UMVOTO AFRICA CC
Engineering in Cape Town

Our services extend to all aspects of integrated water resource planning, development and management. Our specialised knowledge of surface and groundwater modelling, geological and hydro-chemical processes is also applied to contamination and remediation challenges and environmental resource development and management. Our geological team has national and international experience over a range of geological fields. Key areas of our expertise are groundwater and mineral exploration, environmental planning, geo-hazard assessment and disaster risk management. He received his PhD in Geology from the University of Cape Town where he was Associate Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences. His focus is on integrated water resource planning, development and management. He is involved in the development and implementation of strategies for adaptive groundwater management, and this comprises improved resource evaluation and monitoring to support sustainable resource management. Dr Botha has been involved in a number of water resource assessment and planning studies, most recently focusing on mine water management, water conservation and demand management. Willie Gouws is a process simulation specialist with 23 years’ experience in the mining and information technology sectors. He has also worked on various mineral exploration and disaster risk reduction projects and initiatives, and has a personal interest in the potential effects of shale gas exploitation on water resources. He holds an Honours degree in Environmental and Geographical Science. His environmental portfolio mainly involves the mining sector in which he focuses specifically on Right and Permit applications, environmental audits and development of Mine Work Programs and Closure Quantum’s. His environmental experience also extends to in field management of drill and mining sites in the capacity of Ecological Site Manager. His experience in managing projects and running his own company has provided him with an excellent platform for consulting and project management. Since joining Umvoto David has gained significant experience in hydrogeological field monitoring, drilling and contract supervision, boreholes siting, environmental reporting, Carbon 14 sampling and groundwater assessments including pumping test analysis and sustainable yield determination for farms, schools, solar facilities and municipalities. Since joining Umvoto he has been working in numerous projects where he deals with construction and running of groundwater flow models. Involvement in all these projects has allowed him to gain insight into numeric modeling, among his recent contributions has been constructing and running the groundwater flow model for water resource estimation for a project in Ethiopia. He has also been involved in monitoring of various wellfields around the Western Cape. Marshall Fusa completed his BSc degree in Applied Geology at the University of the Western Cape. Marshall is currently involved in wellfield monitoring and data processing. His main responsibilities include field collection of telemetry data and water samples and routine maintenance of field equipment such as water level loggers and weather stations. His main responsibilities are data processing and analysis, geological and hydrogeological tasks and field work, as well as draft reporting. He has gained experience in data processing and analysis, foundational knowledge of geology, hydrogeology and water quality as well as an understanding of the concept of the Groundwater Reserve. His most recent contribution has been in the Support to the Implementation and Maintenance of Reconciliation Strategies for Towns in the Southern Planning Region; and the WRC Water Governance of Groundwater and Surface Water in South Africa.