How can we help you to protect our most precious resource?
South Africa, as the rest of the world, is becoming increasingly more aware of the need to protect our environment. Fortunately, numerous water and wastewater treatment processes exist specifically for this reason. There is however an enormous amount of pressure on the owners of water purification and sewage treatment works to ensure that the plants are operated and maintained at the highest possible standards to ensure its sustainable existence. This is where Enviro Metsi wishes to be of assistance.
The Department, as custodian of South Africa's water resources, is aiming to ensure the sustainability of South Africa's water resources by focussing on an incentive-based approach where the performance of water purification and wastewater treatment systems are being assessed in a holistic manner - the Blue Drop / Green Drop Certification Processes.
The Blue Drop / Green Drop Programmes have evolved from the initial stages where a set of documents and plans would have sufficed into a mature program that requires proof of implementation in order to comply with the more stringent requirements that now embody these programmes.
With the ever-increasing focus on Water Resource Management it is becoming increasingly more important to ensure that the performance of every plant is properly gauged. One of the best ways of ensuring that this is done is by the regular assessment and monitoring of a plant. At Enviro Metsi we achieve this by a simple yet effective process:
Inspection
Inspections are conducted by a Class V Process Controller. The inspector would identify and record issues relating to operational, civil, mechanical & electrical and health & safety aspects on site. This is done together with the plant’s own Process Controllers in order to gather as much information as possible regarding actual operational and maintenance issues experienced on the plant.
Sampling
At the start of any project, a site-specific Sampling Program is drafted in accordance with the relevant regulations and the clients own specifications – anything from a "Final Only" sample where the focus is solely on compliance, to a program where every Process Unit is sampled in order to measure its specific performance. The latter is very useful in identifying the exact cause of a non-compliance or even identifying aspects that could lead to non-compliances before they have repercussions on the downstream processes. These samples are collected during our site visits, preserved and delivered to SANAS accredited laboratories for analyses.
Reporting
The information gathered during the plant inspection, laboratory analyses and assessment is of course useless unless it is presented in an easy to use fashion. With this in mind, we provide reports detailing the necessary information to evaluate a plant's performance, both currently and historically. The process followed by Enviro Metsi remains the same for routine monthly monitoring and for Annual Plant & Process Audits. During the latter, each of the aspects is however evaluated in much more detail than during a routine inspection, even looking into vibration and running temperature levels of the mechanical equipment in order to evaluate their performance and/or possible failure.
Why do water purification and wastewater treatment processes struggle to live up to their design capacity? In many cases, the answer lays in the operation and maintenance of these treatment plants.
Municipal Services
With the increasing pressure on municipal services, it is of the utmost importance for these water purification and sewage treatment systems to operate efficiently. Enviro Metsi provides a variety of services in order to help local municipalities achieve this goal.
Our involvement ranges from the supply of a management team who will only oversee operation and maintenance aspects at water purification or wastewater treatment works and make recommendations, to a situation where we take full responsibility for the daily operation and maintenance of a plant - it all depends on the requirements of the client.
In order to keep up with the growing demand for water and sewage services in municipal areas, new plants are constantly being built. However, there is always the problem of operating these facilities with qualified Process Controllers. At Enviro Metsi we can provide a holistic answer to this problem. We can manage the entire plant by taking care of the staff required, the chemicals needed, conduct preventative maintenance and take care of sampling and monitoring requirements. This approach also has the added advantage that there are no nasty surprise expenses to contend with as the cost of managing a plant in this fashion will be certain.
Publicly Employed Use Systems
Self-sustaining communities are always increasing. These include institutions such as prisons, police stations, hospitals, guest lodges and even golf estates. Quite frequently these facilities have to provide water purification and sewage treatment services independently from normal municipal services. As these systems face many of the same challenges as “normal” municipal systems, we are certain that we can provide the solution to every unique situation.
Industrial Treatment
Most industrial effluent is traditionally discharged directly into the sewage disposal system of local authorities in an untreated form or after only partial pre-treatment. This places severe pressure on local wastewater treatment plants and results in costly capital outlay for the extension of facilities to accommodate this additional load.
Most industries consider only their primary production goals while disregarding the importance of effluent treatment. Despite the risk of penalties or prosecution, they often do not have the expertise to operate their effluent treatment plans effectively. Pressure from Government, nature conservation groups and the country's limited water resources has however drastically changed this situation over recent years. Industries have not only been forced to conserve and re-use water in their processes, but also to take responsibility for operating and maintaining their effluent treatment facilities with greater care.
Local authorities also risk prosecution for polluting their catchment areas and have adopted a harder line against source polluters. Several companies have for many years been involved with the delegated management and maintenance of domestic effluent plants but more stringent requirements and regulations have now created an urgent need for the specialized operation of industrial effluent plants.
In view of this, Enviro Metsi wants to provide the needed expertise. With our team of dedicated operations and maintenance personnel, you can be assured that your investment in an effluent treatment plant that is properly operated will be one that yields a very high return
With all the legislative requirements from the Department of Water and Sanitation, the need to effectively manage a water purification or wastewater treatment system cannot be over-emphasized.
Enviro Metsi can provide a skilled team of dedicated professionals who will focus on the management of any Water or Wastewater Treatment Works in order to ensure it performs optimally and meets the Department’s requirements.
A typical Management Contract includes managing and implementation of aspects related to the Blue Drop and Green Drop Programmes, developing and implementing Plant Logbooks and Maintenance Schedules (if not available) and of course monitoring the treatment processes through regular plant inspections.
With all the legislative requirements from the Department of Water and Sanitation, the need to effectively manage a water purification or wastewater treatment system cannot be over-emphasized.
Enviro Metsi can provide a skilled team of dedicated professionals who will focus on the management of any Water or Wastewater Treatment Works in order to ensure it performs optimally and meets the Department’s requirements.
A typical Management Contract includes managing and implementation of aspects related to the Blue Drop and Green Drop Programmes, developing and implementing Plant Logbooks and Maintenance Schedules (if not available) and of course monitoring the treatment processes through regular plant inspections.
