GM appointment at SRK Consulting
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Leading global firm of engineers and scientists SRK Consulting has appointed Marius van Huyssteen as general manager in its South African practice.
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It’s official: water licences in 90 days
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The Department of Water Affairs has implemented its plan for a 90-day turnaround on water use licence (WUL) applications – applying this new timeframe as of 1 April 2021.
Read MoreNew and innovative thinking to address sub-Saharan Africa’s inadequate sanitation
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The effectiveness of proper hygiene practices in managing the spread of the Covid-19 virus has highlighted the critical importance of appropriate sanitation and good hygiene practise in managing disease transmission.
Read MoreSRK engineers, scientists support Jukskei river clean-up project
/Starting at its source, exciting efforts to clean up the Jukskei River in downtown Johannesburg are gathering momentum – assisted by a range of organisations including SRK Consulting.
Read MoreSRK charts path to Africa’s water future
/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 MoreGrundfos pump supports Jojoba growers in Namibia
/A 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 MoreHot water borehole solution for Ethiopian roadwork
/Tackling 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 MoreL’aura James — a life lived in dedication and service
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We 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 MoreL’aura bids farewell to the BWA after 32 years
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After being involved with the Borehole Water Association for 32 years, L’aura has earned a well-deserved retirement.
Read MoreThe myth of one pump fits all
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John Tonkin discusses two very different applications that require very different pumps to deliver the required flow rates.
Read MoreGroundwater brings relief to Karoo town
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With 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 MoreLegal and responsible use of domestic boreholes
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While 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 MoreGround Water Practitioners … a leading Borehole Contractor since 1980
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Congratulations to Ground Water Practitioners (GWP) on your 40th anniversary.
Read MoreTHE NATIONAL GROUNDWATER ARCHIVE (NGA)
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The NGA is a web enabled database system that allows capturing, viewing, modifying and extraction of groundwater related data by registered users.
Read MoreWant to reduce your operating costs and get hugely improved reliability at your plant? Pay attention to this one thing.
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It'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 MoreHow to achieve shorter water-use licence process
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Achieving 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 MoreSAIMM honours Dixon’s ‘unique contribution’
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Well-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 MoreSolar-powered farm shows the way
/An extremely successful cash crop enterprise in a relatively arid region of South Africa.
Read MoreGroundwater
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This bimonthly journal is one you can count on to bring you the practical applications in groundwater hydrology.
Read MoreJG Afrika helps accelerate professional registrations
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JG 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.
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