Symposium Events

You are invited to attend the GWD Central Branch Symposium to be hosted at the IGS at UFS in Bloemfontein

This event was canceled in light of Covid-19 health safety precautions.

Groundwater plays a pivotal role in ensuring water security in South Africa. It supplies approximately 13% of the total water supply but often provides up to 100% of the water supply to some areas. It is thus a resource of strategic importance. However, its development and management do not reflect this importance. The development of the resource is left at the mercy of municipal procurement and poor operation and maintenance.

The Central Branch members are invited to meet and listen to current groundwater research discussions and network with geohydrologists in central South Africa.

The 5th Water Research Commission (WRC) Biennial Symposium is a key event in the South African water sector calendar that will be taking place under the theme “Re-Imagine, Re-Build and Repeat: Future Proofing Water”. This year’s theme focuses on strategies and approaches that the water sector should adopt when working towards “future proofing water”.

A contingent of water and sanitation stakeholders will converge at Gallagher Estate in Midrand from 18 – 19 February to craft lasting solutions to challenges facing the sector to ensure water security and dignified sanitation in the country.

Water and sanitation experts, industry leaders, non-profit organizations, environmentalists, the government in all spheres, water boards, international partners have all responded to the call by Minister of Water and Sanitation, Mr Senzo Mchunu, to convene a National Water and Sanitation Summit for the benefit of the country.