Open Data South Africa Toolkit - Water & Climate Resources
Curated directory of South African and African water, sanitation and climate open-data resources, linking to hydrological station data, rainfall datasets, water-quality and groundwater portals with access guidance for each source.
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At a glance
- Region
- South Africa (Africa)
- Coverage
- National
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Non-Profit
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- hydrology
- rainfall
- water quality
- data directory
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: hydrology
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: rainfall
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
- 02
Ungauged basins
Combine with catchment data to estimate flow where there is no gauge.
- 03
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
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- EFTEON Spatial Data (Expanded Freshwater & Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network)Africa | Free
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