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Morris Environmental &
Groundwater Alliances ( )
was formed on 15 December 1999 to provide independent excellence
in environmental consulting services. We are pleased to provide
you with the first edition of our newsletter, the phone,
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- Over the past year
has involved over 40 other groups and individuals in our
project teams.
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project teams are most successful when they form a ‘Project
Partnership’ which includes the client’s
representatives and other team members with the right skills
for the project needs.
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is currently involved with projects in 7 different centres
throughout southern Africa.
- Ritchie Morris is involved in an innovative project with
John Murray of M-GIS and the Catchment Management Department
of the City of Cape Town developing a Water Pollution Abatement
Plan for the Salt River Catchment.
- Over the past year, projects have taken Mary-Jane Morris
to Swaziland and Zambia.
- During 2000 Mary-Jane attended an internationally accredited
Environmental Auditors course and obtained a pass rate of
96%. Ritchie was curious to know where the other 4% had
gone.
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has received very favourable feedback from both clients
and authorities on the quality and presentation of our work.
- Ann-Carol Leach (Nee Simpson) recently joined the
team as an independent consulting hydrogeologist and is
assisting with several environmental projects in the Cape
Town area.
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| In March 2001
was pleased to welcome Carol Barnes as our Office Administrator.
Carol, who works part-time (mornings), brings her experience
from working in a family business and we are sure that she will
be an important player within the
team.
Our principle consultants include:
Ritchie Morris Pr Sci Nat, BSc Hons
Ritchie is the founder of
and is an Environmental hydrogeologist with over 15 years
of experience in the southern African region. Most of Ritchie’s
work is for industry, however, several projects have recently
been undertaken for the public sector and individual developers
within the private sector.
Mary-Jane Morris BSc Hons
Mary-Jane is an Environmental Management Specialist and
she joined the
team in January 2001. Previously Mary-Jane was with Deloitte
and Touche where she managed the Environmental Business
Services Group. Mary-Jane has extensive experience with
environmental matters throughout southern Africa.
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The photo shows Deven Naidoo of Geosure (Pty) Ltd undertaking
soil field tests at an industrial site south of Durban.
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In February 2001 Ritchie
Morris of
and Deven Naidoo of Geosure (PTY) Ltd, which is based in Durban,
formed an Alliance Partnership in the KwaZulu Natal region for
industrial environmental projects. Deven is the Managing Director
of Geosure, which he founded in 1999. He has a BSc Honours in
geology, is registered as a Professional Natural Scientist and
practices as an Engineering Geologist. He has extensive experience
with geotechnical conditions within the KwaZulu Natal region.
Ritchie’s experience and track record with environmental
assessment and the management of contamination issues at industrial
sites, together with Deven’s knowledge of the local KwaZulu
Natal conditions are extremely complimentary. The -Geosure
Alliance is well placed to offer a quality environmental service.
and Geosure are currently involved with detailed projects
at two large industrial sites within the Durban area.
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has taken a responsible approach to the security of their
office computing and communication systems. Our office is
equipped with several powerful computers, the most recently
acquired being a state of the art system capable of operating
most sophisticated packages. We have recently networked our
office and an ISDN line will be installed by the end of May.
Our computers are equipped with Norton Symantic anti-virus
programmes which are updated weekly. We also operate a tape
streamer for backups, have CD writing, DVD drivers plus scanning
capabilities.
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acknowledge the importance of remaining in the forefront of
innovative technologies and thinking within the environmental
management field. For this reason we view the attendance at
conferences and the participation in technology groups being
vital to our service commitment. During 2000 Ritchie presented
a paper at the Congress of the International Association of
Hydrogeologists. In May 2001 Mary-Jane attended the Imibizo
‘A Gathering of Leaders’ conference hosted by the
Industrial Environmental Forum.
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- During 2000 Ritchie was involved with an Environmental
Due Diligence audit at TRW’s South Africa manufacturing
facility in Atlantis, north of Cape Town. TRW is an international
company and one of the World’s leading motor vehicle
safety components manufacturers.
- Mary-Jane has recently been appointed to assist TRW with
the development of an Environmental Management System and
ISO 14001 accreditation thereof for the Atlantis Factory.
- Mary-Jane is a key member of an international team responsible
for developing Environmental Management Plans for several
copper mines in the Zambian Copper Belt region.
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Since July 2000 Mary-Jane has been providing strategic environmental
advice to the Department of Environmental Cultural Affairs
and Sport (DECAS) of the Western Cape Provincial Government.
This part-time contract has seen Mary-Jane assist DECAS with:
- The facilitation of a strategic planning process;
- The development of procedures to support the decision
making role of the Department.
It has provided opportunity for Mary-Jane to obtain good
insight into the EIA process requirements.
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 Enhancing
nature’s mechanisms can save clients money.
have added to their bioremediation skills by successfully
completing the remedaition of oil impacted soils at an industrial
site. Engineered biopiles (see photograph) were employed at
this site.
Alliance with T&P Contractors for this project consciously
contributed to the skills development of one of their employees,
Mr Mzukisi Winti.
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The MEGA web site was developed in early 2000 by GypsyBytes
and is soon to undergo reconstruction to include our new developments.
It can be found at:
http:/users.iafrica.com/m/mw/mwmega
We will let you know when the new site is completed as it
will hold several new innovations and information that may
be of interest to you.
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Ph: 021 790 5793 Fax: 021 790 5793
Kind regards
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