Smart water and wastewater infrastructure

Smart water and wastewater infrastructure

Our multidisciplinary team provides innovative solutions for the development of comprehensive water infrastructure lifecycle solutions, with a specific focus on raw water, potable water distribution networks, wastewater networks and water treatment plants.

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Contact information:

Dr Ryneth Mbhele
Research Group Leader
@email

Angela Bolosha
Business Development Practitioner
@email

Our capabilities

  • Process engineering, modelling and simulation 

  • Smart water infrastructure design

  • Smart process integration

  • Water infrastructure planning 

  • Bulk water and water distribution network assessment and design

  • Hydraulic modelling of water networks

  • Water balance modelling

  • Process and compliance audits

  • Validation and verification of water infrastructure assets 

  • Resource recovery from wastewater or acid mind drainage (valorisation) 

  • Water and wastewater quality management 

  • Blue Drop and Green Drop implementation 

  • Decentralised wastewater treatment systems 

Our research

Our experts develop infrastructure solutions to enable access to non-conventional water resources for community schemes. This includes the validation and verification of water infrastructure assets. We also support resource recovery initiatives from wastewater sources.