• Berg River Dam – Operational Rules

    Year: 2005 – 2009 | Client: City of Cape Town/Ninham Shand | Location: South Africa

    Environmental flow specialist: A multidisciplinary team tasked with designing and implementing the operation rules for the Berg River Dam in Franschhoek.  The Berg River Dam is the first dam in South Africa where provision for the Ecological Reserve was included in feasibility, design and operations

  • CCT-Table Mountain Group (TMG) Aquifer Project

    Year: 2002 – ongoing | Client: City of Cape Town | Location: South Africa

    A Feasibility Study and Pilot Project into the viability of the TMG Aquifer for bulk water supply to Cape Town, more particularly the deep confined portions of the Peninsula Formation.  Duties included evaluation of proposed well-field sites, design of a monitoring programme to assess future possible impacts of abstraction from the TMG aquifer on rivers and wetlands in the area and review of the subsequent monitoring activities, which have been outsourced. 

  • 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.

 

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