Services
Temporarily running short on staff or looking to consult?
VosCon is able to assist.
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Environmental Consulting companies
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Legal Firms specialising in Environmental Law
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Water Treatment
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External review of scientific reports
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Waste stream management
Considering re-use of treated water?
Suspecting that municipal or borehole water impacts your health negatively?
Or, is your company accused of making the community sick?
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Municipal water supplies
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Borehole water supplies
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Water re-use applications
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Legal advise
Regrowth of bacteria in water distribution systems:
Various characteristics such as drug resistance of pathogenic organims, that have been isolated and identified in these systems, have raised alarms worldwide. In addition to the last mentioned facts, the protective layer of these micro-organisms may complicate several mechanisms to minimise and prevent their growth.
The presence of pathogenic organisms, may be extremely risky for individuals with low immunity such as cancer patients, people living with HIV and the elderly.
The National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) requires several water uses to be registered or licensed. Water users are required to comply with a number of license requirements. Failure to comply may have significant impact on companies and mines.
Does your water plant underperform?
Does your discharge comply with legal requirements?
Want to be preventative and avoid the polluter pay principle?
Consulting
Water Distribution Systems
Who should be concerned? Anyone exposed to, or or consuming water of the following:
- Hotels
- Old Buildings
- Food industries
- Spa pools and ships
- Dental sprays
Water Use and Environmental Compliance Audits & Risk Assessments
- Cooling systems
- Hospitals
- Homes especially old age homes
- Misting devices, foggers, showers and saunas
- Water storage tanks
VosCon conduct risk identification and assessments. We provide cost effective and problem specific solutions to all of the abovementioned.
The combination of our legal, scientific and mechanical expertise and services in terms of conducting compliance audits, waste classifications, waste treatment options and physical waste removal result in achieving:
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Waste plant performance optimisations
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Legal compliance
"Putting in place a system of checks and balances to meet the goal of efficient and cost effective pollution control and rehabilitation."
National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998
VosCon develops integrated site specific pollution control and rehabilitation plans by form of
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Legal integration
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Scientific Integration
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Institutional integration
Effluent Discharge & Waste Management
VosCon can assist to convert these abstract legal principles into a scientific reality.
Let us help with water process or plant optimisation.
Human Health Risk Screenings & Assessments
On the other hand, regrowth in water distribution systems may have other concerns in industrial water systems including increased risk of corrosion, increased cost of filter replacements and also product quality.
Water is also the major natural reservoir for legionellae. Legionella bacterium has been identified as a hazardous biological agent and control thereof must form part of the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 85 of 1993.
“Pollution and degradation of the environment should be avoided, or, where they cannot be altogether avoided, are minimised and remedied”
Section 2(4)(a)(ii) of the National Environmental Management Act
White Paper on Environmental Management in South Africa
“Those responsible for environmental damage must pay the repair costs both to the environment and human health, and the costs of preventative measures to reduce or prevent further pollution on environmental damage.”
“Everyone has the fundamental right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or wellbeing”
Section 24(a) of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996
Our expertise in the field in combination with compliance expertise can help you with integrated pollution control.
