| AGLW | Water Resource Development and Management Service |
| ALCOM | Aquatic Resource Management for Local Community Development Programme |
| BADC | Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| BNA | Atlas GIS mapping format |
| DEAT | Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism |
| DSO | Dam Safety Office |
| DWAF | Department of Water Affairs and Forestry |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| ICOLD | International Commission On Large Dams |
| IWQS | Institute for Water Quality Studies |
| RRSP | Regional Remote Sensing Project |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SWB | Surface Water Body |
| WRC | Water Research Commission |
| WRD | Water Resource Database |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
