In the News Archive

• Empowering Water Care Personnel 14 Mar 2013 - The 3rd Western Cape Water Care Forum (WCWCF) was held in Saldanha from 27th – 28th February 2013.  read more
• Cities Mobilised for Performance Improvement 31 Jan 2013 - As part of the Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (MBI), City Working Groups (CWGs) have been established to structure peer learning among the nine cities (the eight ...  read more
• The Cost of Municipal Services 28 Jan 2013 - ….if the cost of municipal services are an unknown, you will be severely challenged to manage a sustainable municipality!    read more
• Benchmarking: Getting Started on Munibench 14 Jan 2013 - Data collection for the Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (MBI) is via an on-line system, www.munibench.co.za.  read more
• Blue Drop, Green Drop and RPMS support 03 Jan 2013 - Emanti has been appointed by Cederberg Municipality to provide assistance to their Blue Drop, Green Drop and Regulatory Performance Measurement System (RPMS) programmes  read more
• WSP and W2RAP Appointment- UThungulu DM 10 Dec 2012 -  Emanti to facilitate and co-ordinate the drafting of both the Water Safety Plan (WSP) and Wastewater Risk Abatement Plan (W2RAP) for the Uthungulu District Municipality.  read more
• Municipal Priority Action Plans (MPAP) KwaZulu-Natal 03 Dec 2012 - Through both the National and KwaZulu Natal Regional Department of Water Affairs offices, Emanti is rolling out Municipal Priority Action Plans (MPAPs) to 8 WSAs.  read more
• Municipal Benchmarking Initiative: Cities Working Group 03 Dec 2012 - Following on from the Water Services Master Class has been the establishment of the Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (MBI) peer based learning for the nine cities ...  read more
• New Water Services Tools and Guidelines on the Way! 30 Nov 2012 - Water Research Commission Projects Awarded: New Water Services Tools and Guidelines on the Way!  read more
• Water Safety Conference: Uganda 26 Nov 2012 - The third biennial IWA-WHO Water Safety Conference held from 13 – 15 November 2012 in Kampala, Uganda attracted over 260 international delegates from 49 countries to ...  read more
• 76th IMESA Conference 13 Nov 2012 - Emanti Management:  Showcase of Services at the IMESA Conference 2012  read more
• Water Services Master Class (WSMC) 08 Oct 2012 - Establishment of peer groups and networks within the Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (MBI) has been facilitated through the establishment of the very successful development Water Services ...  read more
• Closing the Gaps and Meeting Needs: IWA Water Safety Planning Specialist Group 01 Aug 2012 - Recognizing the rapid worldwide use and dissemination of risk assessment and risk management methodologies for water supply systems, the IWA formed the Water Safety Planning ...  read more
• Participation in WISA 2012 11 May 2012 - Thabisa Manxodidi formed part of the Local Organising Committee for the WISA 2012 Biennial Conference and Exhibition held at CTICC in Cape Town from the ...  read more
• Ensuring Sustainable Rural Communities 03 Apr 2012 - A CSIR-led multi-disciplinary team is aiming to find an Effective Rural Community Integrated Sustainable Development Implementation Model.  The study is currently being conducted in the ...  read more
• UN World Water Day 2012 22 Mar 2012 - World Water Day was declared an international day in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly and was first celebrated in 1993. Clean water is ...  read more
• National Municipal Benchmarking Initiative for Water Services 16 Feb 2012 - The National Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (MBI) for Water Services was re-launched during 2011 by SALGA and WRC. The primary objective of the initiative is to support ...  read more
• International Water Week Amsterdam 07 Nov 2011 - Emanti's Grant Mackintosh and Philip de Souza attended the recent International Water Week (IWW) held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 29th October to 4th November 2011. ...  read more
• SALGA/WRC Municipal Benchmarking Initiative: Launch Workshop 01 Nov 2011 - A National Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (MBI) workshop was held on the 25th of October 2011   read more
• 75th IMESA CONFERENCE 28 Oct 2011 - The Emanti Team attended the 75th IMESA Conference which was held from the 26 to 28th October, 2011 in Birchwood, Johannesburg.    read more
• Emanti's New Offices 14 Oct 2011 - ...and so it was inevitable that Emanti’s premises at Unit 10, Innovation Centre, Technopark was getting a bit cramped for this growing team. The dynamic ...  read more
• Water Safety Plan in Afrikaans 19 Sep 2011 - Owing to the great success and demand of the Water Safety Plan which Emanti Management developed for the Water Research Commission, there was a clear ...  read more
• WRC 40th Anniversary Celebration Conference 12 Sep 2011 - At the recent WRC 40th anniversary celebrations, Unathi Jack was given the honour of proposing toast at the prestigious celebratory conference dinner.  read more
• EMANTI: Municipal Assistance with Blue Drop Pays Off 13 Jul 2011 - After the report for the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) Blue Drop Certification programme was released on Thursday, 30 June 2011, with Stellenbosch Municipality receiving ...  read more
• Emanti Participates in Matchmaking Session with Dutch UN World Water Day Delegates 29 Mar 2011 - The main objective of the South African Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (SANEC) is to stimulate business links between Southern Africa and the Netherlands. SANEC organized ...  read more
• World Water Monitoring Day initiative at the Anna Foundation Centre in Franschhoek 28 Mar 2011 - On Tuesday, 22nd March, Emanti Management in collaboration with the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) 2012 Local Organizing Committee organized a World Water Monitoring ...  read more
• Global UN Water Week Event - Conference 25 Mar 2011 - On Tuesday, 22nd March, Thabisa Manxodidi and Aimée Sutherland attended the main event which included a panel discussion with the Hon. Edna Molewa (Minister of ...  read more
• Fixing the Leaks in Urban Areas – The South African Experiences 24 Mar 2011 - On Sunday,20th March Philip de Souza from Emanti Management attended a session on water conservation and demand management, with focus on the water loss challenges ...  read more
• UN World Water Day 2011 - Water for Cities 24 Mar 2011 - Cape Town (South Africa) were the proud hosts of the United Nations World Water Day event held from 20-22 March 2011, and co-organized by AMCOW ...  read more
• Complete your MuSSA on-line! 15 Mar 2011 - Water Services Authorities will be pleased to hear that the Municipal Strategic Self-Assessment has now been web-enabled via the eWQMS.  The MuSSA is a municipal ...  read more
• Are my water assets vulnerable? 09 Mar 2011 - Have you ever conducted a vulnerability assessment to see what the biggest threats are to your water infrastructure? Have you ever wondered whether you have ...  read more
• Water Safety Planning made easy through the eWQMS! 07 Mar 2011 - In 2008 the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) introduced an incentive-based regulatory programme, Blue Drop Certification (BDC). An integral part of BDC is the development ...  read more
• World Water Monitoring Day - Masiphumelele 28 Feb 2011 - Emanti Management kicked off their World Water Monitoring Programme for 2011 at Masiphumelele Library in the informal settlement of Masipumelele (near Kommetjie) outside Cape Town, ...  read more
• eMWAP, the electronic Mobile Water Application - Enhancing Water & Environmental Health Management. 02 Feb 2011 - Effective water quality management in both rural and non-rural areas is crucial to public health and environmental well being. Unfortunately this is not always been ...  read more
• Emanti team intensifies WSA training and support 28 Jan 2011 - As part of the national Department of Water Affairs’ “Ensuring the Sustainable use of eWQMS for WSAs”  project, the eWQMS provincial team leaders have increased ...  read more
• Better Water Supply at the click of a mouse 21 Jan 2011 - The Water Research Commission (WRC) has teamed up with Emanti Management, developers of the international award-winning Electronic Water Quality Management System (eWQMS), to incorporate water ...  read more
• Word Water Monitoring Day Event 2011 - Masi Water Day 18 Jan 2011 - The Emanti Team will be kicking of their WWMD programme for 2011 the 29th Jan 2011 at Masi(Masiphumelele Township on Kommetjie Road). Last year we ...  read more
• New Municipal Strategic Self-Assessment of Water Services (MuSSA) Launched 10 Dec 2010 - Since 2005, Department of Water affairs (DWA): Water Services – Planning and Information has also conducted a “Strategic Gap Analysis of Water Services” survey (also ...  read more
• Emanti WWMD Activities to be featured in Annual Review 2010 06 Dec 2010 - Emanti became an active WWMD partner during 2010, distributing WWMD kits to more than 377 scholars! This was made possible by joining forces with Stellenbosch ...  read more
• eWQMS User Management Upgraded 06 Dec 2010 - In the last 3 months, the eWQMS team have compiled and refined an extensive register of current eWQMS users and have populated the eWQMS with ...  read more
• eWQMS Provides Blue Drop Certified Data 06 Dec 2010 - In order to address Blue Drop Regulatory certified data and associated data audit trail requirements, the eWQMS team, in close consultation and collaboration with Department ...  read more
• eWQMS Team Receive BDS Training 03 Dec 2010 - On the 25th November 2010, the eWQMS team was trained by Mr. Wessel Steyn of Department of Water Affairs (DWA) in the use of the ...  read more
• Water Safety Conference - Kuching, Malaysia 02 Dec 2010 - Philip de Souza from Emanti attended the recent Water Safety Conference held in Kuching, Malaysia from 2 – 4 November 2010. The theme of the ...  read more
• IMESA 2010 Emanti Participation 11 Nov 2010 - The Institute for Municipal Engineers of South Africa held the yearly conference in East London from the 26th October 2010 to the 29th October 2010. ...  read more
• Emanti at the Techneau Training Seminar on Risk Management 22 Oct 2010 - Philip de Souza participated in the Techneau Project arranged Training Seminar on Risk Management of Drinking Water Systems in Southern Africa held at the Water ...  read more
• The Water Cycle - promoting WWMD 08 Oct 2010 - The Emanti Team got their hands and feet wet (yet again) together with other “South African Young Water Professionals” at two schools in the Franshhoek ...  read more
• Emanti will be at the 74th Annual IMESA Conference and Exhibition 07 Oct 2010 - The Emanti Team will be attending the annual IMESA conference to be held 27th – 29th October 2010 in East London, South Africa.  Our knowledgeable ...  read more
• World Water Monitoring Day - Stellenbosch Schools 07 Oct 2010 - Emanti Management, together with Stellenbosch Municipality, has been organizing WWMD events in the greater Stellenbosch area, already reaching more than a 1000 scholars, creating awareness ...  read more
• Emanti at World Water Week 06 Oct 2010 - Grant Mackintosh from Emanti attended World Water Week held from 5 – 11 September 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. This year, the annual event drew 2,600 ...  read more
• Emanti achieves Level 1 BEE rating 30 Jul 2012 - Emanti Management (Pty) Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Emanti”) has improved its Level 3 B-BBEE rating for the year of 2011 to an outstanding Level ...  read more
• Improving Peer Learning through MILE 03 Apr 2012 - Municipal Benchmarking Initiative: Water Services Master Class #1 – Blue Drop, Green Drop and Water Loss Management In support of the Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (MBI) ...  read more
• Facilitating Wastewater Risk Abatement Plan development and implementation in KwaZulu Natal 04 Apr 2012 - The publication of the Department of Water’s (DWA) Green Drop Certification (GDC) results highlighted that wastewater treatment remains a challenge for many Water Services Institutions ...  read more
• KwaZulu Natal Municipalities Water Safety Planning on the rise 04 Apr 2012 - Subsequent to the profiling of the Water Safety Plans (WSP) within the third addition of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality (2004) and its ...  read more
• Blue Drop Support for Municipalities 05 Jul 2012 - Emanti Management is proud of the acknowledgement given by the Msunduzi Municipality in attaining the Blue Drop Silver Award at the DWA Blue Drop Awards ...  read more
• Emanti assists municipalities to attain Blue Drops 15 May 2012 - Department of Water Affairs Minister, Edna Molewa, announced the results of the 2012 Blue Drop Certification Programme at the WISA conference on Monday, 7 May ...  read more