Umvoto presents at IAIAsa Annual Conference
This past week, 17-19 August, part of our Environmental team presented at the annual International …
Lechelle Goslin
Online Groundwater CPD course
The University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment is set to host an online Groundwater course, from 23-27 August, 2021. The Continuing Professional Development (CDP) course is aimed at educating a wide range of earth science and engineering professionals on the importance of groundwater, and it’s role in future water security.…
New weather station in Philippi, Cape Town
Background Umvoto Africa was contracted by the City of Cape Town to construct a weather station in the Cape Flats area. The station will provide up-to-date data to input into a numerical model. Recharge, abstraction, rainfall, and evaporation are just some of the parameters required to sustainably manage the Cape Flats Wellfield, which plans to…
Fractured rock aquifers: on the importance of springs
Recently some of Umvoto’s geologists and hydrogeologists went on a hunt for discharge points (groundwater-fed springs) along a large-scale fault network that cuts through the Table Mountain Group (TMG) fractured aquifers. This was in connection with a project that Umvoto is involved in with the City of Cape Town that was launched towards the end…
