African Environmental Development
Company Registration Number: CK1998 070435/23, Vat Registration Number: 4220185013
Who We Are
African Environmental Development is a relatively small, but specialist company, concentrating on all aspects of water management and hydrology, relating to environmental management, environmental monitoring, environmental engineering and solving of environmental challenges for its clients.
Who Our Clients Are
Our clients vary from mines and industries that may have an impact on the environment or might have other water- of hydrology-related issue, to environmental management consultants that do not have the necessary capacity in water engineering and hydrological aspects, to local authorities, town planners, consulting engineers and private individuals.
Company Background
With the ever-increasing awareness of the environment, in particular, the aquatic environment, and the interaction this aquatic environment has with both people and the business and industrial sector, it became apparent that many businesses or authorities can no longer provide these services to the extent and thoroughness that is required.
For the above reasons, African Environmental Development, based in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, was formed to assist such companies, mines, authorities and individuals that do not wish to employ aquatic or hydrology specialists on a full-time basis, by providing these services on their behalf. African Environmental Development has the capacity to address all aquatic and hydrological issues.
African Environmental Development was formed in 1998 and forms part of a much larger network of environmental management and engineering specialists, covering aspects from the physical environment including hydrogeology, soils and water to the natural environment, such as fauna, flora and ecological systems in general, as well as civil and mechanical aspects such as the modelling of flood lines. In short, African Environmental Development will provide solutions to whatever environmental challenges you may encounter. Our core business remains, however, water management, hydrology and water pollution control.
In addition to management of the aquatic environment, African Environmental Development also specialises in the development of environmental management software, in particular, software to do water and salt balances. Our environmental management software is regarded as being unsurpassed, as we develop industry-specific environmental management modelling programs. Apart from the above, the software we developed to carry out the modelling of flood lines is, as far as we know, not equalled anywhere in South Africa.
African Environmental Development originated out of the mining industry in South Africa, with gold, platinum coal and base-metals mining accounting for a large part of our background. As the ore bodies, which have been mined for well over a century, slowly become depleted, the gold mining industries in Gauteng, Northwest Province and the Free State are gradually winding their operations down, leaving many environmental challenges, and in particular, water-related issues, behind and placing a high demand on our services. The format of the mining industry is also undergoing a metamorphosis. While the traditional large mining corporations are becoming less involved in mining, the smaller-scale, more cost-effective, mines are beginning to replace these on land, previously mined and developed by the larger corporations. This places a very specific, and often, a highly complicated, environmental management responsibility on these new-generation mines. African Environmental Development has ample experience in these types of matters to assist these companies; especially as far as the issues around water pollution and acid mine drainage is concerned.
What We Can Deliver
African Environmental Development can provide the following services to its clients. Adequately qualified specialists will perform all the services listed below, ensuring legal compliance in all respects of the products we deliver:
Water Care
- Provide a comprehensive aquatic science consultancy service. We have the capacity of addressing any water-related and aquatic environmental issue and to develop solutions to mitigate problems that may be encountered.
- Provide all monitoring services relating to surface- and groundwater. These include the treatment, discharge and re-use of water and includes the analyses of water, both chemically and biologically (river bio-monitoring), the interpretation of results and the development of management or remediation action plans, where problems are identified. We can carry out monitoring relating to any of the following Dept of Water Affairs-approved aquatic biomonitoring protocols:
- SASS (South African Scoring System)
- IHAS (Invertebrate Habitat Assessment System)
- IHIA (Intermediate Habitat Integrity Assessment)
- MIRAI (Macro-invertebrate Response Assessment Index)
- PES (Present Ecological State Class)
- EIS (Ecological Importance and Sensitivity Category)
- Auditing of water care installations and the aquatic environment.
Hydrology
- Hydrological modelling of various return period design storms and determining the flood lines for specific rivers or streams. These flood lines could range from return periods as short as 2 years, through 5, 10, 25 and 50 up to 100-year return periods. The flood lines are made available both electronically in an AutoCAD or Shape file format and through hard copies signed by our engineer.
- Sizing of culverts and bridges in accordance with specific return period design storms.
- Auditing of dams to identify and eliminate safety risks.
- Design of small potable and sewage water care installations.
Software Development
We have the capacity to develop any type of PC-based application, however, we specialise in the development of water management applications. An example of this is the development of Water and Salt Balance software for various industries.
Where To Find Us
African Environmental Development (AED) is instantaneously accessible from anywhere in the world via this website, http://www.aed.co.za/. This is probably the quickest way to access information on AED for anyone who wishes to learn more about our company.
Our physical address is Portion 129 of the farm Sterkfontein 173 IQ, Mogale City, Gauteng, South Africa. This is also where we make everything happen! This is located within the Cradle Of Humankind World Heritage Site, rather appropriate for and environmental management company and is little more than a stone’s throw from the world-famous Sterkfontein Caves. Although this address sounds like a mouth full, it is rather simple to find us. The schematic drawing hereunder shows you how to find us from most of the main routes within the Witwatersrand…
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Other ways of contacting us:
Telephone: (+27) 083 657 0560
Fax: 086 670 5102
E-Mail: info@aed.co.za, or contact the Director: Technical Services directly at garfield@aed.co.za.
Concise Curriculum Vitae:
Garfield Krige
Pr.Sci.Nat (Aquatic Science)
Director Technical Services/Principal Aquatic Science Professional
Full Names: Willem Garfield Krige
Date of Birth: 09 March 1953
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Garfield has been associated with water, its treatment and the hydrology of rivers/streams/canals for several decades and has gained extensive experience in potable, industrial and sewage water treatment, especially associated with, but not limited to, the mining industry. He is equally familiar with the common aspects of groundwater and groundwater chemistry as well as geology as far as groundwater is concerned. His previous responsibilities have included management of sewage and drinking water plants for a large mining house, the general water management of water reticulation on various mines, developing of water and salt balance software for various mines and industries as well as environmental impact studies for mining and municipal authorities. Garfield is currently a specialist in hydrology and has spent a considerable part of his employment with African Environmental Development in the developing and automating of software used in flood modelling, one of AED’s services that sets it apart form other consulting environmental specialists.
Garfield is currently the Director: Technical Services at African Environmental Development, which was formed in 1998.
Garfield obtained his National Diploma in Public Health in 1977 and his National Diploma in Water Care in 1987, both from the Technikon Pretoria (now referred to as the Tshwane University of Technology), the latter with distinction. He also obtained certificates in Environmental Law and Environmental Auditing in 1995 from the Northwest University and Environmental Management Systems in 1996, from the same tertiary education institution.
Garfield is registered with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) as a Professional Natural Scientist in the field of Aquatic Science, Registration Number: 400068/10.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| September 1998 – Present | African Environmental Development |
Director: Technical Services
| April 1996 – August 1999 | JCI Limited Shared Services |
Group Water Technologist, responsible for all JCI Group companies’ water related issues.
| March 1994 – March 1996 | JCI Limited Shared Services |
Group Environmental Health Advisor responsible for the management of the potable and sewage water treatment facilities on all operating mines within the JCI Group. Also responsible for the management of water and salt balances for these mines.
| Sept. 1983 – February 1994 | Randfontein Estates GM Co (W) Ltd. |
Senior Environmental Health Officer/Water Technologist
| August 1982 – August 1983 | Western Deep Levels Ltd. |
Senior Environmental Health Officer
| April 1980 – July 1982 | Anglo American Corporation Group Health Department, Welkom |
Environmental Health Officer
| Previous Employment |
Held positions as Health Officer with Dept. (State) Health, Johannesburg and several other local municipalities.