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SDM CONSULTING ENGINEERING & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE Under the guidance of Dr Mpafane Deyi, Deyi CEO and Head: Water Engineering, SDM Consulting Engineering and Project Management offers a high level of expertise in the specialised field of water engineering.
Please tell us more about SDM Consulting Engineering and Project Management. SDM Consulting Engineering and Project Management (Pty) Ltd was born in 2002 from an amalgamation of a skillful group of entrepreneurial engineers while at college who were, and remain, determined to provide solutions to meet the needs of our clients. Over the past two decades, we have grown to boast not only a national footprint but an impressive presence in Africa and beyond, and a Level 1 BBBEE certification. What services does SDM Consulting Engineering and Project Management offer? Over the years, SDM has established Centres of Excellence including the following: • Infrastructure Development – Municipal Services • Structural Engineering • Water Engineering - Water Demand Management - Master Planning - Dams and Hydrology - Water and Wastewater Treatment • Infrastructure/Physical Asset Management • Project and Programme Management
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• Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
Can you drill down specifically into your water engineering offering? South Africa is a water-scarce country and about 98% of its water resources are already allocated. As a country, we face an estimated 17% deficit between water supply versus the demand by 2030. Sedimentation accumulation in dams is reducing the available storage capacity of water; in fact, it is reported that the storage capacity in South Africa is reduced by 0.4% every year. To compound this challenge of limited water resources, it was reported in a CSIR study that water losses in the form of non-revenue water (NRW) are at 36.8% nationwide. NRW losses were further reported by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to be at R9.9 billion per annum, which is mainly driven by high levels of leakage in water distribution systems.
SDM has attracted experienced experts and skill sets from the market, including Dr Leon Geusytn, who has expertise in hydraulics, water distribution and the optimisation of sewer reticulation systems, master planning and management, and probabilistic and risk-based engineering system analysis. SDM has also developed water conservation and demand management capacity in order to assist our metros and municipalities, by and large, to reduce NRW and the levels of leakage in water distribution systems. Another challenge that the municipalities and metros face in South Africa is revenue leakage associated with billing problems: these are due to metering infrastructure and revenue inefficiencies and discrepancies.
Dr Mpafane Deyi, CEO, SDM Consulting Engineering and Project Management
