SUCCESSFUL PROCESS CONTROLLER WORKSHOP

WISA and its Process Controllers Division, in collaboration with the Western Cape Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS: Western Cape) hosted the Process Controller Workshop after a two-year hiatus.

The event was aimed at transferring knowledge and skills to process controllers, while providing a platform for the recognition of excellence. Hosted in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, approximately 150 delegates attended the workshop.

The winners AWARD WINNER

Best On-site Laboratory

Best Internal Municipal Laboratory

Riversdale WWTW

Drakenstein Scientific Services

Best WTW (<10 M ℓ /day) Uniondale WTW (George Municipality)

Best WTW (>10 M ℓ /day) George New WTW (George Municipality)

Best Wastewater Pond System Slangrivier WWTW (Hessequa Municipality)

Best WWTW (<5 M ℓ /day) Riebeek Valley WWTW (Swartland Municipality)

Best WWTW (5-10 M ℓ /day) Malmesbury WWTW (Swartland Municiplaity)

Best WWTW (>10 M ℓ /day) Hartenbosch WWTW (Mossel Bay Municipality)

Best Process Controller (WTW <10 M ℓ /day)

Best Process Controller (WTW >10 M ℓ /day)

Best Process Controller (WWTW <10 M ℓ /day)

Best Process Controller (WWTW >10 M ℓ /day)

Process Controller

Honours Award

Special Awards: Tony Bowers Award

Special Awards: Ronald Brown Award

Bonzile Nzuzo: Constantia Nek WTW (City of Cape Town)

Eugene Williams: Wemmershoek WTW (City of Cape Town)

Hendrik Strydom: Malmesbury WWTW (Swartland Municipality)

Dawid September: Borcherds Quarry WWTW (City of Cape Town)

Mansoer Davids: Faure WTW (City of Cape Town)

Graham van Niekerk Wastewater District Manager: North West Area (City of Cape Town)

Nonkululeko Tyantsi Chief Chemist: Drakenstein Scientific Services

The theme was ‘The Role That Process Controllers Play in the Blue Drop/Green Drop Programmes’. Process controllers were given insight into how their work feeds into the plans and documentation required to manage a system based on Blue/Green Drop principles. They were given guidance on how they should interact with those plans and documents to ensure optimal implementation of these management systems.

Awards

There was also an awards evening that recognises excellence in the workplace. Process controllers are unsung and selfless heroes who ensure that treatment processes function optimally, thereby providing safe drinking water to communities, while ensuring the protection of water resources by treating effluent to set standards.

The awards evening was hosted by DWS: Western Cape and attended by Zanele Bila-Mupariwa (provincial head: Western Cape) and Anet Muir (chief director: Regulation Compliance and Enforcement).

Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you to all of the sponsors who were key to making the event possible: AL Abbott & Associates, Agua Africa, BioCure, Enviro Metsi, Second Opinion, as well as Veolia.