The Borehole Water Journal Online is a trade publication for the southern African groundwater industry. It is aimed at decision-makers and end-users in the groundwater industry, particularly in the public service, mining and consulting industry.
With sub-Saharan Africa achieving an implementation level of just 46% in its degree of integrated water resources management, there is considerable scope for the region to improve its performance in meeting citizens’ water needs.
Read MoreA Grundfos submersible groundwater pump is providing a reliable water supply to a jojoba plantation in the Omdel Dam area north-east of Hentiesbaai in Namibia.
Read MoreTackling challenging applications is all in a day’s work for Grundfos and a recent installation in an extremely hot and dry area of desert in Ethiopia is allowing a road construction project to pump boiling groundwater to the surface.
Read MoreWe are sad to pass on the news that L’aura James, our dedicated and long-serving BWA Administrator passed away over the Easter weekend.
Read MoreAfter being involved with the Borehole Water Association for 32 years, L’aura has earned a well-deserved retirement.
Read MoreJohn Tonkin discusses two very different applications that require very different pumps to deliver the required flow rates.
Read MoreWith the addition of three boreholes, Prince Albert Local Municipality was able to resolve supply issues arising from the low yield from existing boreholes, and the poor water quality that strained the municipality’s reverse osmosis (RO) treatment system.
Read MoreWhile domestic boreholes do not usually require licences to abstract groundwater, there are some possible exceptions. There is also the growing need for South Africans to become more responsible water users.
Read MoreCongratulations to Ground Water Practitioners (GWP) on your 40th anniversary.
Read MoreThe NGA is a web enabled database system that allows capturing, viewing, modifying and extraction of groundwater related data by registered users.
Read MoreIt's not flashy, but a careful study of system curves is going to help you realise savings that are out of all proportion to the input costs. During a recent energy audit of a river pump station, the vital importance of system curves was clearly demonstrated.
Read MoreAchieving a 90-day turnaround for the water-use licence application (WULA) process will be a welcome step for the struggling economy, according to SRK Consulting principal scientist Jacky Burke.
Read MoreWell-respected mining figure and consultant Roger Dixon has been honoured with the 2020 Brigadier Stokes award by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM).
Read MoreAn extremely successful cash crop enterprise in a relatively arid region of South Africa.
Read MoreThis bimonthly journal is one you can count on to bring you the practical applications in groundwater hydrology.
Read MoreJG Afrika, a leading firm of consulting engineers, is helping its young engineers and technicians attain professional registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Eleven candidates were successfully registered as professional engineers recently: six from the firm’s Cape Town office, two from its Pietermaritzburg branch and two from Johannesburg. A further three candidates are currently preparing for their registrations this year.
Read MoreNGWA best suggested practices (BSP) are designed to aid groundwater professionals at industry job sites. They are not standards, but practices that have been demonstrated to show superior results. They are prepared by a consensus of groundwater professionals from around the country.
Read MoreThe ‘duckbill’ spillway developed, so-called due to its shape, not only allowed for the dam’s existing storage capacity to be increased by 25%, it also significantly increased the discharge capacity of the spillway so as to boost the dam’s safety by preventing overtopping.
Read More“Boreholes can deplete underground aquifers if they are not scientifically planned and executed,” said Nel. “This puts local households and businesses at risk, and can even threaten food security if the farming community is affected.”
Read MoreAurecon Technical Director James Cullis says, “Not only is it vital that South Africa continues to invest in the development of its physical water infrastructure systems, we must also invest in the people who manage these system and maintain our critical ecological infrastructure such as wetlands, catchments, groundwater aquifers, and river systems.”
Read MoreBorehole Water Association of Southern Africa - promoting the sustainable use of Southern Africa's groundwater.
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