invasive alien plants on water flows in South Africa | Water S A | 2016 | 59 |
| 41 | Cotton-supported heterotrophic denitrification of nitrate-rich drinking water with a sand filtration post-treatment | Water S A | 2007 | 58 |
| 42 | Simultaneous determination of naproxen, ibuprofen and diclofenac in wastewater using solid-phase extraction with high performance liquid chromatography | Water S A | 2017 | 58 |
| 43 | Fog-water harvesting along the West Coast of South Africa: a feasibility study | Water S A | 2002 | 55 |
| 44 | Review Aqueous contaminant removal by metallic iron: Is the paradigm shifting? | Water S A | 2011 | 55 |
| 45 | Smallholder irrigation schemes in South Africa: A review of knowledge generated by the Water Research Commission | Water S A | 2011 | 55 |
| 46 | Determination and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rivers, surface runoff, and sediments in and around Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province, South Africa | Water S A | 2014 | 54 |
| 47 | Diatom-based water quality monitoring in southern Africa: challenges and future prospects | Water S A | 2016 | 54 |
| 48 | Microbiological and physico-chemical assessment of the quality of domestic water sources in selected rural communities of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | Water S A | 2004 | 53 |
| 49 | A comparison of satellite hyperspectral and multispectral remote sensing imagery for improved classification and mapping of vegetation | Water S A | 2019 | 53 |
| 50 | The impact of smallholder irrigation on household welfare: The case of Tugela Ferry irrigation scheme in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Water S A | 2014 | 52 |
