THE STUDY TEAM
Three companies have formed an alliance to offer the City of Cape Town an appropriate blend of regional and international expertise and experience for this TMG Feasibility Study and Pilot Project. These companies are:
Ninham Shand was founded in 1932 by Mr Ninham Shand and as such is one of the long established consulting engineering firms in South Africa. The firm operates through a network of 18 offices spread throughout Southern Africa. It is wholly owned by the directors and senior staff and from March 2002, 30% of the ownership will vest with PDI employees.
Ninham Shand's current staff complement of 500 includes 340 technically qualified persons of whom 120 are professional engineers. 55% of the staff members are previously disadvantaged individuals.
The firm's head office is situated in Cape Town with a total staff of 200 and a PDI ratio of 55%. Thirty nine of the 50 members of staff of the Water and Environmental Discipline Group which would be responsible for the project are also based in Cape Town.
Ninham Shand has established a reputation for providing a high quality of service in virtually all fields of civil engineering, and has a particularly proud record in the field of water engineering. More specifically, this expertise is in:
Umvoto Africa is a Previously Disadvantaged Enterprise (PDE) firm with 100% ownership by a PDI. 50% of the permanent staff are woman and 30% are of colour. The firm has been active in groundwater consulting, research and development and training field for ten years. Umvoto is a knowledge based business supported by associates who are nationally and internationally active in research and consulting. More specifically and of relevance to this project, is expertise in:
The company has established a successful national reputation for work a focus on the fractured rock hydrogeology, in particular of the Table Mountain Group (TMG) aquifers and the development and use of the Remote Sensing and GIS Tools in water resource evaluation, exploration and management.
The firm has worked extensively in the field of water resource assessment, management, supply, waste and pollution extensively for leading engineering firms, DWAF, Provincial Government, mining houses, commercial farmers and municipalities. Our approach has been to integrate groundwater with other disciplines and demographic patterns, rather than to see it as a discreet sub-component of rainfall and the environment.
We have a proud record in innovative research and development independently as well as with national and international partners. An example of this is that Umvoto is the nominated lead agency in developing a Global Environmental Fund (GEF) project for applied research and development in the Table Mountain Group Aquifer and the basement aquifer of the Limpopo Basin, together with Environmentek of the CSIR , the Preotoria Geohydrology Unit of the Council of Geoscience (CGS) and the Oklahoma State University of USA.
Halliburton is a leading global technology based engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance contractor. It has a total of 88 000 employees worldwide with over 500 managed by the South African Office in Fourways, Johannesburg.
The company provides products, services and integrated solutions for oil/gas and water exploration, development and production and has for over 80 years accumulated a wealth of knowledge in drilling technology under difficult conditions. With experience in very deep well field drilling, Halliburton can specify, design and manufacture special purpose equipment to provide the most cost-effective solutions to unique problems.
With its unrivalled expertise in extraction and wellfield management, Halliburton KBR's contribution to the study will be based on the best and most appropriate international practice.
The following companies and institutions have agreed to support the Study Team with additional personnel and technical and scientific facilities.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research [CSIR]:
The CSIR offers a range of expertise from hydrogeology, groundwater quality monitoring, geophysics, geohydrochemistry to GIS and the installation of scientific monitoring equipment, which makes the CSIR a strong partner in the study team. The CSIR will provide scientific services support and practical assistance throughout the study.
The Water Programme is part of the Division of Water, Environment and Forestry Technology (Environmentek) of the CSIR. The programme is based in Stellenbosch and Pretoria and is a centre for scientific research for water management in southern Africa. The programme offers specialist consulting and research services that cover a full spectrum of physical, chemical and biological aspects of water, with expertise in groundwater, surface water and associated aquatic ecosystems. Services are offered to water resource and water quality managers, industry, water users and suppliers and regulatory bodies tasked with managing southern Africa's water resources.
The Cape Water Programme is situated in Stellenbosch and is one of the premier teams of water scientists and technicians in South Africa. The team consists of:
CMA Consultants:
CMA Consultants specialise in water management institutions and water related legislation. They bring considerable knowledge of the legal and legislative framework within which the study must be undertaken.
Nosipho Consultancy
Nosipho Consultancy brings its expertise of grassroots community involvement to the team. The facilitation, conflict management and training skills developed mostly on water resource projects throughout the Western Cape will strengthen the public participation and education aspects of the study.
Palmer Development Group [PDG]
PDG is a company specialising in development-related issues bringing specialist expertise in the financing and economic analysis of water resource planning and tariffs to the study team.
Southern Waters
Southern Waters has extensive experience on rivers and wetland environments as well as water sensitive ecosystems. They bring an understanding of the impact of water resource developments on rivers; and specialist knowledge in flow requirements for rivers (including study co-ordination, process and specialist input). Further they are experienced in all forms of biomonitoring.
University of Cape Town Department of Mathematics and Statistics
A leader in the field of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis in South Africa, the UCT Department of Mathematics and Statistics brings to the Study Team expertise in the utilisation of this technique. As specialists in the uses of V.I.S.A software in a workshop environment they streamline and aid the decision process.
University of the Western Cape- Department of Earth Sciences
The UWC Department of Earth Sciences brings its specialist expertise of hydrogeology to the team. The department has sound knowledge and experience in developing groundwater programmes throughout the country.
KEY PERSONNEL
The Study Team will consist of personnel who have already worked on various studies of the TMG Aquifer together with other experts and leaders in related sciences and technologies.
The Key personnel with their nominated posts indicated in brackets include:
Dr Mike Shand [Study Director]
Mike will serve as Study Director and will have overall responsibility for ensuring that the project is executed in accordance with the Terms of Reference, on budget, on schedule and in accordance with ISO 9001 procedures. Mike Shand has served as Project Director on most of Ninham Shand's national Water Resources Planning Studies, including the Western Cape Systems Analysis, the Skuifraam Dam and Supplement Studies, the Breede River Basin Study, the Western Cape Situation Assessment and the ongoing operation of the Western Cape Planning Model. He has also served as external and internal reviewer of DWAF's Voëlvlei Study and of the CCT's Integrated Water Resources Planning Study and associated studies, respectively.
Alan Shelly [Study Leader]
Alan will be responsible for the day to day management of the project. He will also act as Financial Controller on behalf of Ninham Shand who will serve as lead consultant. He is currently responsible for the project management of CCT's Integrated Water Resources Planning Study, which includes the TMG Aquifer and Cape Flats Aquifer reconnaissance studies, and various other associated studies. He was also responsible for the EU's programme to assist DWAF with Water Supply and Sanitation Studies in the Western Cape and numerous other projects.
Chris Hartnady [Team Leader: Hydrogeological]
Chris has more than 30 years experience in structural geology and tectonics with emphasis on the Proterozoic crustal evolution of Southern Africa. Because of his knowledge and interest in fluid pressure in fracture networks as an important control on crustal strength, stress, and local geothermal gradient, he has recently focused on fluid flow in fractured-rock aquifers, specifically the Table Mountain Group (TMG) and the geothermal springs of the Cape Fold Belt. The practical results of this work have contributed to the success and reputation of Umvoto in the groundwater field, and therefore Chris is nominated to lead the hydrogeological studies in this project.
Richard Shepherd [Team Leader: Engineering & Drilling and Wellfield Operation]
Richard has led numerous studies for water supply and rehabilitation projects in his 25 years experience. He was Project Manager for the Dar es Salaam Water Supply Rehabilitation Project, Mwanza Water Supply in Tanzania and for the Northern Collector Study for Nairobi Kenya and has recent managed the Trinidad Pipeline Project. He has also been involved with other regional projects in Africa including, a water transfer scheme in Natal, Freetown Water Supply in Sierra Leone and the Third Nairobi Water Supply Project. He is currently the Framework Manager responsible for 40 staff engaged on a water supply and wastewater consultancy framework (£4 million fees) for Yorkshire Water. Richard will have ultimate responsibility for delivery of Halliburton KBR inputs and will also provide essential head office co-ordination. He will also be closely involved in managing the specialist inputs and reviewing the water engineering elements during the course of the study.
Stephan Kleynhans [Team Leader: Infrastructural]
Stephan will assist Alan Shelly with the day to day management and coordination of the project and with its financial control. Stephan has also been closely involved in the Integrated Water Resources Planning Study and associated studies for the CCT and worked closely with Umvoto on the TMG Aquifer Reconnaissance Study component and with the CSIR and Umvoto on the Cape Flats Aquifer component.
Mike Luger [Team Leader: Ecological & Environmental]
Mike has specialised in the environmental issues related to the assessment of water resource projects, freshwater ecology, environmental impact assessments, and the management of urban rivers. Since 1993 he has successfully managed sensitive public participation in integrated water resource management studies throughout the Western Cape Systems Analysis area and further afield. He has coordinated Reserve determinations and integrations for the Breede River Basin Study. He is fully conversant with all scoping and environmental management procedures and approval requirements.
Karen Shippey [Team Leader: Societal & Legal]
A Principal Environmental Scientist in the Ninham Shand Cape Town Office. Karen has a Masters degree in Environmental Science. She has been in the industry for over seven years and has experience in the practice and project management of Environmental Impact Assessment, public consultation, facilitation, the development of Environmental Management Systems and monitoring of environmental compliance.
Rowena Hay [Team Leader: Risk Definition]
Rowena is a HDI and has more than 26 years experience in geology and hydrogeology. She has been instrumental in proving the potential of the TMG aquifer systems as a significant water resource through the Cape Artesian Groundwater Exploration (CAGE), Citrusdal wellfield, and Blikhuis Experimental Deep Drilling projects in the Olifants/Doring WMA. She has extended the methodology into the Berg and Breede WMAs through the TMG Groundwater Study for the City of Cape Town and into the Gouritz WMA through a study for Oudtshoorn Municipality and the WRC. As Umvoto Director responsible for all TMG studies and developments to date, including the screening of potential pilot study sites for CCT, Rowena will co-lead the groundwater studies and lead the Risk Definition team.