Umvoto presents at Overstrand Environmental Conference
Conference This past week Umvoto attended the first Overstrand Environmental Conference. Various individuals and organisations …
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World Soil Day: The significance of sustainable soil management
The United Nations’ World Soil Day is held annually on the 5th of December and emphasises the importance of sustainable soil management. World Soil Day 2022 and its campaign “Soils: Where food begins” aims to focus attention on the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being by addressing the growing challenges in soil management, increasing soil…
When do you need to apply for a water use licence or registration?
What is the National Water Act? The intensifying drought conditions experienced over recent years, coupled with future climate change impacts, has put pressure on various industries to focus more intensely on groundwater abstraction. To ensure the sustainable utilisation and correct management of South Africa’s groundwater resources, this needs to include regularisation of this abstraction. It…
Update on the City of Cape Town’s New Water Programme
Umvoto Africa continued as the principal hydrogeological consultants for the groundwater components of the City of Cape Town‘s New Water Programme (CCT NWP) under engineering consultants Zutari and iX engineers, which was implemented to diversify bulk water supply and improve long-term water security and resilience of the City. The CCT NWP groundwater projects target the…
Umvoto WIN Wells Drilling Project of the Year Award 2021
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…
