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| Water Quality Management Workshop |
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| DATE: |
9 & 10 March 2006 |
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| VENUE: |
Ridgeway Hotel, Randburg, Johannesburg |
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| TOPICS: |
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- FACILITATOR: NICO LEMMER
- INTRODUCTION
- background to the workshop
- contracting
- introduction of participants
- BASIC MANAGEMENT ISSUES
- quantity of water available: hydrology & geohydrology
- quality of water required: chemistry & microbiology (limnology); technology
- WHAT IS WATER
- identifying the different characterisation of water
- WHAT AS A RESOURCES
- looking at the socio-economic value & uses of water
- DIFFERENT SOURCES OF WATER
- the natural hydrological cycle
- the amended (technologically modified) hydrological system
- LEGISLATIVE ISSUES AROUND WATER
- the Constitution of the RSA
- focusing on The National Water Act, Act No. 36,1998
- additional & supplementary legislation
- STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & CRITERIA
- distinction between limits, standards and guidelines
- drinking water standards: health aspects (quality guidelines)
- Environmental reporting: internal systems and regulator requirements
- guidelines for good environmental reporting using practical examples
- environmental management standards (e.g. ISO 14001)
- WATER & RISK
- risk related to supply quantity
- WATER & HEALTH
- physical
- chemical
- ecological
- macrobiological
- PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION OF WATER
- universal solvent
- universal carrier
- universal nutrient
- equilibrium (dissociation & solubility)
- stability (corrosion & scaling)
- temperature
- BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION
- water as a habitat and nutrient
- LIMNOLOGICAL ASPECTS
- eutrophication (nutrients P & N)
- carbon dioxide (CO ) system
- WATER BALANCES
- hydrological / quantity
- process / quality
- ASPECTS & IMPACTS POLLUTION
- diffuse & point sources
- environmental effects
- health effects
- quality & economic effects
- impact description/characterisation
- ENVIRONMETAL MANAGEMENT ATTITUDES
- WATER TREATMENT PURIFICATION
- standard unit processes (potable water)
- prechlorination
- coagulation & flocculation
- sedimentation & flotation
- filtration
- disinfection
- sludge disposal
- process water treatment processes
- softening
- demineralisation
- redox reactions
- WATER PURIFICATION
- sewerage
- primary, secondary & tertiary treatment
- biological treatment processes
- effluents from mining & industry
- WATER QUALITY MONITORING
- types of WQ indicators
- sample siting, scheduling & techniques
- information hierarchy
- evaluation and auditing
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| BENEFITS OF ATTENDING: |
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- Understand that water is not just H2O
- Understand how human needs have caused the modification of the hydrological cycle and aquatic systems
- Understand the reasons for legal limits and standards
- Understand the risks related to water supply quantity and quality
- Understand the relative significance of different aspects that affect water quality
- Know the standard unit processes used in water purification and treatment
- Know how to design and implement a rational water quality monitoring system
- Understand the basic aspects and issues in water quality management
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| WHO SHOULD ATTEND? |
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- water services managers
- water planners
- consulting engineers
- industrial analysts
- town planners
- project managers and engineers
- environmental managers and consultants
- water technicians and assistants
- senior and chief municipal engineers
- metropolitan, district and local municipal managers dealing with water infrastructure
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| Registration fee per delegate: R 3,825.00 + VAT =
R 4,360.50 |
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