The Drakenstein Local Municipality in Western Cape started using the Municipal Assistant management software system in July 2010 to get better insight into the operation and maintenance status of their six wastewater treatment plants. It is helping Mr. Ronald Brown, the Engineer of Waste Management... Read more...
“We trained 100 to 120 people in the use of the Municipal Assistant system in the 38 South African municipalities where it was introduced in the last two and a half years”, Mr. Dana Grobler said in an interview in Cape Town at the global World Water Day event and South Africa Water Week, 21-27... Read more...
The main components of the Municipal Assistant™ include sofar a series of modules that are generically developed based on the needs on the ground in the water sector, as well as a set of operations management reports. Read more...
The urgent need for the improvement in the management, operation and maintenance of assets, and the building of capacity of Process Controllers in Water Services Authorities (WSAs) was identified by the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) as a means of improving the quality of service... Read more...
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Looking back onto eight years of project implementation and a composite partnership under the West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI) banner brought to notice that the facilitating of a network from Accra to Zinder offers great opportunities, but requires a solid communication and knowledge management... Read more...
Comments on Day 2 of the RMA workshop. Read more...
South Africa is plagued not only by a skills shortage, but also a skills gap. Graduates entering industry face a double-edged sword in the form of ‘fast-tracking’ and poor mentorship. And the engineering industry is traditionally male dominated. If it is up to Naadiya and Traci, this is going to... Read more...
A coalition of WASH in Schools advocates from various organisations based in Europe is organising a two-day meeting in The Hague from 24 to 25 May 2011 to help development partners' work on strategies to follow up the international Call to Action for WASH in Schools from 2010 ( www.unicef.org/wash/... Read more...