MATERIALS AND METHODS
Design process
The process followed during the design of the National Estuary
Monitoring Programme was based on the prescribed method
of the DWS (DWAF, 2004b; DWAF, 2004c) and Bartram and
Ballance (1996). The process consists of 6 steps as indicated in
Fig. 1 and is expanded on specifically for the NESMP in Fig. 2.