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On June 22 2021, Umvoto Africa will be presenting a series of presentations hosted by the Cape Chambers’ Agribusiness Portfolio Committee on the importance of groundwater and groundwater management in the Western Cape. These presentations will cover topics such as groundwater aquifers in the Western Cape, borehole siting and construction, groundwater management as well as…
Umvoto will be hosting one of the Dewatering Institute’s Training Webinars this week, March 24, 2021 @ 16:00 (SAST) to March 24, 2021 @ 17:30 (SAST). The training webinar “Monitoring to Manage Groundwater Resources” will use case studies to outline the importance of groundwater monitoring and the various techniques used to implement this practice. For…
Umvoto welcomes a new Intern Hydrogeologist! Denim-Reece Southgate is an Honours graduate in Environmental and Geographical Sciences with a focus on water quality, environmental law, and policies regarding climate change. He holds an Undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree from Rhodes University, majoring in Economics, Environmental Science and Geology and graduated with distinction. During his studies,…
Umvoto took part in the WRC initiative called “Big Data Analytics and Transboundary Water Collaboration in Southern Africa”. This initiative combined specialists from various institutions and organisations to collaborate assessing how the consolidation of national and transboundary data and application of big data tools may enhance decision-making of water resources in Southern Africa, specifically the…
Umvoto monitors the water quality as part of the City of Cape Town New Water Programme, with a focus on surface water and groundwater quality. This includes the development of monitoring plans, laboratory oversight, data analysis and interpretation. Umvoto has sampled groundwater for assessment of suitability for potable supply, as well as surface water and…
Umvoto constructed, installed, manages and monitors air quality sensors via a fully automated GPRS-linked weather station for the Tulu Moye Geothermal Power Plant in central Ethiopia. While several noxious gases (nitric oxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and ozone) are monitored, hydrogen sulphide is especially important for the geothermal plant and strict adherence to World Health…
Umvoto has undertaken numerous smaller groundwater assessment (including desktop studies, hydrocensus, geophysics and borehole siting) and groundwater development (including drilling, testing, hydrochemical sampling and analysis, yield analysis and water use licence application) work for various private and public clients. These include: Residential estates e.g. Faircape Group (Tokai Estate, Onrus Manor, Noordhoek Manor), Klein Slangkop Estate…
Table Mountain Group Aquifers Umvoto has been the groundwater consultant for the City of Cape Town’s Table Mountain Group (TMG) Aquifer Feasibility Study and Pilot Project since 2002, where groundwater exploration has been undertaken at various target sites from Steenbras Dam northwards to Wemmershoek Dam. Groundwater development and wellfield implementation has been initiated at the…
Hermanus Umvoto was appointed by Overstrand Local Municipality (LM) in 2001 to proceed with a groundwater investigation and exploration to augment the water supply to the growing town of Hermanus. After completing the drilling and testing programme at Gateway Wellfield and the surrounding area in the mid-2000s, with groundwater abstraction being initiated from the fractured…
In 2019 Umvoto were appointed to develop a water strategy for a private client for Central Malawi. The strategy aimed to decrease uncertainty in available data and identify feasible surface water and groundwater options for development and small holder water supply. Applying an integrated and transdisciplinary approach between GIS, remote sensing, geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, climatology…
