c7793128-1961-45d5-aa18-5f023116784b English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:14:51 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Water resources quality data following extreme rainfall and floods in the Gaborone catchment, Upper Limpopo basin, Botswana 2019-04-12 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c7793128-1961-45d5-aa18-5f023116784b 10.5285/c7793128-1961-45d5-aa18-5f023116784b doi: Comte, J.-., Geris, J., Franchi, F. (2019). Water resources quality data following extreme rainfall and floods in the Gaborone catchment, Upper Limpopo basin, Botswana. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/c7793128-1961-45d5-aa18-5f023116784b The dataset contains concentrations of Total Organic Carbon, Chloride, Fluoride, Bromine, Sulfate, Potassium, Aluminium, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Sodium, Phosphorus, Chromium, Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Molybdenum, Cadmium, Lead and stable water isotopes (δD and δ18O) for 25 groundwater and surface water sampling locations, surveyed over the period February 2017 to May 2018 immediately following Dineo floods. The data were collected as part of the PULA project, which aimed at understanding the immediate effect of heavy rainfall and floods on water resources in arid Botswana and their transitional hydrologic readjustment towards the dry period, and the role of these events in supporting either or both resources replenishment and contamination. The project was co-ordinated by the University of Aberdeen, with partners at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology, the Government of Botswana Department of Water Affairs, and the International Water Management Institute. The project was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council as part of its Urgency grants scheme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c7793128-1961-45d5-aa18-5f023116784b Comte, J. University of Aberdeen jc.comte@abdn.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5129-8391 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact Comte, J.-. University of Aberdeen jc.comte@abdn.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5129-8391 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Geris, J. University of Aberdeen j.geris@abdn.ac.uk author Franchi, F. Botswana International University of Science and Technology franchiF@biust.ac.bw author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher selenium arsenic zinc copper nickel total organic carbon phosphorus chromium iron calcium aluminium sulphate cobalt chloride cadmium lead bromine GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Water quality Hydrology Magnesium Potassium Sodium Manganese Molybdenum Fluoride otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions © Natural Environment Research Council otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Comte, J.-., Geris, J., Franchi, F. (2019). Water resources quality data following extreme rainfall and floods in the Gaborone catchment, Upper Limpopo basin, Botswana. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c7793128-1961-45d5-aa18-5f023116784b textTable 100 English utf8 inlandWaters 2017-02-01 2018-05-31 25.59 25.94 -24.96 -24.67 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c7793128-1961-45d5-aa18-5f023116784b.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/c7793128-1961-45d5-aa18-5f023116784b Download the data Download a copy of this data fileAccess dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 The samples involve groundwater and surface water samples, which were collected scattered around the Gaborone Reservoir catchment area, south-west Botswana. There were 287 sampling occasions, which were collected on 41 different days, concentrated around ~15 sampling campaigns. Each sampling occasion involved taking two samples. One of which was analysed and the other used if any re-runs were needed. All samples were labelled in the field with the label containing information on the sampling name and the date of collection. Samples were refrigerated and stored at the Botswana Department of Water Affairs and shipped to the University of Aberdeen for analyses in 4 separate shipping batches. Laboratory analyses were then performed as soon as possible after the samples arrived (with refrigeration meanwhile). Analyses of P, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Mo, Cd and Pb were done on an Agilent 7900 ICP-MS instrument at the Chemistry department of the University of Aberdeen. Analyses of Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg and Na were done on a MP-AES instrument at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. Analyses for TOC were done using a LABTOC instrument at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. Analyses for stable water isotopes were done on a TWIA-45-EP LGR instrument at the School of Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen. Instruments were used following standard calibration steps and results quality controlled.