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In 2021 Umvoto was appointed by WEC Consulting Engineers on behalf of Oudtshoorn Local Municipality to drill an exploration borehole for the Calitzdorp Rural Groundwater Augmentation project, with the aim of augmenting the Klein Karoo Rural Water Supply Scheme with groundwater from the TMG in vicinity of the greater Calitzdorp area. The drilling and testing…
At the beginning of 2021, Umvoto was appointed to undertake a hydrogeological impact review of the Verlorenvlei system, situated near Elands Bay along the West Coast of the Western Cape. Recognised as a Ramsar site (i.e. a wetland site of international importance) in 1991, the Verlorenvlei system comprises a freshwater coastal lake and reed swamp…
Drilling to Augment Urban Water Supply – A Case Study of the Cape Flats and Table Mountain Group Aquifers Umvoto Africa (Pty) Ltd (Umvoto) has 30 years’ experience in the groundwater industry and has undertaken numerous groundwater development projects across all aquifer types throughout South Africa and Africa, including fractured rock aquifers (TMGA), basement aquifers (Malmesbury Group, Cape Granite Suite), primary aquifers (Cape Flats…
Umvoto Africa (Pty) Ltd (Umvoto) is a solution orientated, earth science and water resource consultancy, based in Muizenberg, Cape Town. From its founding in 1992, tireless scientific rigour and bold creativity have consistently positioned Umvoto at the forefront of visionary undertakings toward achieving environmental, economic and social sustainability. Our core specialisation has always been in groundwater assessments, geological mapping and hydrogeological monitoring techniques. Over the past three decades we…
The University of the Western Cape approached Umvoto to update and calibrate a numerical groundwater model for the Windhoek Aquifer MAR scheme near Namibia’s capital city of Windhoek. The model was constructed using the MODFLOW code as utilized in the numerical modelling software, Groundwater Vistas. The model grid was refined along areas of importance and…
Umvoto Africa is pleased to congratulate the following employees on their promotions. Gemma Bluff on her promotion from Junior Climatologist to Climatologist, Sasha Dean Singh and Zandri Rademan from Junior Geologist to Geologist and Kirsty Gibson from Intern Hydrogeologist to Junior Hydrogeologist. Gemma joined Umvoto Africa in August 2017 as Personal Assistant and Technical Secretary…
The Groundwater Division are hosting their 17th annual conference from the 17th to the 20th of October, where the theme is ‘Groundwater: Resilience and Visibility’. Some of our team at Umvoto Africa will be presenting at this virtual conference. Sasha Dean Singh (Geologist), Lechelle Goslin (Junior Geologist) and Kevin de Bruin (Junior Hydrogeologist) will present…
UPDATE: Due to COVID-19 related illness Rowena Hay was unable to partake in the panel discussion. Despite this Umvoto Africa remains dedicated to the pursuit of achieving the SDGs. The annual United Nations Global Compact virtual Leaders Summit, taking place on 15-16 June 2021, will engage a global audience and feature leaders from business, government,…
Rebecca Stephenson is an Honours graduate in Geography with a focus on GIS (Geographic Information Systems), climate and political ecology. Her undergraduate degree, which was also obtained from Rhodes University, also comprised of Environmental Science and Economics. Since graduating, Rebecca has gained experience in teaching but is now entering the field of Earth Science and…
The Umvoto Foundation (TUF) is a Cape Town-based non-profit organisation (NPO) that was, in their early years, funded by and born from work completed by Umvoto. TUF’s work began in 2017 in response to Cape Town’s surface water shortage, which by end of the summers of 2017 and 2018, saw the capacity of local dams…
