Engineering Sector
Groundwater Monitoring – Why is it so important?
Why is groundwater monitoring important? Groundwater is a vital water resource that is more frequently being used to meet domestic, agricultural, industrial, and environmental water demands. There are numerous objectives when monitoring groundwater, some of which include: characterising the groundwater system to understand seasonal responses, estimating potential for groundwater development, evaluating or mitigating impacts of…
Applied Geology’s Role in Resource Exploration
The Earth hosts an abundance of resources that are required for day-to-day living, from groundwater and petroleum to gold and platinum. To access these resources, various applied geology techniques such as geological mapping, the application of advanced geophysics, and exploration drilling are used to assess the surficial and subsurface structures of the Earth’s crust, where…
How to drill a borehole
When There’s a Borehole, There’s a Way – Drilling for Groundwater Do you require an alternative water supply? Do you want to go off-grid and tap out of the municipal supply? Do you wish to never rely on burst bulk water pipelines? Then we have a solution for you! Installing a borehole is a relatively…
SOILL Moorreesburg Floodline
Umvoto was appointed by Southern Oil (Pty) Ltd (SOILL) to delineate the 1:100 year floodline on their Moorreesburg property, where their current operations occur and where planned future plant upgrades are to take place. The main objective of the assessment was to determine if the proposed SOILL site development would be impacted by flooding of…
Calitzdorp Rural Groundwater Augmentation
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…
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.…
City of Cape Town New Water Programme
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…
All Towns Southern Reconciliation Strategies and Support to the WCWSS Reconciliation Strategy
Umvoto was the lead consultant for the Department of Water and Sanitation’s National Water Resource Planning Directorate on the development and subsequent support to the implementation and maintenance of Reconciliation Strategies for all Towns in the Southern Planning Region. This undertaking required the projection of domestic water demand, available water supply, associated intervention options and…
