|
|
| |
|
BSc (Geology, Geography) Rhodes 1985
BSc (Hons) (Geography/Hydrogeology) Rhodes 1986
Dip Business Management 1993
|
MIAH Member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists
MGSSA Member of the Geological Society of SA (Groundwater Div.)
MSAIE&ES Member of the SA Institute of Ecologists and Environemntal
Scientists
MIWMSA Member of the Institute of Waste Management of SA
MIAIAsa Member of the International Association of Impact Assessment
(SA) |
Pr Sci Nat (SA) 86/90
Professional Environmental Scientist (SAIE&ES) |
| Soil and groundwater contamination assessment, remediation
and monitoring; Environmental Risk Assessment, Environmental
auditing, Groundwater resource evaluation, development and management;
Environmental management for natural areas, estuaries and the
coastal zone. |
|
| To the top |
| November 1999 |
Established the company, Morris Environmental Groundwater
Alliances - 
|
| 1987 to 1999 |
Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten, Principal Environmental Hydrogeologist
in the Water Group, responsible for subsurface contamination
assessment, remediation and monitoring for the petrochemical,
explosives and other industries. Groundwater resource evaluation,
protection and general subsurface contamination investigations.
Utilization and management plans for coastal natural areas.
|
| 1986 to 1987 |
Rhodes University, Geography Department. Research Assistant.
Research into soil erosion in the Yellowwoods catchment, Eastern
Cape. Aquifer testing at Kleinmond, Humansdorp and Beaufort
West. Completed a postgraduate thesis on recreational carrying
capacity for estuarine areas.
|
| 1984 to 1985 |
Department of Water Affairs, Division of Geohydrology.
Assisted in evaluating the groundwater resources of the Northern
Cape, Gordonia and Kalahari Gemsbok regions (3 month university
vacational work).
|
| 1983 to 1984 |
Department of Water Affairs, Division of Geohydrology.
Groundwater resource evaluation in the Mafikeng-Lichtenburg
dolomitic areas. Surface geophysics (magnetometer surveying),
borehole siting and aquifer testing. Groundwater resource
evaluation of the coastal dune aquifers at Bushmans River
mouth and Diaz Cross. Borehole siting, supervision of
drilling programmes, well construction design and aquifer
testing (3 month university vacational work).
|
|
For more detail on the above career experience,
please follow this link: Key technical
and project experience
|
|
| To the top
|
Several poster and technical
papers dealing with:
- Subsurface contamination related to the metal plating
industry.
- Hazard Ranking: a planning tool to limit environmental
liabilities and manage risks.
- The effect of DNAPLS on landfill clay liners.
- Protection of groundwater resources.
- Guidelines for Development and Recreational Use of Estuarine
Areas.
- Development and management of Coastal Aquifers.
- The development of groundwater resources in the Republic
of Ciskei.
- Environmental assessment and clean-up at used oil handling
facilities.
|
| For more detail on the above
papers, please follow this link: Technical
papers and articles |
|
| To the top
|
- Treatment Technologies for Contaminated Soil and Groundwater
- Atlanta USA, 1995.
- Risk Based Corrective Action: At the invite of Shell SA,
Ritchie attended a three day training course run by Shell
Thornton (UK) on the RBCA model (1996).
- In 1996 Ritchie visited the Borden Research site at Alliston
(Canada) and spent a day at Waterloo University. This was
not part of a course but provided a good insight into emerging
remediation technologies.
- Ritchie has been a member of a working group comprising
representatives from the chemical industry and the Department
of Water Affairs and Forestry who are looking at appropriate
environmental risk assessment methodologies for application
at large industrial sites in South Africa.
|
|
| To the top |
- Previous guest lecturer to the M Sc Geochemistry course
at the University of Cape Town, Geological Sciences.
- Part-time lecturer at the Cape Technikon giving the module
on Environmental Risk Assessment.
- Presented a course on Phase II and III Environmental Due
Diligence Auditing at the International Association of Impact
Assessment (SA Chapter) Conference in Worcester, South Africa,
Sept. 2000.
|
|
| Back ~ To
the top |
| |
|
