Why Groundwater? Rapidly increasing water demand and impacts of climate change almost certainly mean that conventional surface water resources will not be able to satisfy future water needs in many regions of South Africa. Recent water shortages in some of South Africa’s larger cities (Cape Town and Gqeberha for example) and rural areas is testament…
Since 2020 Umvoto has been involved the action research Restoring the Waterways in the Philippi Horticultural Area project, led by Stellenbosch University Water Institute. This exciting action research project combines two-parts: collaborative water governance and physical clearance and restoration of part of the waterway network within the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA). The first part, centred…
Aligning the Hermanus and Atlantis municipal bulk groundwater supply projects to the Sustainable Development Goals.
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…
Umvoto Africa is pleased to announce our recent affiliation as a member of the Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Africa (NICOLA). The forum deals with the management of contaminated land in Africa, with its principal aim being that of creating a robust and integrated platform that fosters the development, application and dissemination of sustainable…
Baseline Monitoring for the City of Cape Town’s New Water Programme Recently Umvoto’s Cole Grainger (Junior Freshwater Ecologist) and Fahad Aziz (Junior Water and Environmental Scientist) visited the Steenbras catchment as part of our quarter-annual ecological monitoring that forms part of the City of Cape Town’s New Water Programme. It is important to do this…
This past week, 17-19 August, part of our Environmental team presented at the annual International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) (virtual) conference. This year’s conference focused on “Re-thinking Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) in pursuit of the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs)”, a concept Umvoto and The Umvoto Foundation (TUF) have been employing in recent work and…
UPDATE: Due to COVID-19 related illness Rowena Hay was unable to partake in the panel discussion. Despite this Umvoto Africa remains dedicated to the pursuit of achieving the SDGs. The annual United Nations Global Compact virtual Leaders Summit, taking place on 15-16 June 2021, will engage a global audience and feature leaders from business, government,…
As part of the Khayelitsha Pavement Improvement (KPI) Project, Umvoto Africa, on behalf of the Umvoto Foundation (TUF), conducted a hydrocensus at the Chuma Primary School in Khayelitsha to investigate the current water supply at the school premises. The KPI project is aimed at creating a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing environment for the residents…
The Umvoto Foundation (TUF) is a Cape Town-based non-profit organisation (NPO) that was, in their early years, funded by and born from work completed by Umvoto. TUF’s work began in 2017 in response to Cape Town’s surface water shortage, which by end of the summers of 2017 and 2018, saw the capacity of local dams…
