The Draft Regulations for the Geoscience Act have been gazetted with invitation to comment by April 19. The GSSA will be submitting comment, but members should also consider whether they should comment as individual professionals as well. This call was also included in the latest GSSA March Newsletter- click here to view

CPD EVENT The GWD Central Branch Dr Amy Allwright, together with the GWD National Chair Mr Fanus Fourie, hosted this Groundwater Awareness Talk that was presented by Nicolette Vermaak of the Institute for Groundwater Studies at UFS. Nicolette offered an overview of what groundwater awareness entails and shared some of her experiences. This Talk aimed

Awareness can be defined as knowledge or perception of a situation or fact, concern about and well-informed interest in a particular situation or development and the quality or state of being aware. It is also the knowledge and understanding that something is happening or exists. Our awareness is often linked to things we have learned and experienced...

The UP Department of Geology has for the past decade focused on how the soil and rock between land surface and the phreatic or saturated zone behave with respect to highly variable moisture contents...

This talk presented research into the applicability of machine learning for the forward prediction of groundwater levels and flow regime, as an alternative to numerical modelling...

The GWD applaud the recent initiative of Ms Izelda Uses-Mbatha.that, with the enthusiastic support from the school principal, arranged a groundwater science workshop with the Grade 2 and 3 class at the Wonderland Christian Pre School and Primary School, located in Clayville, Midrand

GWD GROUNDWATER CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2021 - THEME. The UN-Water selected Theme for World Water Day 2022 is “Groundwater: making the invisible visible” – as proposed by International Groundwater Resource Assessment Centre.

Review: 2020 Highlights. 11 x Zoom sessions. Interesting intersecting topics hosted by the different GWD Branches: Western Cape, North West, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Central (Bloemfontein).Event debrief 6 November 2020: Natural attenuation of acid mine drainage by various rocks in a typical Karoo coalfield: case study of the Witbank, Ermelo and Highveld coalfields, South Africa, Dr Emmanuel Sakala (GWD GAU)

Groundwater brings relief to Karoo town  With the addition of three boreholes, Prince Albert Local Municipality was able to resolve supply issues arising from the low yield from existing boreholes, and the poor water quality that strained the municipality’s reverse osmosis (RO) treatment system.