• Olifants/Doring Basin Study

    Year: 1997 | Client: DWAF Project Planning | Location: South Africa

    River health assessment for the Wit River, upstream of, and in, Bain’s Kloof.

  • Breede River Catchment Management Strategy

    Year: 2009 | Client: DWA/Pegasus | Location: South Africa

    Reserve input to Breede River Catchment Management Strategy.

  • C.A.P.E. Environmental Flow Support

    Year: 2007 – 2008 | Client: Action Plan for the Environment | Location: South Africa

    Advisor on Reserve-related issues pertaining to Western Cape rivers, including determination, classification, operation rules and monitoring.

  • Charlesford weir pumping station upgrade

    Year: 2010 | Client: Sharples Environmental Services | Location: South Africa

    The impact of a proposed upgrade of the Charlesford weir and increased abstraction from the Knysna River on the Knysna River and estuary were assessed.

  • Classification and RQOs for the Berg River basin

    Year: 2016 – 2017 | Client: Department of Water and Sanitation | Location: South Africa

    Collation of information pertinent to, and generation of Environmental Water Requirement (EWR) data for, the classification of rivers in the Berg River basin and calculation of Resource Quality Objectives (RQOs) for a monitoring programmes.

  • Classification and RQOs for the Breede and Gouritz River basins

    Year: 2016 – 2017 | Client: Department of Water and Sanitation | Location: South Africa

    Collation of information pertinent to, and generation of Environmental Water Requirement (EWR) data for, the classification of rivers in the Breede and Gouritz River basins and calculation of Resource Quality Objectives (RQOs) for a monitoring programmes.

  • FEPAs and flows

    Year: 2014 | Client: Water Research Commission | Location: South Africa

    An elementary tool for Ecological Reserve monitoring in high-value conservation catchments in South Africa was developed.

  • George Water Supply Options

    Year: 2006 – 2007 | Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry/ Ninham Shand Consulting Engineers | Location: South Africa

    A comprehensive study of the water resources supplying the George Metropolitan Area leading to a Strategy for meeting the city’s water requirements in a sustainable manner.

  • Jan Dissels Compulsory Licensing

    Year: 2007 | Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry/ Ninham Shand/ DfID | Location: South Africa

    Ecological Reserve related input to the provision of Reserve-related issues pertaining to the Olifants-Doring catchment, including determination, classification, implementation and monitoring, for use in the Jan Dissels Compulsory Licensing exercise.

  • Olifants-Doring Technical Training

    Year: 2008 – 2009 | Client: C.A.P.E. | Location: South Africa

    The Olifants Doring River Ecological Reserve and Resource Protection capacity building and training project is intended to support enforcement and monitoring of operating rules and compliance with the Ecological Reserve for the Olifants-Doring catchment through the transfer of the relevant technical information from these studies to the responsible DWAF staff and members of the proposed Olifants-Doorn Catchment Management Agency (CMA).

  • Skuifraam Dam – Sizing of the outlet structures

    Year: 1998 | Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry/ Ninham Shand Consulting Engineers | Location: South Africa

    Determination of the Instream Flow Requirements of the Wit River, Bains Kloof, as part of the Feasibility studies for the proposed Wit River Dam.  Responsibilities include: project design, proposal production, co-ordination of IFR Team and all IFR activities, Habitat Specialist inputinto the design of the outlet structure in Skuifraam Dam on the Berg River, Western Cape, to facilitate the release of the channel maintenance floods requested as part of the IFR for the Berg River.

  • Update of the Present Ecological Status Assessments for four Water Management Areas in the Western Cape Province

    Year: 2011 – 2012 | Client: Department of Water Affairs | Location: South Africa

    Update of PES, EIS and species list databases, plus Factsheets, for over 1500 locations in the Olifants-Doorn, Breede-Overberg, Berg and Gouritz Water Management Areas.

  • Western Cape Reconciliation Strategy

    Year: 2008 – 2011 | Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry/ Ninham Shand Consulting Engineers | Location: South Africa

    Three-year study that aims to lead to the implementation of one or more previously identified interventions for water supply to urban centres in the Western Cape.

  • Western Cape Reconciliation Study (Phase 2)

    Year: 2005 – 2006 | Client: City of Cape Town/DWAF | Location: South Africa

    A comprehensive study of the water resources supplying the Greater Cape Town Metropolitan Area leading to a Strategy for meeting the city’s water requirements in a sustainable manner.

  • Western Cape Water Supply Systems Study

    Year: 2008 – ongoing | Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry | Location: South Africa

    Provision of environmental flow information to pre-feasibility and feasibility studies of surface water developments to augment the supply of water to Cape Town.  Joint Venture with Ninham Shand and Kwezi V3.

  • Working with Dam Operators to implement the Ecological Reserve

    Year: 2008 | Client: FETWATER | Location: South Africa

    A series of workshops and meetings with Department of Water Affairs and Forestry dam operators and system managers aimed at identifying constraints on and opportunities for implementation of the Ecological Reserve, including: operating rules, on-job support mechanisms, communication channels, training, reporting, public liaison, compliance and monitoring infrastructure, and optimal use of available information platforms, such as HYDSTRA.

 

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