South Africa’s first International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge
Umvoto recently attended the 12th International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR 12), held in …
Managed Aquifer Recharge
The Cape Flats: collaborating toward conservation
Destination Dunes: transdisciplinary collaboration The City of Cape Town’s New Water Programme involves the development and operation of the Cape Flats Aquifer Management Scheme which includes abstraction and managed aquifer recharge (MAR) to augment the bulk potable supply of the City Metropole to avoid another 2017 Day Zero scenario. The Managed Aquifer Recharge Scheme will…
Groundwater monitoring of the Cape Flats Aquifer
Quarterly groundwater monitoring of the Cape Flats Aquifer (CFA) is undertaken by Umvoto geologists and hydrogeologists to build up a baseline prior to any large-scale abstraction and managed aquifer recharge (MAR). Wellfields are spread across the CFA targeting the thickest portion of the aquifer within the paleochannel (old river channel). Some wellfields are located in…
