Environmental flows for the Mujib River, Jordan. Environmental flows (e-flows) assessments are a powerful mechanism for enhancing and conserving the ecosystem goods and services rivers provide while allocating water to essential human use. There is a paucity of e-flows assessments and implementation in water scarce regions such as the Middle East, where limited freshwater resources…
The ORASECOM Joint Basin Surveys (JBS) Project Summary. Background The Orange-Senqu River Basin is a multinational river system that is both ecologically and economically critical to the southern Africa region. It spans four countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. The Orange-Senqu Commission (ORASECOM), which was established under the Revised Southern African Development Community (SADC)…
Upper Orange River Reserve Study. The protection of water resources in South Africa is safeguarded in the National Water Act (No. 36 of 1998) via the implementation of Resource Directed Measures, in which it is mandated that the Reserve (i.e., the water allocated for human use and reserved for the environment) must be determined for…
Unmanned Aerial and Surface Vehicles for River Surveying within the CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation. GroundTruth, in partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), led a research and development project concerning real-time natural resource monitoring and decision-support systems as per the CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation. The CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation seeks to…
Mthinzima Wetland Community Restoration. The video summarising this project can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/jjMsNza1S-4 Summary Midmar Dam in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is a vital water source for millions of downstream users, making its water quality a critical concern for water resource management in the province. The water flowing into the dam from the upstream Mpophomeni township…
Present Ecological Status and Ecological Importance and Sensitivity for north-eastern South Africa. The National Water Act (NWA) (Act 36 of 1998) provides for the protection and sustainable management of South Africa’s water resources through Resource Directed Measures (RDM). These include the classification of water resources using the Water Resource Classification System (WRCS), determination of the…
Mondi Forestry Roads Engineering. GroundTruth is a service provider to Mondi Limited for forestry roads engineering. In collaboration with Mondi Roads Specialists, we have carried out numerous forestry road upgrade projects in order to cost effectively meet the operational, harvesting, and long-haul vehicular requirements of access roads and watercourse crossings. We achieve this using a…
Large Mining Operation Stormwater Management Planning. GroundTruth engaged with a large international mine to develop a stormwater management plan to improve how rainfall was dealt with across the mine’s operations. GroundTruth adopted a two-phase approach. The first phase involved GroundTruth engineers visiting the site to assess the nature and extent of the stormwater problems. The…
Flood Risk Assessment for Tanzania Posts Corporation (TPC). The Tanganyika Plantation Company Ltd. (TPC), is one of the largest sugar estates in Tanzania, located approximately 50km south of Mount Kilimanjaro. The western boundary of the estate is bounded by the Kikuletwa River, which feeds into the Nyumba ya Mungu Dam, a critical water reservoir in…
Belfast Wetland Rehabilitation. Accepted best practice for wetlands in South Africa is a ‘no-net-loss’ approach, meaning development should result in no further loss to wetland integrity or functionality. GroundTruth were appointed to assess the wetland loss or impacts potential associated with the Exxaro Coal Belfast Implementation Project. The Belfast Implementation Project is located approximately 8km…